Onthophagus hastifer

Onthophagus hastifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Scarabaeinae
Genus:	Onthophagus
Species:	O. hastifer
Binomial name
	Onthophagus hastifer; Lansberge, 1885
Synonyms
	Onthophagus agilisMatsumura, 1938; Onthophagus putealisMatsumura, 1938; Onthophagus turbatusBoucomont, 1921; Onthophagus turmalisGillet, 1924;

Last updated July 25, 2021

Onthophagus hastifer, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, and Myanmar.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Description

This oval, compact and less convex species has an average length of about 6 to 7 mm. Body bronze to reddish-brown in color with metallic shine on dorsum. In each elytron, there is a transverse orange basal patch between shoulder and suture. Pygidium also orange in color whereas antennae and mouthparts are yellowish. Minute greyish setae found on the dorsum. Head broad, with rugose clypeus. Clypeus divided from the forehead by a curved carina. Pronotum finely, closely, and uniformly punctured. Elytra finely striate, with flat intervals. Pygidium fairly strongly punctured. Male are observed in two forms as: long-horned phase and short-horned phase. In the long-horned phase, there is an extremely long and slender thread-like horn on head which curves backward. But in short-horned phase, there is a very short transverse tubercle between the eyes. Female beetle has a transverse carina between the eyes on head.^[4]

Adults are observed from buffalo and cow dung.^[5]

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References

↑ Kahong Cheung, Ming Bai; Kahong Cheung, Ming Bai. "Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Hong Kong". Zoological Systematics, 43(3): 233–267 (July 2018) (in Chinese). pp. 233–267. doi:10.11865/zs.201830 . Retrieved 2021-07-24.
↑ "A checklist of Indian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Indian journal of Entomology, 2015. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
↑ "Onthophagus hastifer Lansberge, 1885". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
↑ "Onthophagus hastifer Lansberge, 1885". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
↑ "Fauna and ecology of Lamellicornia of subfamily Scarabaeinae (Scarabaeidae, Coleoptera) of Vietnam and some parts of adjacent countries: South China, Laos and Thailand" (PDF). Latvijas Entomologs, 1999, 37: 58-96. Retrieved 2021-07-24.

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[1] Kahong Cheung, Ming Bai; Kahong Cheung, Ming Bai. "Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Hong Kong". Zoological Systematics, 43(3): 233–267 (July 2018) (in Chinese). pp. 233–267. doi:10.11865/zs.201830 . Retrieved 2021-07-24.

[2] "A checklist of Indian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Indian journal of Entomology, 2015. Retrieved 2021-07-24.

[3] "Onthophagus hastifer Lansberge, 1885". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-24.

[4] "Onthophagus hastifer Lansberge, 1885". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-24.

[5] "Fauna and ecology of Lamellicornia of subfamily Scarabaeinae (Scarabaeidae, Coleoptera) of Vietnam and some parts of adjacent countries: South China, Laos and Thailand" (PDF). Latvijas Entomologs, 1999, 37: 58-96. Retrieved 2021-07-24.

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