Onitis subopacus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. subopacus
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| Binomial name | |
| Onitis subopacus Arrow, 1931
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Onitis subopacus is a species of dung beetle found in Austro-Oriental, Oriental, South and West Palearctic regions.[1][2]
Distribution[]
It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Afghanistan, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia and Sunda Islands.[3]
Description[]
This oval, narrow and medium convex species has an average length of about 16 to 21 mm. Body black or pitchy-black with a slight metallic lustre. Head and prothorax moderately shiny but the elytra not shiny. Clypeus elliptical, finely transversely rugulose. Pronotum rather closely punctured. Elytra finely striate. Pygidium opaque and scarcely punctured. Metasternal shield smooth and shiny. Male has elongate, slender, and strongly curved front tibia. Female has short front tibia with four stout external teeth.[4]
Adults are often found in cow dung and buffalo dung.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "New records, distributional notes and species diversity of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Pothohar Plateau of Punjab, Pakistan" (PDF). Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2015; 3 (3): 01-06. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ "Onitis subopacus Arrow, 1931". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ "New Records to the Species Diversity of Family Scarabaeidae and Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (India)" (PDF). Academic Journal of Entomology 5 (1): 28-36, 2012. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ "Onitis subopacus Arrow, 1931". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- Scarabaeinae
- Beetles of Sri Lanka
- Insects described in 1931
- Scarabaeinae stubs