Onthophagus (Onthophagus) ceylonicus Harold, 1859

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 : 365

Onthophagus (Onthophagus) ceylonicus Harold, 1859 Figure 2E

Material examined (2♀). India, West Bengal, Nadia, Haringhata (22°57′54″N, 088°33′37″E), B.P.Kharel leg., 15.IX.2018, KUZEN S0132-S0133 (2♀).

Identification (♀). This species can be distinguished from other Onthophagus species by the testaceous yellow body colour, with the head, central part of pronotum, longitudinal stripes upon the elytra, and propygidium black; head broad, laterally rounded, with a strong, straight, and transverse ridge on the vertex; clypeus nearly rounded and little reflexed in front, separated from the forehead by a strong and medially raised carina; pronotum strongly punctate, with blunt front angles; elytra strongly striate, with convex and scantily punctate interstriae; pygidium finely and scantily punctate.

Geographical distribution. Sri Lanka ( Arrow 1931; Harold 1859). India: Karnataka, and Rajasthan ( Arrow 1931; Sewak 2006, 2009a).

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