Onthophagini are a

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of scarab beetles. Commonly placed in the true

dung beetle Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. All species of dung beetle belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles). As most species of Scara ...

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(

Scarabaeinae The scarab beetle subfamily Scarabaeinae consists of species collectively called true dung beetles (there are also dung beetles in other subfamilies and families). Most of the beetles of this subfamily feed exclusively on dung. However, some ma ...

), it belongs to a group of subfamilies separated as subfamily Coprinae in some treatments. Onthophagini often display

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, with the males having larger and more elaborate head and

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ornaments, but not to the degree seen in the

rhinoceros beetle Dynastinae or rhinoceros beetles are a subfamily of the scarabaeidae, scarab beetle family (biology), family (Scarabaeidae). Other common names – some for particular groups of rhinoceros beetles – include Hercules beetles, unicorn be ...

s of the scarab subfamily Dynastinae for example.

Genera

* '' Alloscelus'' * '' Amietina'' * '' Anoctus'' * '' Caccobius'' Thompson, 1859 * '' Cambefortius'' * '' Cassolus'' * '' Cleptocaccobius'' * '' Cyobius'' * '' Diastellopalpus'' * '' Digitonthophagus'' * '' Disphysema'' * ''

Dorbignyolus ''Dorbignyolus'' is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfami ...

'' * '' Euonthophagus'' Balthasar, 1959 * '' Eusaproecius'' * '' Heteroclitopus'' * '' Hyalonthophagus'' * '' Krikkenius'' * '' Megaponerophilus'' * '' Milichus'' * '' Mimonthophagus'' * '' Neosaproecius'' * ''

Onthophagus 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 i ...

'' Latreille, 1802 * '' Phalops'' * '' Pinacopodius'' * '' Pinacotarsus'' * '' Proagoderus'' * '' Pseudosaproecius'' * '' Stiptocnemis'' * '' Stiptopodius'' * '' Stiptotarsus'' * '' Strandius'' * '' Sukelus'' * '' Tomogonus'' * '' Walterantus'' File:Phalops aurifrons Fairmaire, 1884 male (2986487393).jpg, '' Phalops aurifrons''

References

Scarabaeinae Taxa named by Jean Théodore Lacordaire Beetle tribes {{Scarabaeinae-stub