Onthophagus dama

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Onthophagus dama
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onthophagus
Species:
O. dama
Binomial name
Onthophagus dama
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Copris damaFabricius 1798
  • Scarabaeus aeneusOlivier 1789
  • Onthophagus dama(Fabricius 1798) Arrow 1931
  • Onthophagus (Onthophagus) dama(Fabricius 1798) Balthasar 1963
  • Onthophagus cervicornisKirby, 1825
  • Onthophagus zubaciBalthasar, 1932

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

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Description

This oval, compact and less convex species has an average length of about 8.5 to 11 mm. Body dark greenish, bluish-black or coppery. While its ventrum, head, and pronotum are shiny, the elytra are without shine. The dorsum are entirely without setae, and the clypeus are semi-circularly rounded. Its pronotum are finely and sparsely punctured, and has elytra with distinctly punctured striae and flat intervals. Pygidium opaque and moderately punctured. In males, the clypeus are feebly punctured, and vertex bears a pair of horns. It has very short horns, without teeth or curvature. In females, the clypeus are strongly transversely rugose. [3]

Ecology

Adults are coprophagus, and make tunnels in fresh dungs. Frequently seen in cow dung and human feces. They inhabited in tropical dry forest and agricultural habitats. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Onthophagus dama (Fabricius, 1798)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  2. ↑ "Scarabaeid beetles of Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh". Zoos' print journal, 2005. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  3. ↑ "Onthophagus dama (Fabricius, 1798)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  4. ↑ Rossini, Michele; Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando; Mann, Darren (2014-06-24). "Onthophagus cervicornis Kirby, 1825, new synonym under Onthophagus dama (Fabricius, 1798) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)". ZooKeys (419): 111–115. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.419.7849 . PMC   4109455 . PMID   25061364 . Retrieved 2021-07-23.
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