Biology:Onitis virens
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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. virens
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| Onitis virens Lansberge, 1875 [1]
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Onitis virens is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is fairly widespread in south Asia.[2][3]
Description
Black, with a very feeble metallic lustre, and moderately shining. Length is 18–23 mm, and breadth is 10–13 mm.[3]
Distribution
India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,[3] Bihar, Chhattisgarh,[3] Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka,[3] Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,[3] Maharashtra,[3] Meghalaya, Nagaland, New Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu,[3] Tripura, Uttarakhand,[3] Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), China, Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 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 ☰ Q14885387 entry
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