Altonthophagus

Altonthophagus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Onthophagini
Genus: Onthophagus
Subgenus: Altonthophagus
Kabakov, 1990

Altonthophagus is a subgenus of scarab beetles in the genus Onthophagus of the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 12 described species in Altonthophagus. They are found in the Palearctic and Indomalaya.

Species

These 12 species belong to the subgenus Altonthophagus:

References

  1. ↑ "Altonthophagus Kabakov, 1990". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  2. ↑ Philips, T K (2016). "Phylogeny of the Oniticellini and Onthophagini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from morphological evidence". ZooKeys (579): 9–57. Bibcode:2016ZooK..579....9P. doi:10.3897/zookeys.579.6183. PMC 4829968. PMID 27110200.