''Elaphocera emarginata'' is a species of

dung beetle Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. All species of dung beetle belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles). As most species of Scara ...

s belonging to the family

Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly tre ...

Description

''Elaphocera emarginata'' can reach a length of . Body is brown-black, while females are usually reddish. The basis of the pronotum is hairy.

Distribution

This species is endemic to

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...

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References

Scarabaeidae Beetles described in 1817 Endemic fauna of Sardinia {{Scarabaeidae-stub