Biology:Onitis siva
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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. siva
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| Binomial name | |
| Onitis siva Gillet, 1911[1]
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Onitis siva is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae described from southern India is only known from India so far.[1][2][3]
Description
Black or very deep reddish-black. Length is 30 mm, and breadth is 16 mm.[3]
Distribution
The species inhabits the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Coprides nouveaux de la région orientale et remarques synonymiques". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique (Société entomologique de Belgique) 55: 313–314. 1911. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/31126.
- ↑ 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 (4): 1–61. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657. Bibcode: 2024EJTax.956....1K. https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2657/12287.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 ☰ Q14885566 entry
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