Onthophagus falsus explained

Onthophagus falsus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Description

This broadly oval, medium convex species has an average length of about 5.5 to 7.5 mm. Male is smaller than female. Body shining black or dark brown. Head, pronotum, elytra and ventrum are coppery or greenish-black. Elytra decorated with orange markings. Antennae, mouthparts, femora, pygidium, and abdominal lateral sides are orange. There are minute pale yellow setae on dorsum. Head less broad, with round ocular lobes at the sides. Clypeus a little produced and the pronotum is strongly punctured. Elytra finely striate, with slightly convex and finely punctured intervals. Pygidium strongly and unevenly punctured. Metasternal shield sparsely punctured at the sides. Male has shiny head and bears large and small punctures. Clypeus produced to a blunt point. Pair of horns are very broad and directed backward. Horns possess a small sharp tooth. Female has rugosely punctured clypeus without shine.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Onthophagus falsus Gillet, 1925 . 2021-07-23 . www.gbif.org . en.
  2. Web site: The genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Sensu Lato)(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Pakistan . 2021-07-22 . Int. J. Biol. Biotech, 2011.
  3. Web site: Kakkar . N. . Gupta . S. K. . 2009-09-26 . Temporal variations in dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) assemblages in Kurukshetra, Haryana, India . 2021-07-23 . Journal of Threatened Taxa . 481–483 . en . 10.11609/JoTT.o2075.481-3.
  4. Web site: Venugopal . K. S. . Thomas . S. K. . Flemming . A. T. . 2012-07-26 . Diversity and community structure of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) associated with semi-urban fragmented agricultural land in the Malabar coast in southern India . 2021-07-23 . Journal of Threatened Taxa . 2685–2692 . en . 10.11609/JoTT.o3074.2685-92.
  5. Web site: An overview of the Onthophagini from the Arabian Peninsula (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae). . 2021-07-23 . europepmc.org.
  6. Web site: Karyological investigations on four species of Scarabaeinae (Scaraebaeidae: Coleoptera) . 2021-07-22 . Journal of Entomological Research, 2011.
  7. Web site: Onthophagus falsus Gillet, 1925 . 2021-07-23 . India Biodiversity Portal.

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