Onthophagus (s. l.) spinifex (Fabricius, 1781)

Ziani, Stefano, Bezděk, Aleš, Branco, Tristão, Hillert, Oliver, Jákl, Stanislav, Král, David, Mantič, Marion, Rössner, Eckehard & Sehnal, Richard, 2015, New country records of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) from the Palaearctic Region, Insecta Mundi 2015 (409), pp. 1-36 : 19

Onthophagus (s. l.) spinifex (Fabricius, 1781)

Material examined. PAKISTAN: Kashmir, Muzafarrabad , 800 m, 15.v.2012, G. Sabatinelli leg. (17 spec. in SZCM) ; Islamabad Capital Territory, Islamabad , 600 m, 15.vii.2012 (1 spec.), 1.ix.2012 (4 spec.), 15.ix.2012 (1 spec.), G. Sabatinelli leg. (in SZCM) ; Swat, Kalam , 1900 m, 28.ix.2012, G. Sabatinelli leg. (1 spec. in SZCM) .

Distribution. Onthophagus spinifex is an Indian subcontinent species widespread in India and Sri Lanka ( Arrow 1931). Quoted generically from northwest India by Mittal (1981), from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand ( Mittal 1999), Himachal Pradesh ( Chandra 2005), Madhya Pradesh ( Chandra and Gupta 2011), and from Maharashtra, Karnataka and Delhi ( Jadhav and Sharma 2012). Also cited from Nepal. First record from Pakistan.

Remarks. The species was doubtfully placed by Kabakov (2006) in his new subgenus Indonthophagus. Responsible author: S. Ziani