Onthophagus negligens explained

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

Description

This oval, very convex species has an average length of about 5 to 6 mm. Body black or dark brown in color. Head and prothorax coppery. Intervals of each elytron are reddish-yellow. Antennae, mouthparts, pygidium and abdominal sides are yellowish. Dorsum and ventrum covered with pale setae. Head fairly short and broad with round clypeal margin. Pronotum densely and rugosely granular. Elytra finely striate with flat intervals and minute and sparse granules. Pygidium finely and sparsely punctured. Clypeus shiny with few large punctures.[4]

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: Habitat and dung preferences of scarab beetles of the subfamily Scarabaeinae: a case study in a tropical monsoon forest in Sri Lanka . 2021-07-25 . International Journal of Tropical Insect Science>Volume 36 Issue 2.
  3. Web site: Onthophagus negligens Walker, 1858 . 2021-07-25 . www.gbif.org . en.
  4. Web site: Onthophagus negligens Walker, 1858 . 2021-07-25 . India Biodiversity Portal.