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Onthophagus luridipennis

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Species of beetle

Onthophagus luridipennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onthophagus
Species: O. luridipennis
Binomial name
Onthophagus luridipennis
Boheman, 1858
Synonyms
  • Onthophagus fuscopunctatus Lansberge, 1883
  • Onthophagus fuscopunctulatus Boucomont, 1914

Onthophagus luridipennis, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Indonesia.

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.

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.

References

  1. "Onthophagus luridipennis Boheman, 1858". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  2. "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.
  3. "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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  5. Sa'roni, S. M.; Prabowo, R.; Sahari, B.; Buchori, D. (April 2020). "Diversity of dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in oil palm agropasture ecosystem in West Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia". IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. p. 012006. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/468/1/012006. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  6. "Beetles of Rusa timorensis manure in captivity stable". Puslitbang Biologi. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  7. "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.
  8. Priawandiputra, Windra; Tsuji, Yamato; Widayati, Kanthi Arum; Suryobroto, Bambang (2020-01-13). "Dung beetle assemblages in lowland forests of Pangandaran Nature Reserve, West Java, Indonesia". Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity. doi:10.13057/biodiv/d210210. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
Taxon identifiers
Onthophagus luridipennis


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