Onthophagus ( Onthophagus ) zebra Arrow, 1931

Kharel, Bhim Prasad, Schoolmeester, Paul & Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar, 2020, A first faunistic account on the Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) of the Nadia district, West Bengal, with a preliminary checklist from India, Check List 16 (2), pp. 361-381 : 371

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15560/16.2.361
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scientific name	Onthophagus ( Onthophagus ) zebra Arrow, 1931
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Onthophagus ( Onthophagus) zebra Arrow, 1931 View in CoL Figure 4I

Material examined ( 1♀). India, West Bengal, Chapra ( 23°30′47″N, 088°33′12″E), S.K.Sarkar leg., 11.IX.2018, KUZEN S0237 ( 1♀).

Identification ( ♀). This species can be distinguished from other Onthophagus species by the narrow head, with a straight carina on the vertex; clypeus coarsely punctate, with a rounded carina separating it from the forehead; pronotum finely and densely punctate, with a broad prominence just behind the anterior margin; elytra longitudinally striped; metaventrite finely and sparsely punctate.

Geographical distribution. India: Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Karnataka ( Arrow 1931; Chandra 2000; Chandra and Ahirwar2007; Jadhav and Sharma 2012; Chandra and Gupta 2012c, 2012d; Karimbumkara and Priyadarsanan 2013).

Remarks. This species is newly recorded for West Bengal state.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Scarabaeidae
Genus	Onthophagus