Onthophagus turbatus

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Onthophagus turbatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Cucujoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
Genus:
Onthophagus
Species:
O. turbatus
Binomial name
Onthophagus turbatus
Walker, 1858

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

Description

This oval, compact and less convex species has an average length of about 7 to 8 mm. Body bronze colored with a slight metallic green shine on dorsum. There is an undefined orange patch at the base of each elytron near the shoulder. Antennae and mouthparts are yellowish. Dorsum fairly closely clothed with minute greyish setae. Head rather broad, with rugose clypeus. Forehead sparingly punctured. Pronotum finely and closely punctured. Elytra finely striate, with flat intervals. Pygidium moderately punctured. Males are found in two forms as: long-horned phase and short-horned phase. In long-horned phase, there is a nearly erect horn arising between the eyes which is curving gently backward. Pronotum transversely hollowed. In short-horned phase, there is a short, transverse, erect, truncate horn between the eyes. Female has a strong transverse carina between the eyes. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Latha, Thomas; Sabu, Thomas K. (2018). "Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) community structure across a forest- agriculture habitat ecotonein South Western Ghats". International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology. pp. 1879–1890. doi:10.22161/ijeab/3.5.41 . Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  2. ↑ 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. pp. 2685–2692. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3074.2685-92 . Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Onthophagus turbatus Walker, 1858". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  5. ↑ "Onthophagus turbatus Walker, 1858". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-25.


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