Onthophagus fuscopunctatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onthophagus |
| Species: | O. fuscopunctatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Onthophagus fuscopunctatus (Fabricius 1798)
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Onthophagus fuscopunctatus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka.[1][2]
Description
This minute oval, compact and less convex species has an average length of about 3 to 3.5 mm. Body ochreous yellow and shiny. Head dark, pronotum possess variable black spots. Ventrum partly dark, femora yellowish, whereas tibiae and tarsi are reddish. Dorsum covered with yellow setae. Legs fairly slender. Head less broad, shiny, and without close granules. Pronotum fairly sparsely punctate-granular. Elytra deeply striate and punctured with convex intervals. Pygidium with few deep punctures.[3]
References
- ^ Sewak, R. (2009). Sivaperuman, C.; Baqri, Q. H.; Ramaswamy, G.; Naseema, M. (eds.). "Dung Beetles". Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 25–39. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-87409-6_3. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ "Onthophagus fuscopunctatus (Fabricius, 1798)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ "Onthophagus fuscopunctatus Fabricius 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
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