Digitonthophagus gazella

Digitonthophagus gazella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Onthophagini
Genus: Digitonthophagus
Species: Digitonthophagus gazella

Name

Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787)

Synonymy

• Onthophagus (Digitonthophagus) gazella

References

Primary references

• Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Vol. 1: 348 pp. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chhabra, R.C. 1970: Some studies on Spirocerca lupi (Rudolphi 1809) Chitwood, 1933. Agra University journal of research, 19(3): 83–85. abstract only seen Reference page. 
• Fincher, G.T.; Stewart, T.B.; Hunter, J.S. III 1983: The 1981 distribution of Onthophagus gazella Fabricius from releases in Texas and Onthophagus taurus Schreber from an unknown release in Florida (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists bulletin, 37 (2): 159–163. JSTOR
• Génier, F. & Davis, A.L.V. 2017. Digitonthophagus gazella auctorum: an unfortunate case of mistaken identity for a widely introduced species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini). Zootaxa 4221(4): 497–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4221.4.8. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Noriega, J.A. et al. 2006: First report of Digitonthophagus gazella (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the continental area of Colombia. Caldasia, 28 (2): 379–381. PDF
• Noriega, J.A. et al. 2010: Records of an invasive dung beetle species, Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), in Peru. Acta zoológica mexicana (n.s.), 26 (2): 451–456. full article (PDF)
• Sommer, C.; Overgaard Nielsen, B. 1992: Larvae of the dung beetle Onthophagus gazella F. (Col., Scarabaeidae) exposed to lethal and sublethal ivermectin concentrations. Journal of applied entomology, 114 (1-5): 502–509. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1992.tb01158.x