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

Onthophagus (Onthophagus) zebra Arrow, 1931 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.