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Onitis humerosus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
Tribe: | Onitini |
Genus: | Onitis Fabricius, 1798 |
Onitis is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea [1] [2] [3] and typical of the tribe Onitini. This genus is mainly distributed in Africa, Palaearctic and Oriental region with more than 140 species from the Afrotropical region. All species of this genus are tunnellers meaning they build tunnel under the dung in the soil and bring dung in the tunnel to lay eggs. [4]
Species within this genus include: [5] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] .
Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet was a French entomologist and insect dealer mainly interested in Coleoptera. He described many new genera and species. Buquet's business dealt in exotic Coleoptera, especially Buprestidae, Lucanidae, Scarabaeidae and Cerambycidae. He also sold Lepidoptera, especially Morpho and Agrias. The insects came mainly from the French colonial empires. He was a member of the Société entomologique de France.
Istocheta is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Julius Moser was a German entomologist who specialised in beetles.
Heliocopris is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Forty-seven of the fifty-two known species are found in Africa, but a few are found in southern and southeast Asia.
Oryctes is the economically most important genus of rhinoceros beetles in the subfamily Dynastinae and includes serious pests of palm trees. A total of 47 species have been assigned to the genus, including 2 fossil ones. The extant species are widely distributed in Africa, as well as in Europe, Asia and the Pacific. No established populations are known from the Americas. The species are typically between 30 and 60 mm long, dark brown to black, with a robust body and a strong cuticle. They can be distinguished from other genera in the tribe Oryctini by the structure of the pronotum, the horn on the head, the mouthparts and other features.
Phanaeus demon is a species of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. This species is often incorrectly named as "damon" in collections and in the literature.
Megasoma anubis is a species of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
Chironinae is a subfamily of beetles belonging to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Chironinae are primitive looking scarab beetles that occur in Africa, Asia and Madagascar.
Onitis singhalensis, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.
Onitis subopacus is a species of dung beetle found in Austro-Oriental, Oriental, South and West Palearctic regions.
Onitis bhomorensis, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is only known from its type locality near Tezpur in Assam state of India.
Onitis assamensis, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is only known from its type locality Kaziranga National Park in Assam state of India. The spiecimen was first collected in Kaziranga by A. K. Ghosh in 1971 and described by S Biswas in 1979.
Onitis bordati, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.
Onitis brahma is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is only known from India but fairly widespread in peninsular India.
Onitis castaneus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. Description based on two specimen collected by Harold in Kashmir. It is widely distributed in South Asia.
Onitis crassus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae described by David Sharp based on a specimen collected in India.
Onitis virens is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is fairly widespread in south Asia.
Onitis siva is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae described from southern India is only known from India so far.
Onitis falcatus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is fairly widespread in Asia.
Onitis feae is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is fairly widespread in south Asia.