Onthophagus orpheus

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Onthophagus orpheus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onthophagus
Species:
O. orpheus
Binomial name
Onthophagus orpheus
(Panzer, 1794)

Onthophagus orpheus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. [1] [2] [3] It is found primarily in the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. [4]

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Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Onthophagus orpheus:

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References

  1. "Onthophagus orpheus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Onthophagus orpheus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. "Species Redescriptions and New Species of the Onthophagus mexicanus Species Group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with Notes on Distribution and Rodent-dung Beetle Associations". Zoological Studies. (60). doi:10.6620/ZS.2021.60-30.

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