Onthophagus favrei explained

Onthophagus favrei, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Description

This oval, medium convex species has an average length of about 5 to 7.5 mm. Male is smaller than female. Body black or lark brown and not shiny. There is a slight metallic lustre on the head and pronotum. Elytra possess small orange marks at the base and apex. Pygidium, abdominal sides, femora, antenna and mouthparts are orange. Dorsum and ventrum both covered by minute pale setae. Head less broad, with round ocular lobes. Pronotum moderately finely and closely punctured. Elytra finely striate, with flat and minutely granulate intervals. Pygidium fairly strongly punctured. Metasternal shield finely and sparingly. Male has closely, punctured head, pointed clypeus, and forehead not separated from the clypeus. Pair of horns are with broad base. Female has transversely rugose clypeus. Forehead is well punctured.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Onthophagus favrei Boucomont, 1914 . 2021-07-23 . www.gbif.org . en.
2. Web site: Habitat and dung preferences of scarab beetles of the subfamily Scarabaeinae: a case study in a tropical monsoon forest in Sri Lanka . 2021-07-22 . International Journal of Tropical Insect Science:Volume 36 Issue 2.
3. Web site: TEMPORAL RESOURCE PARTITIONING OF DUNG BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: SCARABAEINAE) IN THE DUNG OF TWO COW BREEDS IN A TROPICAL AGROECOSYSTEM . 2021-07-22 . Vol 26, No 1 (2021).
4. 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 . 4 . 7 . 2685–2692 . en . 10.11609/JoTT.o3074.2685-92. free .
5. Web site: Onthophagus favrei Boucomont, 1914 . 2021-07-23 . India Biodiversity Portal.