Onitis falcatus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is fairly widespread in Asia.
Black or nearly black, with a clothing of reddish-yellow hair upon the legs and lower surface, smooth and shining, with the elytra and pygidium subopaque. Length is 16âÂÂ23mm, and breadth is 8âÂÂ12mm.
India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, New Delhi, Odisha, Puducherry,Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam