Overview
Onthophagini are a tribe of scarab beetles. Commonly placed in the true dung beetle subfamily (Scarabaeinae), it belongs to a group of subfamilies separated as subfamily Coprinae in some treatments.
Onthophagini often display sexual dimorphism, with the males having larger and more elaborate head and thorax ornaments, but not to the degree seen in the rhinoceros beetles of the scarab subfamily Dynastinae for example.
- Alloscelus
- Amietina
- Anoctus
- Caccobius Thompson, 1859
- Cambefortius
- Cassolus
- Cleptocaccobius
- Cyobius
- Diastellopalpus
- Digitonthophagus
- Disphysema
- Dorbignyolus
- Euonthophagus Balthasar, 1959
- Eusaproecius
- Heteroclitopus
- Hyalonthophagus
- Krikkenius
- Megaponerophilus
- Milichus
- Mimonthophagus
- Neosaproecius
- Onthophagus Latreille, 1802
- Phalops
- Pinacopodius
- Pinacotarsus
- Proagoderus
- Pseudosaproecius
- Stiptocnemis
- Stiptopodius
- Stiptotarsus
- Strandius
- Sukelus
- Tomogonus
- Walterantus
References
Taxonomy
The Tribe Onthophagini is a member of the Subfamily Scarabaeinae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Onthophagini:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Order: Coleoptera
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Beetles
- Suborder: Polyphaga
Emery, 1886 - a genus of Blister Beetles (Meloidae)
- Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
- Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
- Family: Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802 - Scarab Beetles
- Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
- Dung Beetles
- Tribe: Onthophagini
- Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
- Dung Beetles
- Family: Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802 - Scarab Beetles
- Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
- Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
- Suborder: Polyphaga
Emery, 1886 - a genus of Blister Beetles (Meloidae)
- Order: Coleoptera
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Beetles
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Tribe Onthophagini is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (2): Alloscelus · Onthophagus
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2,504 species and subspecies in the Tribe Onthophagini.
Genera
Alloscelus
Alloscelus is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. [more]
Onthophagus
At least 2,500 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Onthophagus.
More info about the Genus Onthophagus may be found here.
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