| Onitis crenatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. crenatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Onitis crenatus Reiche, 1847 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Onitis crenatus, is a species of dung beetle found in Afro-Asian countries. [2]
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Onitis is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea and typical of the tribe Onitini.
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