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Onitis assamensis

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Onitis assamensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onitis
Species:
O. assamensis
Binomial name
Onitis assamensis
Biswas, 1980

Onitis assamensis, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae[1]. It is only known from its type locality Kaziranga National Park in Assam state of India.[2] The spiecimen was first collected in Kaziranga by A. K. Ghosh in 1971 and described by S Biswas in 1979.[1]

Etymology

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Named after the state Assam which is type locality where type specimen was collected.[1]

Habitat

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Decaying Rhinoceros dung [1].

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Biswas, S. (1979). "The scarab beetles Coleoptera scarabaeidae of North India 2. 3 new species and 2 new records from India". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 76: 338–341.
  2. ^ Karimbumkara, Seena N.; Priyadarsanan, Dharma R. (2024). "Study on the genus Onitis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian Subcontinent, with three new species from India". European Journal of Taxonomy. 956 (4): 1–61. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657.
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