Onitis alexis

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Onitis alexis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onitis
Species:
O. alexis
Binomial name
Onitis alexis
Klug, 1835

Onitis alexis, the bronze dung beetle, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is endemic to Africa, Syria, Spain, Tunisia and Greece. [1] [2] It was introduced into Australia and is established in the warmer regions of northern Australia. [2] The species is found in Oceania. [3] [4] [5]

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Bronze dung beetle, Onitis alexis CSIRO ScienceImage 717 Bronze dung beetle Onitis alexis.jpg
Bronze dung beetle, Onitis alexis

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Onitis alexis:

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References

  1. ↑ "Onitis alexis Klug, 1835". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  2. 1 2 Tyndale-Biscoe, Marina (December 1988). "The phenology of Onitis alexis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the Araluen Valley: Survival in a marginal environment". Austral Ecology. 13 (4): 431–443. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.1988.tb00991.x. ISSN   1442-9985.
  3. ↑ "Onitis alexis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Onitis alexis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

http://www.dungbeetles.com.au/species/onitis-alexis


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