Onitis singhalensis
| Onitis singhalensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. singhalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Onitis singhalensis Lansberge, 1875
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Onitis singhalensis, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.[1][2][3]
Description[]
This elongate-oval and less convex species has an average length of about 19 to 22 mm. Body coppery or greenish-coppery. Head rather closely granular. Clypeus slightly bidentate in the middle of the front margin. Pronotum fairly strongly but unevenly punctured. Elytra moderately strongly striate with very minutely punctured intervals. Pygidium scarcely perceptibly punctured. Male has elongate front legs, slender tibia, strongly produced at the apex, with four short teeth. Female has longer and more rugulose clypeus, broad front tibia with four strong external teeth.[4]
Adults are frequently observed in fresh cow dung.
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Onitis singhalensis Lansberge, 1875". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
Categories:
- Scarabaeinae
- Beetles of Sri Lanka
- Insects described in 1875
- Scarabaeinae stubs