Overview
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Database status: valid
Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 932 meters (0 to 3,058 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
()
- 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:
muticus
- McL.
- Scientific name: - Onthophagus muticus McL.
- Specific name:
muticus
- McL.
- Genus:
Onthophagus
(
- Tribe:
Onthophagini
(
- Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
(
- Family:
Scarabaeidae
(
- Superfamily:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Scarabaeiformia
(
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
(
- Order:
Coleoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Onthophagus kingi Harold
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: MacLeay W.J. Descriptions
of new genera and species
of Coleoptera from Port
Denison Transactions of the Entomological
Society of New South Wales (1)2:106-130, 1864.
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)
More Info
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Further Reading
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Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database. Release date: November 7, 2009
- Schoolmeesters, Paul (from Scarabaeidae).
- World Scarabaeidae Database 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:
- Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology: Australian National Insect Collection
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2818973
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Scr-18-.02-.05-.00-.004-.000-.820-.-
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 573993
Footnotes
- Mean = 283.000 meters (928.478 feet), Standard Deviation = 288.270 based on 134 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
