Onthophagus fuscopunctatus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onthophagus |
| Species: | O. fuscopunctatus
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| Onthophagus fuscopunctatus (Fabricius 1798)
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Description
editThis minute oval, compact and less convex species has an average length of about 3 to 3.5 mm. Body ochreous yellow and shiny. Head dark, pronotum possess variable black spots. Ventrum partly dark, femora yellowish, whereas tibiae and tarsi are reddish. Dorsum covered with yellow setae. Legs fairly slender. Head less broad, shiny, and without close granules. Pronotum fairly sparsely punctate-granular. Elytra deeply striate and punctured with convex intervals. Pygidium with few deep punctures.[3]
References
edit- ^ Sewak, R. (2009). "Dung Beetles". In Sivaperuman, C.; Baqri, Q. H.; Ramaswamy, G.; Naseema, M. (eds.). Faunal Ecology and Conservation of the Great Indian Desert. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 25–39. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-87409-6_3. ISBN 978-3-540-87408-9. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ "Onthophagus fuscopunctatus (Fabricius, 1798)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ "Onthophagus fuscopunctatus Fabricius 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-23.