Onitis castaneus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. Description based on two specimen collected by Harold in Kashmir. It is widely distributed in South Asia.
Description Deep chestnut red color. Length is 16–19mm, and breadth is 9.5–12mm. Arrow G.J. 1931. The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae). Taylor & Francis, London.
Distribution India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan
Habitat Bamboo dominated secondary forest in Meghalaya, India.
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