Onitis Fabricius, 1798

Cheung, Kahong, Bai, Ming, Leung, Manhin, Lee, Yingming, Chan, Kinfung & Yang, Xingke, 2018, Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Hong Kong, Zoological Systematics 43 (3), pp. 233-267 : 245

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201830
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6799816
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scientific name	Onitis Fabricius, 1798
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Genus Onitis Fabricius, 1798 View in CoL

Onitis Fabricius, 1798 View in CoL , Ent. Syst. Suppl.: 2 (Type species: Scarabaeus inuus Fabricius 1781 View in CoL ).

Key to species of Onitis View in CoL from Hong Kong.

1 Pronotum very feebly punctate ............................................................................................................................................................2

Pronotum clearly punctate....................................................................................................................................................................3 2 Metasternum transversely excavated in the middle, male genitalia in a total length of 6.6 mm ............ Onitis excavatus Arrow, 1931 View in CoL

Metasternum not transversely excavated in the middle, male genitalia in a total length of 5.8mm ..... Onitis falcatus ( Wulfen, 1786) View in CoL 3 Metasternum longitudinally grooved ........................................................................................ Onitis intermedius Frivaldszky, 1892 View in CoL

Metasternum flat, not grooved ............................................................................................................. Onitis subopacus Arrow, 1931 View in CoL

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
SuperFamily	Scarabaeoidea
Family	Scarabaeidae
SubFamily	Scarabaeinae
Tribe	Onitini