Onitis assamensis
Species of beetle
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Onitis assamensis, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is only known from its type locality Kaziranga National Park in Assam state of India.[2] The specimen was first collected in Kaziranga by A. K. Ghosh in 1971 and described by S Biswas in 1979.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. assamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Onitis assamensis Biswas, 1980 | |
Etymology
Habitat
Decaying Rhinoceros dung.[1]