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Onitis

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Onitis
Onitis humerosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Onitini
Genus: Onitis
Fabricius, 1798

Onitis is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea[1][2][3] and typical of the tribe Onitini. This genus is mainly distributed in Africa, Palaearctic and Oriental region with more than 140 species from the Afrotropical region. All species of this genus are tunnellers meaning they build tunnel under the dung in the soil and bring dung in the tunnel to lay eggs.[4]

Species

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Species within this genus include:[5][4][6][7][8][9][10][11][12].

References

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  1. ^ ITIS
  2. ^ Nomen.at - animals and plants
  3. ^ GBIF
  4. ^ a b c d e Karimbumkara, Seena N.; Priyadarsanan, Dharma R. (2024). "Study on the genus Onitis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian Subcontinent, with three new species from India". European Journal of Taxonomy. 956 (4): 1–61. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657.
  5. ^ Catalogue of life
  6. ^ a b Biswas, S. (1979). "The scarab beetles Coleoptera scarabaeidae of North India 2. 3 new species and 2 new records from India". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 76: 338–341.
  7. ^ a b Cambefort, Yves (1988). "Deux nouveaux Onitis d'Asie tropicale [Col. Scarabaeidae]". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France (in French). 92 (5–6): 189–192.
  8. ^ a b c d Lansberge, G. Van (1875). "Monographie des Onitides". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique (in French). 18: 142–144.
  9. ^ a b David Sharp (1875). "Descriptions of some new genera and species of Scarabaeidae from tropical Asia and Malasia". Coleopterologische Hefte. 3 (XIV). München, Carl Merhoff's Verlag.
  10. ^ a b c Arrow, Gilbert J. (1931). The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae). Taylor & Francis, London.
  11. ^ a b Gillet, Joseph J. E. (1911). "Coprides nouveaux de la région orientale et remarques synonymiques". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique. 55. Société entomologique de Belgique: 313--314.
  12. ^ a b Kollar, Vincenz; Redtenbacher, Ludwig (1848). "Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freiherrn Carl v. Hügel auf seiner Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himaleyagebirge gesammelten Insecten". In Hügel, Carl Freiherrn von (ed.). Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek. Vol. 4(2). Stuttgart: Hallberger'sche Verlagshandlung. pp. 393–564 [517].