Amphionthophagus is a subgenus of scarab beetles in the genus ''Onthophagus'' of the family
Scarabaeidae
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly tre ...
. There are at least three described species in Amphionthophagus. They are found in the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
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Species
These three species belong to the subgenus Amphionthophagus:
* '' Onthophagus falzonii'' Goidanich, 1926
* '' Onthophagus melitaeus'' (Fabricius, 1798)
* '' Onthophagus numidicus'' Orbigny, 1908
References
Scarabaeinae
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