Onthophagus luridipennis explained

Onthophagus luridipennis, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka,[1] Thailand,[2] and Indonesia.[3] [4] [5]

Description

Average length is about 5.5 to 7.5 mm. Body yellowish-brown. Head and pronotum copper or bronze lustre. Male has a pair backwardly produced divergent horns. Female has longer vertex carina.[6]

Adults have been found from feces of several domestic and wild species including cattle, buffalo, Javan surili, East Javan langur, Asian palm civet, and wild boar as well as humans.[7]

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Web site: Associations of scarab beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with dung of four species of mammals in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand . 2021-07-25 . Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2018.
  3. Web site: Widhiono . Imam . Darsono . Darsono . Fasihah . Nailil . 2017-02-13 . Short Communication: Endemics species of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) on the southern slope of Mount Slamet, Central Java, Indonesia . 2021-07-25 . Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity . en . 10.13057/biodiv/d180136.
  4. Web site: Sa'roni . S. M. . Prabowo . R. . Sahari . B. . Buchori . D. . Damayanti Buchori . April 2020 . Diversity of dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in oil palm agropasture ecosystem in West Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia . 2021-07-25 . IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science . 012006 . en . 10.1088/1755-1315/468/1/012006.
  5. Web site: Beetles of Rusa timorensis manure in captivity stable . 2021-07-25 . Puslitbang Biologi.
  6. Web site: Studies on the Coprophagous Scarab Beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from Vietnam in the collections of Zoological Institute St. Petersburg and of the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt . 2021-07-25 . Veröffentlichungen Naturkundemuseum Erfurt 1998 S. 39-58.
  7. Web site: Priawandiputra . Windra . Tsuji . Yamato . Widayati . Kanthi Arum . Suryobroto . Bambang . 2020-01-13 . Dung beetle assemblages in lowland forests of Pangandaran Nature Reserve, West Java, Indonesia . 2021-07-25 . Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity . en . 10.13057/biodiv/d210210.

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