| Onitis crassus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. crassus |
| Binomial name | |
| Onitis crassus Sharp, 1875 | |
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Onitis vischnu Preudhomme de Borre 1881 | |
Onitis crassus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae described by David Sharp based on a specimen collected in India.
Description
Black, not very shining. Length is 15.5–21 mm, and breadth is 9–10.5 mm.
Distribution
India (Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh), Nepal, Pakistan
Habitat
Found in cattle dung.
References
- ^ David Sharp (1875). "Descriptions of some new genera and species of Scarabaeidae from tropical Asia and Malasia". Coleopterologische Hefte. 3 (XIV). München, Carl Merhoff's Verlag.
- ^ Arrow, Gilbert J. (1931). The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae). Taylor & Francis, London.
- 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.
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