Onthophagus ceylonicus

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Onthophagus ceylonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Cucujoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
Genus:
Onthophagus
Species:
O. ceylonicus
Binomial name
Onthophagus ceylonicus
Harold, 1859
Synonyms
  • Onthophagus ceylonicusHarold, 1877
  • Onthophagus difficilisWalker, 1858

Onthophagus ceylonicus, is a species of dung beetle found in India and Sri Lanka. [1] [2]

Description

This broadly oval, less convex species has an average length of about 7 to 8.5 mm. Male is smaller than female. Body testaceous yellow and shiny. Head, pronotum, longitudinal stripes on elytra are dark chocolate-brown in color. Basal part of the pygidium and ventrum of the body also dark. Body covered with scanty clothing of pale yellow setae. Head broad and pronotum very smooth, with scattered fine punctures. Elytra very strongly striate, closely punctured, with convex intervals. Pygidium with few minute punctures. Metasternum extremely smooth, with a few large lateral punctures. Male has very smooth head with a very few punctures, clypeus not separated from the forehead. Pronotum possess a minute tubercle laterally. Female has little produced clypeus, which is bluntly bilobed. Pronotum is evenly convex. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Onthophagus ceylonicus Harold, 1859". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  2. ↑ Kharel, Bhim Prasad; Schoolmeester, Paul; Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar (2020-03-04). "A first faunistic account on the Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) of the Nadia district, West Bengal, with a preliminary checklist from India". Check List. pp. 361–381. doi:10.15560/16.2.361 . Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  3. ↑ "Onthophagus ceylonicus Harold, 1859". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
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