Onthophagus favrei

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Onthophagus favrei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onthophagus
Species:
O. favrei
Binomial name
Onthophagus favrei
Boucomont, 1914

Onthophagus favrei, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Description

This oval, medium convex species has an average length of about 5 to 7.5 mm. Male is smaller than female. Body black or lark brown and not shiny. There is a slight metallic lustre on the head and pronotum. Elytra possess small orange marks at the base and apex. Pygidium, abdominal sides, femora, antenna and mouthparts are orange. Dorsum and ventrum both covered by minute pale setae. Head less broad, with round ocular lobes. Pronotum moderately finely and closely punctured. Elytra finely striate, with flat and minutely granulate intervals. Pygidium fairly strongly punctured. Metasternal shield finely and sparingly. Male has closely, punctured head, pointed clypeus, and forehead not separated from the clypeus. Pair of horns are with broad base. Female has transversely rugose clypeus. Forehead is well punctured. [5]

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References

  1. "Onthophagus favrei Boucomont, 1914". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  2. "Habitat and dung preferences of scarab beetles of the subfamily Scarabaeinae: a case study in a tropical monsoon forest in Sri Lanka". International Journal of Tropical Insect Science:Volume 36 Issue 2. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  3. "TEMPORAL RESOURCE PARTITIONING OF DUNG BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: SCARABAEINAE) IN THE DUNG OF TWO COW BREEDS IN A TROPICAL AGROECOSYSTEM". Vol 26, No 1 (2021). Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  4. Venugopal, K. S.; Thomas, S. K.; Flemming, A. T. (2012-07-26). "Diversity and community structure of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) associated with semi-urban fragmented agricultural land in the Malabar coast in southern India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 4 (7): 2685–2692. doi: 10.11609/JoTT.o3074.2685-92 . Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  5. "Onthophagus favrei Boucomont, 1914". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-23.