Onthophagus (Eremonthophagus) semicinctus d’Orbigny, 1897

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 : 370

Onthophagus (Eremonthophagus) semicinctus d’Orbigny, 1897

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Material examined (1♀). India, West Bengal, Nadia, Chapra (23°30′51″N, 088°33′08″E), B.P.Kharel leg., 23. IX.2017, KUZEN S0233 (1♀).

Identification (♀). This species can be distinguished from other Onthophagus species by the head broad, with small rudimentary horns on the vertex and a transverse and medially projected carina on the forehead; clypeus transversely rugose, with a curved carina separating it from the forehead; clypeal margin sinuous and feebly excised medially; pronotum finely and coarsely punctate, with anterior angles bluntly produced, and anterior margin rounded; elytra finely striate, with flat interstriae; pygidium sparsely punctate.

Geographical distribution. Pakistan ( Arrow 1931). India: Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh ( Arrow 1931; Sewak 2009a, 2009b, 2010; Karimbumkara and Priyadarsanan 2013).

Remarks. This species is a new record for West Bengal state.