Onitis falcatus
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| Onitis falcatus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. falcatus |
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| Onitis falcatus (Wulfen, 1786) [1] | |
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Onitis falcatus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2] It is fairly widespread in Asia.[3][4]
Black or nearly black, with a clothing of reddish-yellow hair upon the legs and lower surface, smooth and shining, with the elytra and pygidium subopaque. Length is 16–23 mm, and breadth is 8–12 mm.[4]