see text Sisyphus is a genus of dung beetles comprising more than 90 species.

[2] Africa, Eurasia, Asia, Central America and Australia.

[1] Adults separate balls of dung from droppings and roll them some distance over the soil surface before burying them.

[2] Eggs are laid in the buried dung; this provides a source of food for the larvae once they hatch.

One common species is Sisyphus schaefferi (Linnaeus, 1758).