Onthophilus

Onthophilus
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Onthophilus striatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Histeridae
Subfamily: Onthophilinae
Genus: Onthophilus
Leach, 1817

Onthophilus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 40 described species in Onthophilus. Fossils of the genus have been discovered in Burmese amber, estimated to be 100 million years old.

Onthophilus striatus

Species

These 41 species belong to the genus Onthophilus:

References

  1. ↑ "Onthophilus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. ↑ "Onthophilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  3. ↑ Jiang, Rixin; Song, Weicai; Yang, Huiyu; Shi, Chao; Wang, Shuo (July 2020). "Discovery of the first Onthophilus species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Histeridae)". Cretaceous Research. 111 104443. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104443. S2CID 216238703.

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