Some new records of scarab beetles of the genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, with a checklist

Abstract

Latreille in 1802 established the genus Onthophagus. It belongs to the tribe Onthophagini of the subfamily Scarabaeinae, and family Scarabaeidae. It is comprised of nearly 2,200 described species (Schoolmeesters 2016) from the world, making it a very diverse genus in the subfamily representing almost 38% of the Scarabaeinae beetles (Rossini et al. 2018) with cosmopolitan distribution (Tarasov &Kabakov 2010). Approximately, 182 species have been reported from Indian mainland (Arrow 1931; Balthasar 1963; Löbl &Smetana 2006; Sathiandran &Sabu 2012). From Maharashtra, nearly 25 species are reported by Arrow (1931) and Jadhav &Sharma (2012).