Onthophagus

Onthophagus
Onthophagus
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 Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[2] It includes around 2000 species, distributed globally.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02344p028f.pdf. 
  2. ^ "Onthophagus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=187517. 


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