Onitis alexis

Onitis alexis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
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]}

Bronze dung beetle, Onitis alexis

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Onitis alexis:

• Onitis alexis alexis
• Onitis alexis septentrionalisBalthasar, 1942

References

1. "Onitis alexis Klug, 1835". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
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.
5. "Onitis alexis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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.

External links

• Media related to Onitis alexis at Wikimedia Commons

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