Onitis castaneus

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Onitis castaneus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onitis
Species:
O. castaneus
Binomial name
Onitis castaneus
Kollar, 1844
Synonyms

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] It is widely distributed in South Asia. [3] [4]

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Description

Deep chestnut red color. Length is 16–19 mm, and breadth is 9.5–12 mm. [5]

Distribution

India (Arunachal Pradesh, [3] Assam, [5] [3] Bihar, [5] [3] Gujarat, [3] Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, [3] Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, [3] Punjab, Rajasthan, [3] Uttarakhand, [5] [3] Uttar Pradesh, [3] West Bengal [5] ), Bangladesh, [3] Nepal, [3] Pakistan [4] [3]

Habitat

Bamboo dominated secondary forest in Meghalaya, India. [4]

References

  1. ↑ 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].
  2. ↑ Lansberge, G. Van (1875). "Monographie des Onitides". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique (in French). 18: 142–144.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Gupta, Devanshu; Chandra, Kailash; Khan, Salma (2017). "Studies on Tribe Onitini (Scarabaeinae: Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh with a Checklist from India". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences. 87 (3): 1025–1039. doi:10.1007/s40011-015-0676-9. ISSN   0369-8211.
  4. 1 2 3 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 .
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Arrow G.J. 1931. The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae). Taylor & Francis, London.


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