Onitis singhalensis
{{Short description|Species of beetle}}
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Onitis singhalensis, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.{{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 }}{{Cite web |title=Distributional Notes and New Records for the Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of Pakistan |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280556287_Distributional_Notes_and_New_Records_for_the_Dung_Beetles_Coleoptera_Scarabaeidae_Scarabaeinae_of_Pakistan |access-date=2021-07-22 |website=Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 46(2), pp. 295-307, 2014.}}{{Cite web |title=Taxonomic account of dung beetles from Gujrat, Punjab (Pakistan) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mubashar-Hussain/publication/288208468_Taxonomic_account_of_dung_beetles_from_Gujrat_Punjab_Pakistan/links/567f72a108ae051f9ae676c7/Taxonomic-account-of-dung-beetles-from-Gujrat-Punjab-Pakistan.pdf |access-date=2021-07-22 |website=J. Bio. & Env. Sci. 2015}}{{Cite web |title=SCARABAEIDAE (INDIA COLEOPTERA) OF SILENT VALLEY, KERALA, INDIA WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES |url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/084/01-04/0079-0096.pdf |access-date=2021-07-22 |website=faunaofindia.nic.in}}
Description
Coppery or greenish-coppery, not very shining. Length is 19–22{{nbsp}}mm, and breadth is 10–12{{nbsp}}mm.{{Cite book|last=Arrow|first=Gilbert J. |date=1931|title=The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae).|publisher= Taylor & Francis, London.|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62482/page/n9/mode/2up}}
Distribution
India (Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal{{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}}
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Category:Insects described in 1875
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