Onitis visthara
Appearance
Onitis visthara | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Onitis |
Species: | O. visthara
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Binomial name | |
Onitis visthara Karimbumkara & Priyadarsanan, 2024
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Onitis visthara is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is only known from its type locality in the outskirts of Bengaluru in Karnataka state of India.[1]
Etymology
[edit]In this species, the measurements of the pronotal and elytral measurements are almost the same as each other, giving it a broader rectangular appearance, as compared with other species, thus the name visthara which means 'expanse' in Sanskrit.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Onitis visthara at Wikimedia Commons