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Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) ramosus

Description

Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) ramosus (Wiedemann, 1823) (Fig. 1M) (C#72436)

Copris ramosus Wiedemann, 1823:13. Type locality: India.

Material examined. PAKISTAN, Islamabad Capital: 7 specimens, 3.IX.2012; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 5 specimens, Swat, 14.IX.2007; Punjab: 8 specimens, Rawat, Rawalpindi, 26.VII.2005, leg. & det. M. Abbas.

Remarks. This species is common in the foothill habitats.

Distribution. Azad Kashmir: Pallandri, Muzaffarabad (Pir Chanasi); Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Dera Ismail Khan; Punjab: Bhakkar, Chakwal; Sindh: Tharparkar (Siddiqui et al., 2014).

Notes

Published as part of Abbas, Muhammad, Khaliq, Sobia, Masroor, Rafaqat & Hassan, Muhammad Asghar, 2024, A checklist of the dung beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) deposited at Pakistan Museum of Natural History, pp. 415-430 in Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2) on page 421, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.415

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References

  • Siddiqui, H., Ahmed, Z. & Khatri, I. (2014) Distributional notes and new records for the Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 46 (2), 295-307.