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Encyclopedia > Sisyphus (beetle)
Sisyphus
Sisyphus longipes
Sisyphus longipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Sisyphini
Genus: Sisyphus
Latreille, 1807
Species

see text For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders,scorpions, etc. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera (angel insects) Dermaptera (earwigs) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (stick insects) Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Psocoptera... For other uses, see Beetle (disambiguation). ... Families See text. ... subfamily Aegialiinae Aphodiinae Cetoniinae Dynastinae Euchirinae Hopliinae Idiostominae Melolonthinae Orphninae Pachypodinae Phaenomerinae Phileurinae Rutelinae Scarabaeinae Sericinae Taurocerastinae Trichiinae Valginae Wikispecies has information related to: Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae as presently defined consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide. ... tribe Canthonini Coprini Dichotomiini Eucraniini Eurysterini Gymnopleurini Onitini Oniticellini Onthophagini Phanaeini Scarabaeini Sisyphini The subfamily Scarabaeinae consists of species often lablled true dung beetles. Most of the beetles of this subfamily feed exclusively on dungs. ... Pierre André Latreille. ...

Sisyphus is a genus of dung beetles. One common species is Sisyphus schaefferi (Linnaeus, 1758). A dung beetle, with a shovel-like head, rolling a dung ball with its hindlegs. ...

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