Digitonthophagus bonasus explained

Digitonthophagus bonasus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Afghanistan, Vietnam and Cambodia.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Description

This shiny, very broadly oval and convex species has an average length of about 12 to 17 mm. Body testaceous yellowish. Head, and pronotum are greenish-black except a narrow pale margin at the sides and base. Elytral suture, and the upper surface of the femora and tibiae also greenish-black. Legs and sides of the body covered with yellowish hair. Head semicircular with very strongly reflexed front margin. Clypeus finely and closely granulate. In male, a short, acute, erect horn located in the middle of the forehead, which is backwardly directed with a tubercle.[5] Pronotum very smooth in front and behind, but scattered granules are found in its middle part. Elytra finely striate with minute setigerous punctures in intervals. Pygidium consists with an angulate basal carina.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Génier . François . Moretto . Philippe . 2017-12-31 . Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959: taxonomy, systematics, and morphological phylogeny of the genus revealing an African species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) . 2021-07-19 . 10.5281/ZENODO.439444.
  2. Web site: The genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Sensu Lato)(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Pakistan . 2021-07-18 . Int. J. Biol. Biotech, 2011.
  3. Web site: First report on Scarabaeid (Coleoptera) fauna of Sahaspur, Uttarakhand . 2021-07-18 . Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2017; 5(6): 17-22.
  4. Web site: Spatial variation in the community structure of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Kurukshetra, Haryana . 2021-07-19 . www.cabdirect.org.
  5. Web site: Morphometric analysis of Oryctes rhinoceros and Onthophagus bonasus Fabricius in Hassan district of Karnataka . 2021-07-18 . Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2020; 8(4): 78-81.
  6. Web site: Digitonthophagus bonasus (Fabricius, 1775) . 2021-07-19 . India Biodiversity Portal.
  7. Web site: Génier . François . Moretto . Philippe . 2017-03-31 . Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959: taxonomy, systematics, and morphological phylogeny of the genus revealing an African species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) . 2021-07-19 . Zootaxa . 1 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4248.1.1.

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