Digitonthophagus bonasus
{{Short description|Species of beetle}}
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| genus = Digitonthophagus
| species = bonasus
| authority = (Fabricius 1775)
| synonyms = * Scarabeaus bonasus Fabricius, 1775
- Onthophagus (Digitonthophagus) bonasus Balthasar, 1963
- Onthophagus bonasus Arrow, 1931
- Onthophagus bonasus Chandra, 2005
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Digitonthophagus bonasus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Afghanistan, Vietnam and Cambodia.{{Cite web |last=Génier |first=François |last2=Moretto |first2=Philippe |date=2017-12-31 |title=Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959: taxonomy, systematics, and morphological phylogeny of the genus revealing an African species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) |url=https://zenodo.org/record/439444 |access-date=2021-07-19 |doi=10.5281/ZENODO.439444}}{{Cite web |title=The genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Sensu Lato)(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Pakistan |url=http://www.ijbbku.com/assets/custom/journals/2011/3/THE%20GENUS%20ONTHOPHAGUS%20LATREILLE,%201802%20(SENSU%20LATO)%20(COLEOPTERA%20SCARABAEIDAE)%20IN%20PAKISTAN.pdf |access-date=2021-07-18 |website=Int. J. Biol. Biotech, 2011}}{{Cite web |title=First report on Scarabaeid (Coleoptera) fauna of Sahaspur, Uttarakhand |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amar-Singh-35/publication/326671433_First_report_on_Scarabaeid_Coleoptera_fauna_of_Sahaspur_Uttarakhand/links/5b5c8ba80f7e9bc79a6c3a4b/First-report-on-Scarabaeid-Coleoptera-fauna-of-Sahaspur-Uttarakhand.pdf |access-date=2021-07-18 |website=Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2017; 5(6): 17-22}}{{Cite web |title= Spatial variation in the community structure of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Kurukshetra, Haryana |url=https://www.cabdirect.org/?target=%2fcabdirect%2fabstract%2f20143328869 |access-date=2021-07-19 |website=www.cabdirect.org}}
Description
This shiny, very broadly oval and convex species has an average length of about 12 to 17 mm. Body testaceous yellowish. Head, and pronotum are greenish-black except a narrow pale margin at the sides and base. Elytral suture, and the upper surface of the femora and tibiae also greenish-black. Legs and sides of the body covered with yellowish hair. Head semicircular with very strongly reflexed front margin. Clypeus finely and closely granulate. In male, a short, acute, erect horn located in the middle of the forehead, which is backwardly directed with a tubercle.{{Cite web |title=Morphometric analysis of Oryctes rhinoceros and Onthophagus bonasus Fabricius in Hassan district of Karnataka |url=https://www.entomoljournal.com/archives/2020/vol8issue4/PartB/8-3-211-445.pdf |access-date=2021-07-18 |website=Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2020; 8(4): 78-81}} Pronotum very smooth in front and behind, but scattered granules are found in its middle part. Elytra finely striate with minute setigerous punctures in intervals. Pygidium consists with an angulate basal carina.{{Cite web |title=Digitonthophagus bonasus (Fabricius, 1775) |url=https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/2944 |access-date=2021-07-19 |website=India Biodiversity Portal}}{{Cite web |last=Génier |first=François |last2=Moretto |first2=Philippe |date=2017-03-31 |title=Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959: taxonomy, systematics, and morphological phylogeny of the genus revealing an African species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) |url=http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4248.1.1 |access-date=2021-07-19 |website=Zootaxa |pages=1 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4248.1.1}}
Gallery
Onthophagus bonasus Fabricius, 1775 (3005104825) (2).jpg|
Onthophagus bonasus Fabricius, 1775 male lateral (13313798265).png|
Onthophagus bonasus Fabricius, 1775 (3005930898).jpg|
References
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