Phanaeus dionysius is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in region of San Pablo Etla of Oaxaca, Mexico.[1]
The specific name dionysius is named after Dionysius II of Syracuse, main character of moral anecdote of the “Sword of Damocles”.[1]
Length of male is 16.5 mm. Body dull shiny black with a faint blue luster. Pronotum with large, flat triangular disk. Slender, long horn strongly curved. Pygidium black. Length of female is 16.3 mm. Body dull shiny black.[1]
Phanaeus dionysius is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in region of San Pablo Etla of Oaxaca, Mexico.
