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Onitis phartopus
"Total body length 18.0–26.0 cm (0.71–1.02 in). Body shape subquadrate posteriorly; may be caked in dried dung. Color dull black. Clypeus rounded to weakly sinuate. Frons with weak, central tubercle. Front tibia of male elongate, curving ventrally and inward at apex; female tibia less elongate and less curved than male; tarsi lacking in both sexes. Middle leg with tibia of male abruptly expanded to a trapezoidal apex, female tibia less clearly trapezoidal. Hind trochanter with spine on posterior margin in male (lacking in female). Hind femur lacking spine-like process on posterior margin in both sexes." http://idtools.org/id/beetles/scarab/fac...
indoor at MSC Institute of Technology, San Gabriel, San Pablo City, Philippines - a semi-agricultural area
Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae
Decided on O. phartopus, because the other Philipp. species, falcatus, seems to have no trace of elytral striation.
Spotted on Oct 24, 2012
Submitted on Nov 20, 2016
