Digitonthophagus

Digitonthophagus
Digitonthophagus gazella, Gazella Dung Beetle, Oklahoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Scarabaeinae
Tribe:	Onthophagini
Genus:	Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959

Digitonthophagus gazella, Gazella Dung Beetle, Texas

Digitonthophagus is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. ^{[1] [2]} It was considered a subgenus of Onthophagus by some authorities. ^[3] A review of the taxon was published in 2017. ^[4]

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Digitonthophagus: ^{[5] [6]}

• Digitonthophagus aksumensis Génier, 2017
• Digitonthophagus biflagellatus Génier, 2017
• Digitonthophagus bonasus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Digitonthophagus catta (Fabricius, 1787)
• Digitonthophagus dilatatus Génier, 2017
• Digitonthophagus eucatta Génier, 2017
• Digitonthophagus falciger Génier, 2017
• Digitonthophagus fimator Génier, 2017
• Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787)
• Digitonthophagus lusinganus (Orbigny, 1905)
• Digitonthophagus namaquensis Génier, 2017
• Digitonthophagus petilus Génier, 2017
• Digitonthophagus sahelicus Moretto, 2017
• Digitonthophagus uks Génier, 2017
• Digitonthophagus ulcerosus Génier, 2017
• Digitonthophagus viridicollis Génier, 2017

References

1. "Onthophagus (Digitonthophagus)Balthasar, 1959". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 23 June 2018.
2. "Digitonthophagus - Nomen.at - animals and plants". nomen.at. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
3. 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.
4. Génier, F.; Moretto, P. (31 March 2017). "Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959: taxonomy, systematics, and morphological phylogeny of the genus revealing an African species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)". Zootaxa. 4248 (1): 1–110. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4248.1.1 . Retrieved 5 May 2017.
5. "Catalogue of Life, Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959" . Retrieved 2024-12-27.
6. "GBIF, Digitonthophagus" . Retrieved 2024-12-27.

Onthophagus bonasus, Nepal

External links

• Citizen science observations for Digitonthophagus at iNaturalist
• Data related to Digitonthophagus at Wikispecies
• Media related to Digitonthophagus at Wikimedia Commons