Onthophagus fuscopunctatus

Onthophagus fuscopunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Scarabaeinae
Genus:	Onthophagus
Species:	O. fuscopunctatus
Binomial name
	Onthophagus fuscopunctatus; (Fabricius 1798)
Synonyms
	Copris fuscopunctatus Fabricius 1798;

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

Description[]

This minute oval, compact and less convex species has an average length of about 3 to 3.5 mm. Body ochreous yellow and shiny. Head dark, pronotum possess variable black spots. Ventrum partly dark, femora yellowish, whereas tibiae and tarsi are reddish. Dorsum covered with yellow setae. Legs fairly slender. Head less broad, shiny, and without close granules. Pronotum fairly sparsely punctate-granular. Elytra deeply striate and punctured with convex intervals. Pygidium with few deep punctures.^[3]

References[]

^ Sewak, R. (2009). Sivaperuman, C.; Baqri, Q. H.; Ramaswamy, G.; Naseema, M. (eds.). "Dung Beetles". Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 25–39. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-87409-6_3. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
^ "Onthophagus fuscopunctatus (Fabricius, 1798)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
^ "Onthophagus fuscopunctatus Fabricius 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-23.

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[1] Sewak, R. (2009). Sivaperuman, C.; Baqri, Q. H.; Ramaswamy, G.; Naseema, M. (eds.). "Dung Beetles". Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 25–39. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-87409-6_3. Retrieved 2021-07-23.

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

[3] "Onthophagus fuscopunctatus Fabricius 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-23.

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