Onitis castaneus

{{short description|Species of beetle}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Onitis

| species = castaneus

| authority = Kollar, 1844

| synonyms = Onitis castaneus Redtenbacher, 1844

}}

Onitis castaneus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.{{cite book| last1=Kollar|first1=Vincenz |last2=Redtenbacher|first2=Ludwig| chapter=Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freiherrn Carl v. Hügel auf seiner Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himaleyagebirge gesammelten Insecten|editor-last=Hügel|editor-first=Carl Freiherrn von| title=Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek| publisher=Hallberger'sche Verlagshandlung| location=Stuttgart|year=1848|volume=4(2)|pages=393–564 [517]| chapter-url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52443641}} Description based on two specimen collected by Harold in Kashmir.{{Cite journal|last=Lansberge |first=G. Van|date=1875|title=Monographie des Onitides. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/37736|journal=Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique |language=fr|volume=18|pages=142–144 }} It is widely distributed in South Asia.{{cite journal | last=Gupta | first=Devanshu | last2=Chandra | first2=Kailash | last3=Khan | first3=Salma | title=Studies on Tribe Onitini (Scarabaeinae: Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh with a Checklist from India | journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences | volume=87 | issue=3 | date=2017 | issn=0369-8211 | doi=10.1007/s40011-015-0676-9 | pages=1025–1039}}{{Cite journal|last=Karimbumkara |first=Seena N.|last2=Priyadarsanan|first2=Dharma R.|date=2024|title=Study on the genus Onitis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian Subcontinent, with three new species from India.|url=https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2657/12287|journal=European Journal of Taxonomy|language=en|volume=956|issue=4|pages=1–61|doi=10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657|doi-access=free}}