Mesontoplatys rufolaterus, is a species of dung beetle found from Indian subcontinent, throughout Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan,[1] and many African countries such as Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Senegal, Sudan, Republic Democratic of Congo, and the Republic of Guinea.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Mesontoplatys |
| Species: | M. rufolaterus
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| Mesontoplatys rufolaterus (Motschulsky, 1863)
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References
edit- ^ "Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Goa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan (India) with description of Aphodius (Gilletianus) rajawatorum sp. nov" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei nationalis Pragae, 2013. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "INSECTA : COLEOPTERA" (PDF). Zool. Surv. India Fauna of Haryana, State Fauna Series, 24 : 221-275, 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Nomenclator generum et subgenerum". degruyter. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
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