Onthophagus ( Colobonthophagus ) hindu Arrow, 1931

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 : 366

Onthophagus ( Colobonthophagus) hindu Arrow, 1931 Figure 3C

Material examined ( 2♀). India, West Bengal, Nadia, Santipur ( 23°15′57″N, 088°26′20″E), B.P.Kharel leg., 23.VIII.2018, KUZEN S0203–S0204 ( 2♀).

Identification ( ♀). This species can be distinguished from other Onthophagus species by the head broad and round, with a short tubercle in the middle of the posterior margin; clypeus bluntly bilobed, with a transverse carina separating it from the forehead; pronotum finely and closely punctate, with the sides and basal margin gently rounded; elytra with flat and sparsely punctate interstriae; pygidium finely and sparsely punctate.

Geographical distribution. Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka (Chandra et al. 2012b; Gupta et al. 2014). India: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra ( Arrow 1931; Chandra and Gupta 2011a, 2011b, 2012c, 2012d, 2013; Chandra et al. 2012b; Karimbumkara and Priyadarsanan 2013, 2016; Gupta et al. 2014; Siddiqui et al. 2014; Gajendra and Prasad 2016; Kalawate2018).

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