Biology:Onitis brahma
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Onitis brahma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. brahma
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| Binomial name | |
| Onitis brahma Lansberge, 1875
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Onitis brahma is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is only known from India but fairly widespread in peninsular India.[2][3][4]
Etymology
Lansberge mentions in the description that the name brahma as proposed by Mr. Reiche (on specimen label?) was maintained.
Description
Black or dark chestnut brown. Length is 21–26 mm, and breadth is 11–13.5 mm.[3]
Distribution
India (Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat,[4] Karnataka,[3][4] Madhya Pradesh,[3][4] Maharashtra,[4] Rajasthan,[4] Tamil Nadu)[2]
References
- ↑ Lansberge, G. Van (1875). "Monographie des Onitides." (in fr). Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 18: 142–144. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/37736.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Arrow, Gilbert J. (1931). The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae).. Taylor & Francis, London.. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62482/page/n9/mode/2up.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Gupta, Devanshu; Chandra, Kailash; Khan, Salma (2017). "Studies on Tribe Onitini (Scarabaeinae: Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh with a Checklist from India". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences 87 (3): 1025–1039. doi:10.1007/s40011-015-0676-9. ISSN 0369-8211.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14885329 entry
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