Onitis virens

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Onitis virens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onitis
Species:
O. virens
Binomial name
Onitis virens
Lansberge, 1875 [1]
Synonyms
  • Onitis amplectensLansberge, 1875

Onitis virens 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, with a very feeble metallic lustre, and moderately shining. Length is 18–23 mm, and breadth is 10–13 mm. [3]

Distribution

India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, [3] Bihar, Chhattisgarh, [3] Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, [3] Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, [3] Maharashtra, [3] Meghalaya, Nagaland, New Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, [3] Tripura, Uttarakhand, [3] Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), China, Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Lansberge, G. Van (1875). "Monographie des Onitides". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique (in French). 18: 142–144.
  2. 1 2 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 4 5 6 7 8 9 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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