Onthophagus nuchicornis

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Onthophagus nuchicornis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onthophagus
Species:
O. nuchicornis
Binomial name
Onthophagus nuchicornis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms [1]
  • Onthophagus rhinoceros Melsheimer, 1845

Onthophagus nuchicornis is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Europe and North America. [1] [2] [3] Though Onthophagus nuchicornis is listed as "Vulnerable" in the United Kingdom, [4] it is a common and abundant species in North America. [5] [6] It has been used as a model organism for ecotoxicological studies of ivermectin, where different biological endpoints (e.g. dung burial) are stimulated at low levels of ivermectin exposure, but impaired at high levels of ivermectin exposure. [7]

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Like other beetles within the genus, larva bulk-feed within subterranean brood balls, while adults consume the dead and living microbial biomass within the dung. [8] This species can reproduce using the dung of various different North American mammals including: red fox, moose, and bobcat. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Onthophagus nuchicornis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Onthophagus nuchicornis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ↑ Mann, Darren (January 15, 2021). "The status and distribution of the scarab beetles Rhysothorax rufa and Onthophagus nuchicornis on Welsh dunes in 2017" (PDF). Retrieved Jan 15, 2021.
  4. ↑ Floate, K. D.; Kadiri, N. (December 2013). "Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) associated with cattle dung on native grasslands of southern Alberta, Canada" . The Canadian Entomologist. 145 (6): 647–654. doi:10.4039/tce.2013.50. ISSN   0008-347X. S2CID   86358092.
  5. ↑ Jones, Matthew S.; Fu, Zhen; Reganold, John P.; Karp, Daniel S.; Besser, Thomas E.; Tylianakis, Jason M.; Snyder, William E. (2019). "Organic farming promotes biotic resistance to foodborne human pathogens". Journal of Applied Ecology. 56 (5): 1117–1127. Bibcode:2019JApEc..56.1117J. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13365 . ISSN   1365-2664.
  6. ↑ Manning, Paul; Cutler, G. Christopher (2020-11-23). "Exposure to low concentrations of pesticide stimulates ecological functioning in the dung beetle Onthophagus nuchicornis". PeerJ. 8: e10359. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10359 . ISSN   2167-8359. PMC   7690291 . PMID   33282556.
  7. ↑ Holter, Peter (2016). "Herbivore dung as food for dung beetles: elementary coprology for entomologists" . Ecological Entomology. 41 (4): 367–377. Bibcode:2016EcoEn..41..367H. doi:10.1111/een.12316. ISSN   1365-2311.
  8. ↑ Indigo, Alexe; Stokes, Katelyn; Burchell, Olivia; Manning, Paul (2025-01-03). "The non-indigenous dung beetle (Onthophagus nuchicornis) can effectively reproduce using the dung of indigenous eastern North American mammals". PeerJ. 13: e18674. doi: 10.7717/peerj.18674 . ISSN   2167-8359. PMC   11702356 . PMID   39763702.

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