Euoniticellus

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Euoniticellus
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Euoniticellus intermedius
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Euoniticellus africanus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Oniticellini
Genus: Euoniticellus

Euoniticellus is a genus of dung beetles in the subfamily Scarabaeinae of the scarab beetle family. [1] [2]

Four species from this genus (E. africanus, E. fulvus, E. intermedius, E. pallipes) were introduced into Australia as part of the Australian Dung Beetle Project, and became established there. [3]

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<i>Onthophagus</i> Genus of beetles

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<i>Euoniticellus intermedius</i> Species of beetle

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References

  1. Davis, Adrian L.V.; Frolov, Andrey V.; Scholtz, Clarke H. (2008). The African dung beetle genera (1st ed.). Pretoria: Protea Book House. ISBN   9781869192440.
  2. 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.
  3. Edwards, P (2007), Introduced Dung Beetles in Australia 1967-2007: current status and future directions, Landcare Australia, ISBN   978-0-9806271-0-7