Onthophagus ( Onthophagus ) porcus 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 : 368

Onthophagus ( Onthophagus) porcus Arrow, 1931 Figure 3H

Material examined ( 1♂). India, West Bengal, Nadia, Nakashipara ( 23°35′19″N, 088°21′08″E), S.K.Sarkar leg., 11.IX.2018, KUZEN S0209 ( 1♂).

Identification ( ♂). This species can be distinguished from other Onthophagus species by the head narrow and curved laterally, strongly punctate, with a straight and strongly elevated carina upon the vertex; clypeus rounded, with a curved carina separating it from the forehead; pronotum finely and closely punctate, with anterior angles fairly sharp; elytra finely striate, with intervals flat and closely punctate; pygidium closely punctate.

Geographical distribution. Bangladesh ( Biswas and Chatterjee 1985). India: Arunachal Pradesh, and Karnataka ( Arrow 1931; Biswas and Chatterjee 1985; Sewak 2006; Karimbumkara and Priyadarsanan 2013).

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