Sigorus

Sigorus
Sigorus porcus, England
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aphodiinae
Tribe: Aphodiini
Genus: Sigorus
Mulsant & Rey, 1870
Species:
S. porcus
Binomial name
Sigorus porcus
(Fabricius, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Aphodius (Sigorus) Mulsant & Rey, 1870
  • Scarabaeus porcus Fabricius, 1792
  • Aphodius porcus
  • Aphodius porcus haemorrhoideus Mulsant, 1842
  • Aphodius fulvicrus Stephens, 1830
  • Scarabaeus ruficrus Marsham, 1802
  • Scarabaeus turpis Marsham, 1802
  • Scarabaeus anachoreta Creutzer, 1796

Sigorus is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Sigorus porcus, the mahogany ridgeback scarab, which is found in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (Crete), Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in). They have an oblong, convex, rather shiny, nearly glabrous, blackish body, with the elytra vinaceous.

Taxonomy

This species was formerly a member of the genus Aphodius.

References

  1. ↑ Fabricius, J.C.,1792 Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Proft, Hafniae
  2. ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved October 26, 2026.
  3. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Sigorus porcus at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved October 26, 2026.
  4. 1 2 Dellacasa, G.; Bordat, P.; Dellacasa, M. (2000). "A revisional essay of world genus-group taxa of Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae)" (PDF). Memorie Della Società Entomologica Italiana, Genova. 79: 1-482. Retrieved October 26, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Sigorus porcus (Fabricius, 1792)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  6. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  7. ↑ Norman H. Joy, 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles