| Onitis virens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. virens |
| Binomial name | |
| Onitis virens Lansberge, 1875 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Onitis amplectens Lansberge, 1875 | |
Onitis virens is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is fairly widespread in south Asia.
Description
Black, with a very feeble metallic lustre, and moderately shining. Length is 18–23 mm, and breadth is 10–13 mm.
Distribution
India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, New Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), China, Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam
References
- ^ Lansberge, G. Van (1875). "Monographie des Onitides". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique (in French). 18: 142–144.
- ^ Karimbumkara, Seena N.; Priyadarsanan, Dharma R. (2024). "Study on the genus Onitis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian Subcontinent, with three new species from India". European Journal of Taxonomy. 956 (4): 1–61. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657.
- ^ Arrow, Gilbert J. (1931). The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae). Taylor & Francis, London.
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