Onthophagus ludio, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka.[2][3][4][5]
| Onthophagus ludio | |
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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. ludio
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| Binomial name | |
| Onthophagus ludio | |
Description
editThis broadly oval, very compact and convex species has an average length of about 6 to 9 mm. Body black and shiny. Pronotum and back of the head are metallic green or deep blue. Elytra bright yellow with black markings. Antennae and mouthparts are yellowish. Head shiny and less broad. Clypeus lightly rugose, and forehead sparsely punctured. Pronotum strongly, evenly, and fairly closely punctured. There is a blunt tubercle on each side of the middle part of the pronotum. Elytra finely striate, with flat intervals and a row of fine granules. Pygidium shiny, strongly and deeply punctured. Female has a sharp straight carina behind the eyes on head.[6]
References
edit- ^ Boucomont, A. (1914). "Onthophagus asiatiques nouveaux ou peu connus". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 3. 46: 210–243. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.14786.
- ^ "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 ludio Boucomont, 1914". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ Kalawate, Aparna Sureshchandra; Mukhopadhyay, Banani; Pawar, Sonal Vithal; Shinde, Vighnesh Durgaram (2021-01-29). "Some new records of scarab beetles of the genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, with a checklist". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 13 (1): 17580–17586. doi:10.11609/jott.5695.13.1.17580-17586. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Karimbumkara1, S.N.; Priyadarsanan, D.R. (2016). "Report of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) attracted to unconventional resources, with the description of three new species". Entomon. 41 (4): 265–282. Retrieved 2021-07-25 – via ResearchGate.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Onthophagus ludio Boucomont, 1914". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-25.