Onthophagus ludio explained

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

Description

This broadly oval, very compact and convex species has an average length of about 6 to 9 mm. Body black and shiny. Pronotum and back of the head are metallic green or deep blue. Elytra bright yellow with black markings. Antennae and mouthparts are yellowish. Head shiny and less broad. Clypeus lightly rugose, and forehead sparsely punctured. Pronotum strongly, evenly, and fairly closely punctured. There is a blunt tubercle on each side of the middle part of the pronotum. Elytra finely striate, with flat intervals and a row of fine granules. Pygidium shiny, strongly and deeply punctured. Female has a sharp straight carina behind the eyes on head.^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora . 2021-07-25 . Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka.
Web site: Onthophagus ludio Boucomont, 1914 . 2021-07-25 . www.gbif.org . en.
Kalawate . Aparna Sureshchandra . Mukhopadhyay . Banani . Pawar . Sonal Vithal . Shinde . Vighnesh Durgaram . 2021-01-29 . Some new records of scarab beetles of the genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, with a checklist . 2021-07-25 . Journal of Threatened Taxa . 13. 1. 2021. 17580–17586 . en . 10.11609/jott.5695.13.1.17580-17586. free .
Karimbumkara1. S.N. . Priyadarsanan . D.R.. Report of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) attracted to unconventional resources, with the description of three new species . Entomon . 2016 . 41 . 4 . 265–282 . 2021-07-25 . ResearchGate . en.
Web site: Onthophagus ludio Boucomont, 1914 . 2021-07-25 . India Biodiversity Portal.