Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) bison Boucomont, 1919

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.2.361
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scientific name	Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) bison Boucomont, 1919
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Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) bison Boucomont, 1919 View in CoL

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Material examined (1♂). India, West Bengal, Nadia, Karimpur (23°58′31″N, 088°37′32″E), S.K.Sarkar leg., 08. V.2017, KUZEN S0130 (1♂).

Identification (♂). This species can be distinguished from other Onthophagus species by the short and broad head; clypeus rugose, with a posterior sharp curved carina, and margin semicircular; pronotum strongly and closely punctate, with blunt front angles; elytra strongly striate, with flat and sparsely punctate interstriae; metaventrite nearly smooth, shielded with few minute punctures laterally.

Geographical distribution. Myanmar, and Thailand ( Arrow 1931; Schoolmeesters 2019). India: Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal ( Arrow 1931; Sewak 2006; Sarkar et al. 2015; Schoolmeesters 2019).