Onthophagus (Onthophagus) mauritii Boucomont, 1919

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 : 366-368

Onthophagus (Onthophagus) mauritii Boucomont, 1919

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Material examined (1♀). India, West Bengal, Nadia, Chapra (23°30′41″N, 088°33′01″E), S.K.Sarkar leg., 12. IX.2018, KUZEN S0205 (1♀).

Identification (♀). This species can be distinguished from other Onthophagus species by the head short and broad; clypeus rugosely punctate, separated from the forehead by a curved carina, with anterior margin feebly

sinuate; pronotum convex and uniformly punctate; elytra finely striate; pygidium coarsely punctate.

Geographical distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu ( Arrow 1931; Biswas and Chatterjee 1985; Sewak 2006; Chandra 2009; Karimbumkara and Priyadarsanan 2013).

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