Onitis kethai is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is only known from its type locality Biligiri Rangaswamy temple Tiger Reserve in Karnataka state of India.[1]
| Onitis kethai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. kethai
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| Binomial name | |
| Onitis kethai Karimbumkara & Priyadarsanan, 2024
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Etymology
editThe species was named in memory of field assistant, the late Mr Ketha Gowda, who helped the team in sampling beetles and other insects.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b 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. 956 (4): 1–61. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657.
External links
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Media related to Onitis visthara at Wikimedia Commons
