Onitis feae

Onitis feae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onitis
Species:
O. feae
Binomial name
Onitis feae
Felsche, 1907

Onitis feae is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is fairly widespread in south Asia.

Description

Black and subopaque, with the head, lower surface, and legs very dark red. Length is 15–20.5 mm, and breadth is 8.5–11.5 mm.

Distribution

India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram), China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand

References

  1. 1 2 Felsche, Carl von (1907). "Coprophage Scarabaeiden". Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift. 1907. Nicolai’sche Verlags-Buchandlung: 273--296.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Karimbumkara, Seena N.; Priyadarsanan, Dharma R. (2024). "Study on the genus Onitis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian Subcontinent, with three new species from India". European Journal of Taxonomy. 956 (4): 1–61. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657.
  3. 1 2 3 Arrow, Gilbert J. (1931). The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae). Taylor & Francis, London.