Onthophagus luridipennis

Onthophagus luridipennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onthophagus
Species:
O. luridipennis
Binomial name
Onthophagus luridipennis
Boheman, 1858
Synonyms
  • Onthophagus fuscopunctatus Lansberge, 1883
  • Onthophagus fuscopunctulatus Boucomont, 1914[1]

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

  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.
  4. ^ Widhiono, Imam; Darsono, Darsono; Fasihah, Nailil (2017-02-13). "Short Communication: Endemics species of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) on the southern slope of Mount Slamet, Central Java, Indonesia". Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity. doi:10.13057/biodiv/d180136. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  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.


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