Onthophagus (Digitonthophagus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

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Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Onthophagini
Genus: Onthophagus
Subgenus: Onthophagus (Digitonthophagus)
Species (2): O. (D.) bonasus - O. (D.) gazella
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist, as genus]

Name

• Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959
  • Type species: Scarabaeus bonasus Fabricius, 1775

References

• Balthasar 1959 Acta ent. Mus. natn. Pragae 33: 464.
• Fabricius, J.C. 1775: Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species... Flensburgh and Leipzig, Library Kortii. Internet Archive BHL
• Noriega-A., J.A. 2002: First report of the presence of the genus Digitonthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Colombia. Caldasia, 24(1): 213-215. PDF
• Tarasov, S.I.; Kabakov, O.N. 2010: Two new species of Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Indochina, with a discussion of some problems with the classification of Serrophorus and similar subgenera. Zootaxa, 2344: 17–28. Preview PDF

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus