| Oniticellini | |
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| Liatongus mergacerus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
| Tribe: | Oniticellini d´Orbigny, 1916 |
| Genera [1] | |
28, see text | |
Oniticellini are a tribe of scarab beetles, in the true dung beetle subfamily (Scarabaeinae). [2] Nearly all species of this tribe feed on and nest in dung, mainly that of large herbivores. Most are tunnelers; dung is buried at the ends of tunnels dug below a dropping, and used as food by both adults and larvae; others, known as dwellers (including Oniticellus and Tragiscus ) make brood cavities within or just beneath the dung. [2]
