Onthophagus

Onthophagus
Onthophagus nuchicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Onthophagini
Genus: Onthophagus
Latreille, 1802 
Synonyms
  • Macropocopris Arrow, 1920
  • Pauronthophagus Blackwelder, 1844
Gazella scarab (Onthophagus gazella) males; note variation in horn size

Onthophagus is a genus of dung beetles in the Onthophagini tribe of the wider scarab beetle family, Scarabaeidae. It is the most species-rich and widespread genus in the subfamily Scarabaeinae (the 'true' dung beetles), with a global distribution.

Etymology

The Genus name derives from the Greek onthos, meaning dung, and phagos, meaning eater.

Taxonomy

This genus includes around 30 subgenera and over 2,200 species. Some of the former subgenera of Onthophagus (including Proagoderus, Diastellopalpus, Digitonthophagus, and Euonthophagus) are now widely recognized as genera.

Subgenera

These subgenera are in accordance with the Catalog of Life and the World Scarabaeidae Database (2023).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2344.1.2.
  2. ↑ Kharel, BP; Schoolmeester, P; Sarkar, SK (2020). "A first faunistic account on the Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) of the Nadia district, West Bengal, with a preliminary checklist from India". Check List. 16 (2). doi:10.15560/16.2.361.
  3. ↑ "Onthophagus". GBIF. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  4. ↑ "Onthophagus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  5. ↑ "Genus Onthophagus". BugGuide. John VanDyk. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Onthophagus Latreille, 1802". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  7. ↑ Philips, T. Keith (11 April 2016). "Phylogeny of the Oniticellini and Onthophagini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from morphological evidence". ZooKeys (579): 9–57. doi:10.3897/zookeys.579.6183. PMC 4829968. PMID 27110200. Retrieved 23 November 2016.