Biology:Onitis assamensis
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. assamensis
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| Onitis assamensis Biswas, 1980
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Onitis assamensis, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is only known from its type locality Kaziranga National Park in Assam state of India.[2] The specimen was first collected in Kaziranga by A. K. Ghosh in 1971 and described by S Biswas in 1979.[1]
Etymology
Named after the state Assam which is type locality where type specimen was collected.[1]
Habitat
Decaying Rhinoceros dung.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Biswas, S. (1979). "The scarab beetles Coleoptera scarabaeidae of North India 2. 3 new species and 2 new records from India." (in en). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 76: 338–341. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/151549.
- ↑ Karimbumkara, Seena N.; Priyadarsanan, Dharma R. (2024). "Study on the genus Onitis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian Subcontinent, with three new species from India." (in en). European Journal of Taxonomy 956 (4): 1–61. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657. https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2657/12287.
Wikidata ☰ Q14885620 entry
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