Onthophagus luridipennis
Appearance
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Onthophagus |
Species: | O. luridipennis
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Onthophagus luridipennis Boheman, 1858
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Onthophagus luridipennis, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] Thailand,[3] and Indonesia.[4][5][6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
References
- ^ "Onthophagus luridipennis Boheman, 1858". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Associations of scarab beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with dung of four species of mammals in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
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- ^ "Beetles of Rusa timorensis manure in captivity stable". Puslitbang Biologi. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Studies on the Coprophagous Scarab Beetles ( Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from Vietnam in the collections of Zoological Institute St. Petersburg and of the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt" (PDF). Veröffentlichungen Naturkundemuseum Erfurt 1998 S. 39-58. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
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