Onthophagus
| Onthophagus | |
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| Gazella scarab (Onthophagus gazella) males; note variation in horn size | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Onthophagini |
| Genus: | Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 [1] |
Onthophagus is a genus of dung beetles in the Onthophagini tribe of the wider scarab beetle family, Scarabaeidae.[2] The name derives from the Greek onthos, meaning dung, and phagos, meaning eater.[3]
It includes around 2000 species, distributed globally.[1] Species include Onthophagus coenobita, Onthophagus gazella and Onthophagus taurus.
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References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Onthophagus |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sergey I. Tarasov & Oleg N. Kabakov (2010). "Two new species of Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Indochina, with a discussion of some problems with the classification of Serrophorus and similar subgenera" (PDF). Zootaxa 2344: 17–28.
- ↑ "Onthophagus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ "Genus Onthophagus". BugGuide. John VanDyk. Retrieved 14 June 2014.