Onitis kethai

Onitis kethai
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. kethai
Binomial name
Onitis kethai
Karimbumkara & Priyadarsanan, 2024

Onitis kethai is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is only known from its type locality Biligiri Rangaswamy temple Tiger Reserve in Karnataka state of India.

Onitis kethai measures 11.5–15 mm in length and 6–7.5 mm in breadth.

The species was named in memory of the late field assistant Ketha Gowda, who helped the team in sampling beetles and other insects.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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 (4): 1–61. Bibcode:2024EJTax.956....1K. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657.
  2. ↑ Karimbumkara, Seena Narayanan; Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan (2025-01-01). "Onitis kethai Karimbumkara & Priyadarsanan, 2024 in Karimbumkara S N, Priyadarsanan D R, plazi". GBIF. doi:10.15468/j83zz5.