. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. O In the ball-rolling Coprin^, of which the well-known Sacred Scarabseus is the type, the front tarsi have completely disappeared. The front tibiae are the principal implements for the manipulation of the dung of which the food-ball is made, and the tarsi evidently became an encumbrance and gradually atrophied. In other related genera, such as Chelronitls, the tarsus is absent only in the male, and. Fig. 2.âAgestrata orichaleea (Family , Subfamily ) and enlarged details :âh., head ; c, clypeus ; jiro., prothorax ;
. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. O In the ball-rolling Coprin^, of which the well-known Sacred Scarabseus is the type, the front tarsi have completely disappeared. The front tibiae are the principal implements for the manipulation of the dung of which the food-ball is made, and the tarsi evidently became an encumbrance and gradually atrophied. In other related genera, such as Chelronitls, the tarsus is absent only in the male, and. Fig. 2.âAgestrata orichaleea (Family , Subfamily ) and enlarged details :âh., head ; c, clypeus ; jiro., prothorax ; jjrn., pronotuni ; ^osi*., prosternuni; /«ca\, mesothoras; /MA'?'.,me80sternum; //ic;j., mesotlioracic episternum ; iitp., mesotlioracic epimeron ; vicf., metathorax ; mtst., meta- sternuin ; mtep., metathoracic episterniuu ; mfp., metathoracic epimeron ; s., scutellutn ; r. cav., coxal cavity ; ah., abdominal segment; pg., pygidium ; ppg., propygidium; c, elytron; sut, elytral suture; , fore leg; , middle leg; , hind leg; cox., coxa; tr., trochanter; fem., femur; e^/7>., tibia ; te/\, tarsus ; a«/., antenna; *>â ., scape ; c/.,ehib; »i., mandible ; «, maxilla ; vqj., maxillary palpus ; Ir., labrum ; I., labium ; mc, mentum ; Ijp., labial palpus. present, but very minute, in the female. In these and all the groups whose members are generally found upon the ground the claws are quite simple and symmetrical, but they assume a great variety of forms in the groups of arboreal habits. They may be cleft or toothed in multitudinous ^^â¢ays, they may be fixed or freely movable, and one. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Arrow, G. J. (Gilbert John), 1873-1948. London, Taylor and Francis
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