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Onitis humerosus
Onitis humerosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Infraorder:
Scarabeiformia
Superfamily:
Scarabaeoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Genus:
Onitis
Species:
O. humerosus
Binomial name
Onitis humerosus
(Pallas, 1771)
Synonyms
  • Onitis chevrolati Lucas, 1849
  • Onitis cupripennis Balthasar, 1963
  • Onitis menalcas Pallas, 1781
  • Onitis violaceipennis Miksic, 1950
  • Onitis violaceus Sahlberg, 1913
  • Onitis viridipennis Miksic, 1950

Onitis humerosus is a species of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[1][2]

Illustration of Onitis humerosus

Description

Onitis humerosus can reach a length of 12.5–18.5 millimetres (0.49–0.73 in). Body is oval and convex. The pronotum is densely punctured. It may be bright metallic green, coppery, indigo-blue or violet, while the elytra are bright yellow, finely striate, with longitudinal, green or blue lines. The sides of the metasternum are very hairy. [3]

Distribution

This species has a Palaearctic distribution (East Mediterranean, Caucasus, Southern East Ukraine, Turkestan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Cyprus) [1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Catalogue of life
  2. ^ Biolib
  3. ^ India Biodiversity Portal
  4. ^ Fauna europaea


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