Onitis falcatus
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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. falcatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Onitis falcatus (Wulfen, 1786) [1] | |
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Onitis falcatus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2] It is fairly widespread in Asia.[3][4]
Description
[edit]Black or nearly black, with a clothing of reddish-yellow hair upon the legs and lower surface, smooth and shining, with the elytra and pygidium subopaque. Length is 16–23 mm, and breadth is 8–12 mm.[4]
Distribution
[edit]India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,[4] Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka,[4] Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,[4] Maharashtra,[4] Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, New Delhi, Odisha, Puducherry,Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,[4] Tripura, Uttarakhand,[4] Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal[4]), Bangladesh,[4] Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar,[4] Malay Peninsula, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Wulfen, Xaver (1786). Descriptiones quorumdam Capensium insectorum. Erlangae: W. Walther. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.66070. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ Lansberge, G. Van (1875). "Monographie des Onitides". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique (in French). 18: 142–144.
- 1 2 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 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Arrow, Gilbert J. (1931). The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae). Taylor & Francis, London.
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