Onitis humerosus
| Onitis humerosus | |
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| 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) | |
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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]
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