Onthophagus spinifex

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

Onthophagus spinifex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onthophagus
Species:
O. spinifex
Binomial name
Onthophagus spinifex
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Scarabaeus spinifex Fabricius, 1781
  • Onthophagus bifossus D'Orbigny, 1902
  • Onthophagus reflexicornis Redtenbacher, 1867
  • Scarabaeus aeneus Fabricius, 1781
  • Scarabaeus spinifer Olivier, 1789

Description

This broadly oval, very convex species has an average length of about 7.5 to 10 mm. Body dark blue, dark metallic or golden-green in color. Legs and ventrum blackish whereas antennae, mouthparts, and tarsi are reddish. Dorsum and ventrum covered with yellowish hairs and setae. Head rather broad, and nearly semicircular. Clypeus coarsely transversely rugose. Pronotum moderately closely small granules. Elytra finely striate, with flat intervals. Pygidium rather strongly and closely punctured. Male has a long slender horn in head, arising between the eyes. Pronotum very smooth and shiny. Female has two strongly elevated curved carinae.[4][1]

References
  1. "Two New Records of genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Madhya Pradesh, India" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology, 2011. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  2. "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.
  3. "Onthophagus spinifex (Fabricius, 1781)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  4. "Onthophagus spinifex (Fabricius, 1781)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-25.


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