Onitis assamensis
| Onitis assamensis | |
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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. assamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Onitis assamensis Biswas, 1980 | |
Onitis assamensis, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is only known from its type locality Kaziranga National Park in Assam state of India.[2] The specimen was first collected in Kaziranga by A. K. Ghosh in 1971 and described by S Biswas in 1979.[1]
Etymology
[edit]Named after the state Assam which is type locality where type specimen was collected.[1]
Habitat
[edit]Decaying Rhinoceros dung.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Biswas, S. (1979). "The scarab beetles Coleoptera scarabaeidae of North India 2. 3 new species and 2 new records from India". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 76: 338–341.
- ↑ 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.