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Gibbonthophagus
Gibbonthophagus is a subgenus of scarab beetles in the genus ''Onthophagus'' of the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 40 described species in Gibbonthophagus. They are found mainly in Asia. Species These 46 species belong to the subgenus Gibbonthophagus: * ''Onthophagus amamiensis'' Nomura, 1965 * ''Onthophagus apicetinctus'' Orbigny, 1898 * ''Onthophagus asiaticus'' Endrödi, 1973 * ''Onthophagus atripennis'' Waterhouse, 1875 * ''Onthophagus balthasari'' Všetečka, 1939 * ''Onthophagus bisscrutator'' Krikken & Huijbregts, 2017 * ''Onthophagus cervicapra'' Boucomont, 1914 * ''Onthophagus chineicus'' Kabakov, 1998 * ''Onthophagus denticornis'' Boucomont, 1914 * ''Onthophagus dubernardi'' Boucomont, 1914 * ''Onthophagus duporti'' Boucomont, 1914 * ''Onthophagus euryceros'' Kabakov, 1998 * ''Onthophagus fujiii'' Ochi & Kon, 1995 * ''Onthophagus hiabunicus'' Kabakov, 1998 * ''Onthophagus incollaris'' Kabakov, 2008 * ''Onthophagus kentingensis'' Nomura, 1973 * ''Onthophagus ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onthophagus Luridipennis
''Onthophagus luridipennis'', is a species of Scarabaeinae, dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Indonesia. Description Average length is about 5.5 to 7.5 mm. Body yellowish-brown. Head and pronotum copper or bronze lustre. Male has a pair backwardly produced divergent horns. Female has longer vertex carina. Adults have been found from feces of several domestic and wild species including cattle, buffalo, Javan surili, East Javan langur, Asian palm civet, and wild boar as well as humans. References Scarabaeinae Insects of India Beetles of Sri Lanka Beetles described in 1858 Taxa named by Carl Henrik Boheman {{Scarabaeinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarabaeidae
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several subfamilies have been elevated to family rank (e.g., Bolboceratidae, Geotrupidae, Glaresidae, Glaphyridae, Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae, and Pleocomidae), and some reduced to lower ranks. The subfamilies listed in this article are in accordance with those in Bouchard (2011). Description Scarabs are stout-bodied beetles, many with bright metallic colours, measuring between . They have distinctive, clubbed antenna (biology), antennae composed of plates called lamella (zoology), lamellae that can be compressed into a ball or fanned out like leaves to sense odours. Many species are fossorial, with legs adapted for digging. In some groups males (and sometimes females) have prominent horns on the head and/or pronotum to fight over mates or re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onthophagus Kimioi
Gazella scarab ('' Onthophagus gazella'') males; note variation in horn size ''Onthophagus'' is a genus of dung beetles in the Onthophagini tribe of the wider scarab beetle family, Scarabaeidae. It is the most species-rich and widespread genus in the subfamily Scarabaeinae (the 'true' dung beetles), with a global distribution. Etymology The Genus name derives from the Greek ''onthos'', meaning dung, and ', meaning eater. Taxonomy This genus includes more than 20 subgenera and over 2,100 species. Some of the subgenera (including ''Proagoderus'', ''Diastellopalpus'', ''Digitonthophagus'', '' Strandius'', and ''Euonthophagus'') are now widely recognized as genera. Selected species * '' Onthophagus (Amphionthophagus) melitaeus'' (Fabricius, 1798) * '' Onthophagus (Furconthophagus) furcatus'' (Fabricius, 1781) * '' Onthophagus (Onthophagus) illyricus'' (Scopoli, 1763) * '' Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taurus'' ( Schreber, 1759) * '' Onthophagus (Onthophagus) binodis'' (Thunberg, 1818) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
