Onthophagus depressus

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Onthophagus depressus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onthophagus
Species:
O. depressus
Binomial name
Onthophagus depressus
Harold, 1871
Synonyms [1]
  • Onthophagus carteri Blackburn, 1904

Onthophagus depressus, the flat African dung beetle, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. [1] [2] [3]

The IUCN conservation status of Onthophagus depressus is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2013. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Onthophagus depressus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. 1 2 "Onthophagus depressus Red List status". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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