Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) quadridentatus (Fabricius, 1798)

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 : 368-370

Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) quadridentatus (Fabricius, 1798)

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Material examined (3♀). India, West Bengal, Nadia, Krishnanagar (23°24′14″N, 088°30′05″E), B.P.Kharel leg., 30.IX.2018, KUZEN S0210–S0212 (3♀).

Identification (♀). This species can be distinguished from other Onthophagus species by the head broad, with a transverse carina on the vertex and another strongly elevated carina on the forehead; clypeus rugose, with a strong and nearly straight carina separating it from the forehead; clypeal margin rounded and strongly reflexed; pronotum strongly punctate, with lateral margins slightly sinuate anteriorly, and posteriorly rounded; elytra shining and strongly striate, with flat interstriae; pygidium opaque and finely punctate.

Geographical distribution. Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan ( Arrow 1931; Biswas and Chatterjee 1986a; Gupta et al. 2014). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal ( Arrow 1931; Biswas and Chatterjee 1986a, 1991; Chandra 2000, 2005; Chandra and Ahirwar 2005a, 2007; Chandra and Gupta 2011a, 2012c, 2012d, 2012e, 2013; Chandra et al. 2012b, 2012c; Karimbumkara and Priyadarsanan 2013; Gupta et al. 2014; Siddiqui et al. 2014; Gajendra and Prasad 2016; Anto and Vinod 2017).

Remarks. This species is widely distributed throughout the country.