Onitis kethai
| Onitis kethai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. kethai
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| Binomial name | |
| Onitis kethai Karimbumkara & Priyadarsanan, 2024 [1]
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Onitis kethai is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is only known from its type locality Biligiri Rangaswamy temple Tiger Reserve in Karnataka state of India.[1][2]
Onitis kethai measures 11.5–15 mm in length and 6–7.5 mm in breadth.[1]
The species was named in memory of the late field assistant Ketha Gowda, who helped the team in sampling beetles and other insects.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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 (4): 1–61. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657.
- ^ "Onitis kethai Karimbumkara & Priyadarsanan, 2024 in Karimbumkara S N, Priyadarsanan D R, plazi". GBIF. 2025-01-01.