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Onthophagus hystrix
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Onthophagus
Species:	O. hystrix
Binomial name
Onthophagus hystrix Boucomont 1914

Onthophagus hystrix is a species of dung beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.

Description

This minute broadly oval, less convex species has an average length of about 3.5 to 5 mm. Body Reddish brown in color with a shine. Antennae yellowish, and body covered with long erect pale hairs dorsally and ventrally. Head large, less dilated laterally before the large eyes. Clypeus coarsely and rugosely punctured. There is a pair of minute transversely placed tubercles between the eyes. Pronotum closely and moderately finely punctured. Elytra finely striate, with flat intervals and minute punctures. Pygidium strongly and rugosely punctured.

References

1. "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.
2. "Onthophagus hystrix Boucomont, 1914". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
3. "Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India" (PDF). Zoo's Print Journal, 2000. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
4. "First report on five species of genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from Madhya Pradesh, India,and their description of external male genitalia" (PDF). Biodiversity Journal, 2012, 3 (2): 99-106. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
5. "Onthophagus hystrix Boucomont 1914". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-25.

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• Insects described in 1914
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