Onitis crassus
| Onitis crassus | |
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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. crassus
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| Binomial name | |
| Onitis crassus Sharp, 1875 [1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Onitis vischnu Preudhomme de Borre 1881 | |
Onitis crassus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae described by David Sharp based on a specimen collected in India.[1]
Description
[edit]Black, not very shining. Length is 15.5–21 mm, and breadth is 9–10.5 mm.[2]
Distribution
[edit]India (Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand,[2] Uttar Pradesh), Nepal, Pakistan [3]
Habitat
[edit]Found in cattle dung.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b David Sharp (1875). "Descriptions of some new genera and species of Scarabaeidae from tropical Asia and Malasia". Coleopterologische Hefte. 3 (XIV). München, Carl Merhoff's Verlag.
- ^ a b c Arrow, Gilbert J. (1931). The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae). Taylor & Francis, London.
- ^ 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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