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    Onthophagus rectecornutus

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Species of beetle

    Onthophagus rectecornutus
    Onthophagus (s.str.) rectecornutus Lansberge, 1883 male (4891372344).jpg
    male
    Scientific classification edit
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Coleoptera
    Family: Scarabaeidae
    Genus: Onthophagus
    Species:
    O. rectecornutus
    Binomial name
    Onthophagus rectecornutus
    Lansberge, 1883
    Synonyms
    • Onthophagus luridus Paulian, 1933

    Onthophagus rectecornutus, is a species of dung beetle found in India,[1] Sri Lanka,[2] Nepal,[3] China, Sunda Islands and Thailand.[4]

    Description

    This oval, very convex species has an average length of about 7 to 10 mm. Body testaceous yellow, with a faint metallic greenish shine and black mottling. Pygidium, punctures, margins, and sutures are black. Dorsum covered with very minute and inconspicuous greyish setae. Clypeus shortly semicircular in shape. Vertex bears a pair of unconnected horns which are sloping backwards. Pronotum strongly and irregularly punctured. Elytra deeply striate with fairly strongly and closely punctured intervals. Pygidium strongly punctured. Male has moderately closely punctured clypeus whereas female has closely transversely rugose clypeus.[5]

    References

    1. ↑ "First report on Scarabaeid (Coleoptera) fauna of Sahaspur, Uttarakhand". https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amar-Singh-35/publication/326671433_First_report_on_Scarabaeid_Coleoptera_fauna_of_Sahaspur_Uttarakhand/links/5b5c8ba80f7e9bc79a6c3a4b/First-report-on-Scarabaeid-Coleoptera-fauna-of-Sahaspur-Uttarakhand.pdf. 
    2. ↑ "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237010403_The_National_Red_List_2012_of_Sri_Lanka_Conservation_Status_of_the_Fauna_and_Flora. 
    3. ↑ "Male Genitalia of some Nepalese Species Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JNHM/article/view/14133. 
    4. ↑ "Onthophagus rectecornutus Lansberge, 1883" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1090317. 
    5. ↑ "Onthophagus rectecornutus Lansberge, 1883". https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/2754. 

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