Onitis singhalensis
| Onitis singhalensis | |
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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. singhalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Onitis singhalensis Lansberge, 1875 [1] | |
Onitis singhalensis, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.[1][2][3][4]
Description
[edit]Coppery or greenish-coppery, not very shining. Length is 19–22 mm, and breadth is 10–12 mm.[5]
Distribution
[edit]India (Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu[5]), Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Lansberge, G. Van (1875). "Monographie des Onitides". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique (in French). 18: 142–144.
- ↑ "Distributional Notes and New Records for the Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of Pakistan". Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 46(2), pp. 295-307, 2014. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ↑ "Taxonomic account of dung beetles from Gujrat, Punjab (Pakistan)" (PDF). J. Bio. & Env. Sci. 2015. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ↑ "SCARABAEIDAE (INDIA COLEOPTERA) OF SILENT VALLEY, KERALA, INDIA WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES" (PDF). faunaofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- 1 2 Arrow, Gilbert J. (1931). The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae). Taylor & Francis, London.
- ↑ 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.