Distributional records of Onthophagus germanus Gillet, 1927 and Onthophagus orissanus Arrow, 1931(Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from south India

Abstract

Distribution records of two dung beetle species, Onthophagus orissanus Arrow, 1931 and O. germanus Gillet, 1927, from south India is provided. O. orissanus is reported for first time from south India and O. germanus is reported for the first time outside the moist south Western Ghats from the Malabar Coast region in Kerala.