Background Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 is a paucispecific tribe of the scarab beetle subfamily Scarabaeinae. The tribe is composed of 256 described species worldwide, while from India, 26 species were recorded to date. Beetles belonging to this tribe are commonly known as paracoprid dung beetles and perform some remarkable ecological functions. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of knowledge on the occurrence of these beetles in the mega diverse tropical forests of the Himalayan foothills located in the north of the West Bengal state of India. New information A first faunistic account of the tribe Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 from Baikunthapur Forest, located at the Himalayan foothills of the West Bengal state of India is presented. A total of five species of the tribe distributed over two genera Tiniocellus and Liatongus were recorded during multiple surveys of the scarab fauna of the Forest. All taxa were recorded for the first time from the area, while Tiniocellus spinipes (Roth, 1851) is a new record for the West Bengal State of India. Additionally, a preliminary checklist of Indian species of the tribe is also provided.

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对印度西孟加拉邦喜马拉雅山麓拜昆塔普尔热带森林的 Oniticellini Kolbe 部落的首次动物学研究，1905 年（鞘翅目：Scarabaeidae）

背景 Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 是金龟子甲虫亚科 Scarabaeinae 的一个稀有部落。该部落由全球 256 种已描述的物种组成，而印度迄今已记录了 26 种。属于这个部落的甲虫通常被称为paracoprid粪甲虫，并具有一些显着的生态功能。然而，对于这些甲虫在印度西孟加拉邦北部喜马拉雅山麓的大型多样化热带森林中的发生情况知之甚少。新信息 1905 年，来自位于印度西孟加拉邦喜马拉雅山脚下的拜昆塔普尔森林的 Oniticellini Kolbe 部落的第一个动物学记载被呈现。在对森林圣甲虫动物群进行的多次调查中，共记录了分布在两个属 Tiniocellus 和 Liatongus 的部落的五种物种。首次记录了该地区的所有分类群，而 Tiniocellus spinipes (Roth, 1851) 是印度西孟加拉邦的新记录。此外，还提供了该部落印第安物种的初步清单。