Onitis humerosus
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Infraorder: | Scarabeiformia
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Species: | O. humerosus
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Onitis humerosus (Pallas, 1771)
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Onitis humerosus is a species of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[1][2]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Onitis_humerosus2.png)
Illustration of Onitis humerosus
Description[]
Onitis humerosus can reach a length of 12.5–18.5 millimetres (0.49–0.73 in). Body is oval and convex. The pronotum is densely punctured. It may be bright metallic green, coppery, indigo-blue or violet, while the elytra are bright yellow, finely striate, with longitudinal, green or blue lines. The sides of the metasternum are very hairy.[3]
Distribution[]
This species has a Palaearctic distribution (East Mediterranean, Caucasus, Southern East Ukraine, Turkestan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Cyprus) [1][4]
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Categories:
- Scarabaeidae
- Beetles described in 1771
- Taxa named by Peter Simon Pallas
- Scarabaeidae stubs