Onitis castaneus
| Onitis castaneus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. castaneus
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| Binomial name | |
| Onitis castaneus Kollar, 1844
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| Synonyms | |
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Onitis castaneus Redtenbacher, 1844 | |
Onitis castaneus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1]. Description based on two specimen collected by Harold in Kashmir.[2]
Description
[edit]Deep chestnut red color. Length is 16–19 mm, and breadth is 9.5–12 mm. [3]
Distribution
[edit]India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam[3], Bihar[3], Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand[3], Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal[3]), Nepal, Pakistan [4]
Habitat
[edit]Bamboo dominated secondary forest in Meghalaya, India[4].
References
[edit]- ^ Kollar, Vincenz; Redtenbacher, Ludwig (1848). "Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freiherrn Carl v. Hügel auf seiner Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himaleyagebirge gesammelten Insecten". In Hügel, Carl Freiherrn von (ed.). Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek. Vol. 4(2). Stuttgart: Hallberger'sche Verlagshandlung. pp. 393–564 [517].
- ^ Lansberge, G. Van (1875). "Monographie des Onitides". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique (in French). 18: 142–144.
- ^ a b c d e Arrow G.J. 1931. The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae). Taylor & Francis, London.
- ^ a b 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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