Onthophilinae

Onthophilinae Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Onthophilus punctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Histeridae
Subfamily:	Onthophilinae MacLeay, 1819

Onthophilinae is a subfamily of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are about 8 genera and at least 80 described species in Onthophilinae. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Onthophilus striatus

Genera

These eight genera belong to the subfamily Onthophilinae:

• Cretonthophilus Caterino, Wolf-Schwenninger and Bechly, 2015 (Cretaceous (Early Cenomanian); Myanmar)
• Epiechinus Lewis, 1891
• Glymma Marseul, 1856
• Onthophilus Leach, 1817
• Peploglyptus J. L. LeConte, 1880
• Sculptura Thérond, 1969
• Sigillum Thérond, 1975
• Vuattuoxinus Thérond, 1964

References

1. "Onthophilinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
2. "Onthophilinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
3. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.

Further reading

• Bousquet, Yves; Laplante, Serge (2006). Coleoptera Histeridae. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. Vol. part 24. NRC Press. ISBN   978-0-660-19399-1. ISSN   0706-7313.
• Majka, Christopher G. (2008). "Contributions to the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian Histeridae (Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (2): 189–202. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.2.3 .
• Mazur, Slawomir (2011). A Concise Catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). WULS - SGGW Press. ISBN   978-83-7583-3171.
• Kovarik, Peter W.; Caterino, Michael S. (2001). "Family 15: Histeridae". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C. (eds.). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press. pp. 212–227. ISBN   978-0-8493-1925-9.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-29685-5.
• LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN   978-0665100550.

External links

• Media related to Onthophilinae at Wikimedia Commons