Habitats: tropical/subtropical savanna (8), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (7), Mediterranean woodland (2), desert/xeric shrubland (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1)
Found in 19 samples
Bangladesh: Dhaka (cattle dung)
India: Thirunelly Forests, Kurukshetra, Singhori Wildlife Sanctuary (agricultural lands site 4)
Ivory Coast: Lola Field Station (savanna), Lola Field Station (forest)
Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve (reserve grassland), Maputo Special Reserve (reserve farm)
Pakistan: Sialkot, Jhelum (pastures), Jhelum (croplands)
South Africa: Hluhluwe Game Reserve
Spain: Salamanca (spring)
Tanzania: Majawanga (bush site 1), Majawanga (field site 4)
Tunisia: Mejerda Valley
Turkey: Dagmarmara (600 m, 2004)
Uganda: Makerere University Biological Field Station (dung beetles)
Vietnam: Ba Be National Park (dung beetles)
See also Onitis alexis, Onitis belial, Onitis bonasus, Onitis castaneous, Onitis crassus, Onitis cupreus, Onitis deceptor, Onitis excavatus, Onitis falcatus, Onitis fulgidus, Onitis humerosus, Onitis ion, Onitis multidentatus, Onitis numida, Onitis philemon, Onitis piclicollis, Onitis singhalensis, Onitis subopacus, Onitis uncinatus, Onitis virens, Onitis viridulus, Onitis westermanni