Onthophagus laevigatus

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Onthophagus laevigatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Cucujoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
Genus:
Onthophagus
Species:
O. laevigatus
Binomial name
Onthophagus laevigatus
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Copris laevigatusFabricius, 1798

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

Description

This oval, and less convex species has an average length of about 6 to 9 mm. Body black and opaque. Head, pronotum, and the ventrum shiny. Antennae and mouthparts reddish and covered with scanty reddish setae in ventrum and legs. Head broad and short. Clypeus with a broadly rounded margin. Pronotum unevenly punctured. Elytra finely striate, with flat intervals and minutely and irregularly granular. Pygidium opaque with few minute punctures. Male has shiny clypeus which is finely rugosely punctured whereas female has closely transversely rugose clypeus. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  2. ↑ K.a, Sobhana. "Checklist of dung beetles (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Scarabaeinae) associated with a dry deciduous forest in the south Western Ghats" . Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  3. ↑ "Onthophagus laevigatus (Fabricius, 1798)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Onthophagus laevigatus (Fabricius, 1798)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-25.


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