Onitis bhomorensis
| Onitis bhomorensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. bhomorensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Onitis bhomorensis Karimbumkara & Priyadarsanan, 2024
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Onitis bhomorensis, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is only known from its type locality near Tezpur in Assam state of India.[1][2]
Etymology
Named after the Kolia Bhomora Setu across Brahmaputra – the widest river in India, near which the type specimen was collected.[1]
Habitat
River bed of Brahmaputra which is dry seasonal grasslands with dominant species is Ziziphus jujuba trees.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Karimbumkara, Seena N.; Priyadarsanan, Dharma R. (2024). "Study on the genus Onitis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian Subcontinent, with three new species from India". European Journal of Taxonomy (4): 1–61. Bibcode:2024EJTax.956....1K. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657.
- ^ "New species of dung beetle discovered in Hesaraghatta Grasslands". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2025-03-30. Retrieved 2025-06-28.