Onthophagus dama

Onthophagus dama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Scarabaeinae
Genus:	Onthophagus
Species:	O. dama
Binomial name
	Onthophagus dama; (Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
	Copris dama Fabricius 1798; Scarabaeus aeneus Olivier 1789; Onthophagus dama (Fabricius 1798) Arrow 1931; Onthophagus (Onthophagus) dama (Fabricius 1798) Balthasar 1963; Onthophagus cervicornis Kirby, 1825; Onthophagus zubaci Balthasar, 1932;

Onthophagus dama, is a species of dung beetle found in Nepal, Bhutan, India, and Sri Lanka.^[1]^[2]

Description[]

This oval, compact and less convex species has an average length of about 8.5 to 11 mm. Body dark greenish, bluish-black or coppery. Ventrum, head, and pronotum shiny, but elytra without shine. Dorsum entirely without setae. Clypeus semi-circularly rounded. Pronotum finely and sparsely punctured. Elytra with distinctly punctured striae and flat intervals. Pygidium opaque and moderately punctured. In male, clypeus feebly punctured, and vertex bears a pair of horns. Horns are very short, and without tooth or curvature. In female, clypeus strongly transversely rugose.^[3]

Ecology[]

Adults are coprophagus, and make tunnels in fresh dungs. Frequenly seen in cow dung and human feces. They inhabited in tropical dry forest and agricultural habitats.^[4]

Gallery[]

male

References[]

^ "Onthophagus dama (Fabricius, 1798)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
^ "Scarabaeid beetles of Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh". Zoos' print journal, 2005. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
^ "Onthophagus dama (Fabricius, 1798)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
^ Rossini, Michele; Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando; Mann, Darren (2014-06-24). "Onthophagus cervicornis Kirby, 1825, new synonym under Onthophagus dama (Fabricius, 1798) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)". ZooKeys (419): 111–115. doi:10.3897/zookeys.419.7849. PMC 4109455. PMID 25061364. Retrieved 2021-07-23.

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[1] "Onthophagus dama (Fabricius, 1798)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.

[2] "Scarabaeid beetles of Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh". Zoos' print journal, 2005. Retrieved 2021-07-22.

[3] "Onthophagus dama (Fabricius, 1798)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-23.

[4] Rossini, Michele; Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando; Mann, Darren (2014-06-24). "Onthophagus cervicornis Kirby, 1825, new synonym under Onthophagus dama (Fabricius, 1798) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)". ZooKeys (419): 111–115. doi:10.3897/zookeys.419.7849. PMC 4109455. PMID 25061364. Retrieved 2021-07-23.

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