Biology:Onthophagus unifasciatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onthophagus |
| Species: | O. unifasciatus
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| Onthophagus unifasciatus (Schaller, 1783)
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Onthophagus unifasciatus, is a species of true dung beetle native to India and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3][4]
Description
Average length is about 6 to 9 mm. Body is short, compact and shining. Dorsum coppery green or dark blue in color. Elytra bright yellow, and decorated with a broad irregular black median band. There is a spot upon the 5th interval close to the base, as well as a transverse spot linking the apical margin. Pronotum strongly punctured which is obliquely retuse in front.[5]
The species is identified as a cause for the disease Scarabiasis,[6][7][8] where specimens were collected from human faeces.[9] There were many reports of children mainly between the ages of 1 and 5 years passing live beetles with their faeces in Sri Lanka.[10]
References
- ↑ Gunawardena, K. (July 1963). "A Study of Onthophagus Unifasciatus. Schall (Scarabaedae-Coprinii) and Scarabiasis in Ceylon". The Indian Journal of Medical Research 51: 654–660. PMID 14073616. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14073616. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ↑ Kakkar, Nidhi; Gupta, Sanjeev K. (2010). "Diversity and seasonal fluctuations in dung beetle (Coleoptera) community in Kurukshetra, India" (in en). Entomological Research 40 (3): 189–192. doi:10.1111/j.1748-5967.2010.00275.x. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1748-5967.2010.00275.x. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ↑ "New Records to the Species Diversity of Family Scarabaeidae and Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (India)". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268799501.
- ↑ Hewavithana, Dishane K.; Wijesinghe, Mayuri R.; Dangalle, Chandima D.; Dharmarathne, H. A. S. Gayan (June 2016). "Habitat and dung preferences of scarab beetles of the subfamily Scarabaeinae: a case study in a tropical monsoon forest in Sri Lanka" (in en). International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 36 (2): 97–105. doi:10.1017/S1742758416000023. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-tropical-insect-science/article/abs/habitat-and-dung-preferences-of-scarab-beetles-of-the-subfamily-scarabaeinae-a-case-study-in-a-tropical-monsoon-forest-in-sri-lanka/73C4EE459C21F8DA0987919776A55677. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ↑ "Scarabaeid beetles of Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284724559.
- ↑ Edirisinghe, J S (1988-01-01). "Scarabiasis" (in en). Tropical Doctor 18 (1): 47–48. doi:10.1177/004947558801800120. PMID 3341092. https://doi.org/10.1177/004947558801800120. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ↑ Iyengar, M. O. T. (July 1928). "Infestation of the Human Intestine by Corpid Beetles in Bengal". The Indian Medical Gazette 63 (7): 365–369. PMID 29011607.
- ↑ Strickland, C.; Roy, D. N. (July 1939). "Scarabiasis or the Presence of Beetles in the Intestine". The Indian Medical Gazette 74 (7): 416–419. PMID 29011819.
- ↑ "SCARABAEIDAE (INDIA COLEOPTERA) OF SILENT VALLEY, KERALA, INDIA WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES". http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/084/01-04/0079-0096.pdf.
- ↑ "A Study of Onthophagus unifasciaius Schall (Scarabaedae-Coprinii) and Scarabiasis in Ceylon.". https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19642900461.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14888511 entry
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