Deltochilum gibbosum

Deltochilum gibbosum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Deltochilum
Species:	D. gibbosum
Binomial name
Deltochilum gibbosum (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms [1]
Scarabaeus gibbosusFabricius, 1775

Deltochilum gibbosum, the humpback dung beetle, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is a member of subgenus Hybomidium Shipp, 1897 ^{[4] [5]} and is found in the southeastern United States. ^[5]

Humpback dung beetle, Deltochilum gibbosum

A variety described by Henry Walter Bates in 1887, D. gibbosumvar.sublaeve, has been classified as a separate species D. sublaeve by González-Alvarado and Vaz-de-Mello. ^[5] The same authors regard D. gibbosumsubsp.panamensisHowden, 1966 as a separate species D. panamensis . ^[5]

References

1. "Deltochilum gibbosum (Fabricius, 1775)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2025-03-09.
2. "Deltochilum gibbosum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Deltochilum gibbosum species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. "Deltochilum gibbosum species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
5. González-Alvarado, Arturo; Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z. (2014). "Taxonomic review of the subgenus Hybomidium Shipp 1897 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilum)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 50 (3–4): 431–476. doi:10.1080/00379271.2014.989178.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-30914-2.
• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• Hardy, A. (1991). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae (PDF). USDA Agriculture Handbook.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
• Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.
• Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles" . Retrieved 2018-04-23.

External links

• Media related to Deltochilum gibbosum at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Deltochilum gibbosum at Wikispecies