Biology:Onitis falcatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. falcatus
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| Onitis falcatus (Wulfen, 1786) [1]
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Onitis falcatus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2] It is fairly widespread in Asia.[3][4]
Description
Black or nearly black, with a clothing of reddish-yellow hair upon the legs and lower surface, smooth and shining, with the elytra and pygidium subopaque. Length is 16–23 mm, and breadth is 8–12 mm.[4]
Distribution
India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,[4] Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka,[4] Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,[4] Maharashtra,[4] Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, New Delhi, Odisha, Puducherry,Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,[4] Tripura, Uttarakhand,[4] Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal[4]), Bangladesh,[4] Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar,[4] Malay Peninsula, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wulfen, Xaver (1786). Descriptiones quorumdam Capensium insectorum. Erlangae: W. Walther. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.66070. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/itempdf/132962. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 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.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14885519 entry
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