Onthophagus coenobita | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Onthophagus |
Species: | O. coenobita |
Binomial name | |
Onthophagus coenobita (Herbst, 1783) |
Onthophagus coenobita is a species of dung beetle in the genus Onthophagus .
It typically feeds on dung, but also carrion and decaying fungi. [1] It mainly feeds on human dung, but also dog, cattle, horse, goat, sheep and pig dung. [2]