Onitis feae

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Onitis feae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onitis
Species:
O. feae
Binomial name
Onitis feae
Felsche, 1907 [1]

Onitis feae is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is fairly widespread in south Asia. [2] [3]

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Description

Black and subopaque, with the head, lower surface, and legs very dark red. [3] Length is 15–20.5 mm, and breadth is 8.5–11.5 mm. [2]

Distribution

India (Arunachal Pradesh, [2] Assam, [2] Meghalaya, [2] Mizoram [2] ), China, [2] Laos, [2] Myanmar, [2] [3] Thailand [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Felsche, Carl von (1907). "Coprophage Scarabaeiden". Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift. 1907. Nicolai’sche Verlags-Buchandlung: 273--296.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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 .
  3. 1 2 3 Arrow, Gilbert J. (1931). The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae). Taylor & Francis, London.


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