Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) pardalis (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

Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) pardalis (Fabricius, 1798)

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Material examined (2♀). India, West Bengal, Nadia, Haringhata (22°57′42″N, 088°33′46″E), B.P.Kharel leg., 10.I.2019, KUZEN S0208–S0209 (2♀).

Identification (♀). This species can be distinguished from other Onthophagus species by the head broad and anteriorly semicircular, vertex with a short and basally broad horn; clypeus transversely rugose, with a feebly curved fronto-clypeal carina separating it from the forehead and another straight carina just behind; clypeal margin strongly reflexed and bilobed; elytra finely striate, with interstriae slightly convex and closely punctate; protibia with slender and curved spur.

Geographical distribution. India: Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu ( Arrow 1931; Chandra 2009; Karimbumkara and Priyadarsanan2013).

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