New species, new synonym, and redescription of Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from the Western Ghats, India Author Sathiandran, Nithya Author Sabu, Thomas K. text Zootaxa 2012 3526 53 58 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.213360 b1a33963-aa99-478f-8b76-50c13ada801c 1175-5326 213360 Synonymy of O. taruni Biswas & Chatterjee with O. vladimiri Frey A comparison of O.vladimiri ( O . fasciatus species group) collected from the South Western Ghats montane rain forests ecoregion with the type specimens of O. taruni deposited at Zoological Survey of India , Calcutta (ZSI) and O.vladimiri at National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic (NMP) revealed that O. taruni is a synonym of O. vladimiri .