Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,160 meters (0 to 3,806 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Order:
Coleoptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
()
- Emery, 1886
- a genus of Blister Beetles (Meloidae)
- Infraorder:
Scarabaeiformia
()
- Superfamily:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Family:
Scarabaeidae
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
()
- Tribe:
Onthophagini
()
- Genus:
Onthophagus
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Specific name:
latigena
- D'Orbigny, 1897
- Scientific name: - Onthophagus latigena D'Orbigny, 1897
- Specific name:
latigena
- D'Orbigny, 1897
- Genus:
Onthophagus
(
- Tribe:
Onthophagini
(
- Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
(
- Family:
Scarabaeidae
(
- Superfamily:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Scarabaeiformia
(
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
(
- Order:
Coleoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Onthophagus distinctus Fuente
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: D'orbigny H. Descriptions
d'espèces nouvelles
d'Onthophagus de l'ancien monde Annales de la Societe entomologique
de France. Paris 66:232-244, 1897.
Comment: Subgenus
: Palaeonthophagus.
Last scrutiny: Dec-2009
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Onthophagus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. gazella (Gazelle Scarab) · O. hecate (Scooped Scarab) · O. polyphemi (Onthophagus Tortoise Commensal Scarab Beetle)
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Further Reading
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- D'orbigny H. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles d'Onthophagus de l'ancien monde Annales de la Societe entomologique de France. Paris 66:232-244, 1897.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5965727
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Scr-18-.02-.05-.00-.004-.022-.022-.-
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2227295
Footnotes
- Mean = 688.100 meters (2,257.546 feet), Standard Deviation = 334.700 based on 129 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
