Onthophagus unifasciatus explained

Onthophagus unifasciatus, is a species of true dung beetle native to India and Sri Lanka.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Description

Average length is about 6 to 9 mm. Body is short, compact and shining. Dorsum coppery green or dark blue in color. Elytra bright yellow, and decorated with a broad irregular black median band. There is a spot upon the 5th interval close to the base, as well as a transverse spot linking the apical margin. Pronotum strongly punctured which is obliquely retuse in front.[5]

The species is identified as a cause for the disease Scarabiasis,[6] [7] [8] where specimens were collected from human faeces.[9] There were many reports of children mainly between the ages of 1 and 5 years passing live beetles with their faeces in Sri Lanka.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Gunawardena . K. . A Study of Onthophagus Unifasciatus. Schall (Scarabaedae-Coprinii) and Scarabiasis in Ceylon . July 1963 . 2021-07-10 . The Indian Journal of Medical Research . 51 . 654–660 . 14073616.
  2. Kakkar . Nidhi . Gupta . Sanjeev K. . 2010 . Diversity and seasonal fluctuations in dung beetle (Coleoptera) community in Kurukshetra, India . 2021-07-10 . Entomological Research . 40 . 3 . 189–192 . en . 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2010.00275.x. 85732657 .
  3. Web site: New Records to the Species Diversity of Family Scarabaeidae and Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (India) . 2021-07-09 . Academic Journal of Entomology 5 (1): 28-36, 2012.
  4. Hewavithana . Dishane K. . Wijesinghe . Mayuri R. . Dangalle . Chandima D. . Dharmarathne . H. A. S. Gayan . June 2016 . Habitat and dung preferences of scarab beetles of the subfamily Scarabaeinae: a case study in a tropical monsoon forest in Sri Lanka . 2021-07-10 . International Journal of Tropical Insect Science . 36 . 2 . 97–105 . en . 10.1017/S1742758416000023. 88131312 .
  5. Web site: Scarabaeid beetles of Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh . 2021-07-09 . Zoos' print journal, 2005.
  6. Edirisinghe . J S . 1988-01-01 . Scarabiasis . 2021-07-10 . Tropical Doctor . 18 . 1 . 47–48 . en . 10.1177/004947558801800120. 3341092 .
  7. Iyengar . M. O. T. . July 1928. Infestation of the Human Intestine by Corpid Beetles in Bengal . The Indian Medical Gazette . 63 . 7 . 365–369 . 5235717 . 29011607.
  8. Strickland . C. . Roy . D. N. . July 1939 . Scarabiasis or the Presence of Beetles in the Intestine . The Indian Medical Gazette . 74 . 7 . 416–419 . 5151429 . 29011819.
  9. Web site: SCARABAEIDAE (INDIA COLEOPTERA) OF SILENT VALLEY, KERALA, INDIA WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES . 2021-07-09 . faunaofindia.
  10. Web site: A Study of Onthophagus unifasciaius Schall (Scarabaedae-Coprinii) and Scarabiasis in Ceylon. . 2021-07-09 . Indian Journal of Medical Research 1963 Vol.51 No.4 pp.654-60 ref.5 figs, on 2 pls. & 1 graph., 16.

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