Onthophagus hystrix is a species of dung beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3][4]
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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. hystrix
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| Binomial name | |
| Onthophagus hystrix Boucomont 1914
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Description
editThis minute broadly oval, less convex species has an average length of about 3.5 to 5 mm. Body Reddish brown in color with a shine. Antennae yellowish, and body covered with long erect pale hairs dorsally and ventrally. Head large, less dilated laterally before the large eyes. Clypeus coarsely and rugosely punctured. There is a pair of minute transversely placed tubercles between the eyes. Pronotum closely and moderately finely punctured. Elytra finely striate, with flat intervals and minute punctures. Pygidium strongly and rugosely punctured.[5]
References
edit- ^ "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Onthophagus hystrix Boucomont, 1914". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India" (PDF). Zoo's Print Journal, 2000. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "First report on five species of genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from Madhya Pradesh, India,and their description of external male genitalia" (PDF). Biodiversity Journal, 2012, 3 (2): 99-106. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Onthophagus hystrix Boucomont 1914". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-25.