A first faunistic account on the Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) of the Nadia district, West Bengal, with a preliminary checklist from India

By

Kharel, Bhim Prasad
Schoolmeester, Paul
Sarkar, Subhankar

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-4-3

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

361--381

Subjects

Distribution , dung beetles , faunistic , Identification , Onthophagini , Oriental region

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.2.361

 

Abstract

A survey of the dung beetle fauna from the Nadia district of West Bengal, India resulted in the recognition of 22 species belonging to Onthophagus Latreille, 1802. All these are new reported for the district. Twelve species are also newly recorded for the West Bengal state: Onthophagus (Onthophagus) andrewesi Arrow, 1931; O. (O.) ceylonicus Harold, 1859; O. (Onthophagiellus) crassicollis Boucomont, 1913; O. (Colobonthophagus) hindu Arrow, 1931; O. (O.) mau­ritii Boucomont, 1919; O. (Colobonthophagus) paliceps Arrow, 1931; O. (Colobonthophagus) pardalis (Fabricius, 1798); O. (O.) porcus Arrow, 1931; O. (Eremonthophagus) semicinctus d’Orbigny, 1897; O. (O.) socialis Arrow, 1931; O. (Indonthophagus) turbatus Walker, 1858; and O. (O.) zebra Arrow, 1931. All the recorded taxa are provided with distribution, material examined, diagnostic characters, and remarks. A preliminary checklist of the genus from India based on available literature and physical examination of specimens is also provided.