N. 67: M. Rizzotto & E. Barbero

G. it. Ent., 16 (67): 495-496
March 2022

Dung ball splitting during combat:

a rare behaviour in the roller dung beetle 

Sisyphus schaefferi Linnaeus

(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sisyphini)

by

MAURIZIO RIZZOTTO * & ENRICO BARBERO **

* Via Gropello 14, I-10138 Torino TO, ITALY.

** Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi, Università di Torino, Via Accademia Albertina 13, I-10123 Torino TO, ITALY.

Abstract - Some field observations regarding the rare dung ball splitting behaviour in Sisyphus schaefferi Linnaeus are reported and briefly discussed.