Onthophagus negligens

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

Onthophagus negligens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onthophagus
Species:
O. negligens
Binomial name
Onthophagus negligens
Walker, 1858

Description

This oval, very convex species has an average length of about 5 to 6 mm. Body black or dark brown in color. Head and prothorax coppery. Intervals of each elytron are reddish-yellow. Antennae, mouthparts, pygidium and abdominal sides are yellowish. Dorsum and ventrum covered with pale setae. Head fairly short and broad with round clypeal margin. Pronotum densely and rugosely granular. Elytra finely striate with flat intervals and minute and sparse granules. Pygidium finely and sparsely punctured. Clypeus shiny with few large punctures.[4]

References
  1. "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  2. "Habitat and dung preferences of scarab beetles of the subfamily Scarabaeinae: a case study in a tropical monsoon forest in Sri Lanka". International Journal of Tropical Insect Science>Volume 36 Issue 2. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  3. "Onthophagus negligens Walker, 1858". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  4. "Onthophagus negligens Walker, 1858". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-25.


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