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Onthophagus muticus
Distribution
Description
Head:Frons and vertex unarmed, flat. Margin evenly rounded, slightly straightened medially, reflexed. Frontal section of clypeal suture entirely effaced. Eyes large, separated by about 7 widths. Densely covered with very small punctures, edges of head wrinkled, surface finely shagreened, alutaceous, glabrous.
Pronotum: Moderately convex, unsculptured. Anterior angles subacute, the points rounded. Sides not strongly convex. Hind edge not margined. Densely covered with extremely fine punctures, glabrous, surface shiny on disc.
Elytra: Intervals flat, very finely punctate, glabrous. Striae very shallow, with indistinct shallow punctures slightly wider than stria, but not crenulating edges of intervals.
Metasternum: Posterior part of middle glabrous.
Legs: Fore tibiae unmodified. Spur acute, curved out. Claws moderately prehensile. Abdomen: Pygidium shagreened, with numerous small shallow punctures, glabrous.
Sexual dimorphism
References
Storey, R. I. & Weir, T. A. (1988) New localities and biological notes for the genus Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Australia. Aust. ent. Mag. 15: 17-24 |
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