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| Onitis feae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. feae |
| Binomial name | |
| Onitis feae Felsche, 1907 [1] | |
Onitis feae is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is fairly widespread in south Asia.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Black and subopaque, with the head, lower surface, and legs very dark red.[3] Length is 15–20.5 mm, and breadth is 8.5–11.5 mm.[2]
Distribution
[edit]India (Arunachal Pradesh,[2] Assam,[2] Meghalaya,[2] Mizoram[2]), China,[2] Laos,[2] Myanmar,[2][3] Thailand[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Felsche, Carl von (1907). "Coprophage Scarabaeiden". Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift. 1907. Nicolai’sche Verlags-Buchandlung: 273--296.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Karimbumkara, Seena N.; Priyadarsanan, Dharma R. (2024). "Study on the genus Onitis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian Subcontinent, with three new species from India". European Journal of Taxonomy. 956 (4): 1–61. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657.
- 1 2 3 Arrow, Gilbert J. (1931). The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae). Taylor & Francis, London.