Biology:Onthophagus hystrix

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Short description: Species of beetle

Onthophagus hystrix
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onthophagus
Species:
O. hystrix
Binomial name
Onthophagus hystrix
Boucomont 1914

Onthophagus hystrix, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3][4]

Description

This minute broadly oval, less convex species has an average length of about 3.5 to 5 mm. Body Reddish brown in color with a shine. Antennae yellowish, and body covered with long erect pale hairs dorsally and ventrally. Head large, less dilated laterally before the large eyes. Clypeus coarsely and rugosely punctured. There is a pair of minute transversely placed tubercles between the eyes. Pronotum closely and moderately finely punctured. Elytra finely striate, with flat intervals and minute punctures. Pygidium strongly and rugosely punctured.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14886685 entry