Onitis crassus

Onitis crassus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Onitis
Species:	O. crassus
Binomial name
	Onitis crassus; Sharp, 1875
Synonyms
	Onitis vischnuPreudhomme de Borre, 1881

Last updated October 05, 2025

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

Black, not very shining. Length is 15.5–21 mm, and breadth is 9–10.5 mm.^[2]

Distribution

India (Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand,^[2] Uttar Pradesh), Nepal, Pakistan ^[3]

Habitat

Found in cattle dung.^[2]

References

1 2 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.
1 2 3 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 (4): 1–61. Bibcode:2024EJTax.956....1K. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657 .

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[sharp1867-1] 1 2 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.

[arrow1931-2] 1 2 3 Arrow, Gilbert J. (1931). The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae). Taylor & Francis, London.

[kp2024-3] 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 (4): 1–61. Bibcode:2024EJTax.956....1K. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657 .

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