Digitonthophagus
| Digitonthophagus | |
|---|---|
| Digitonthophagus gazella, Gazella Dung Beetle, Oklahoma | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
| Tribe: | Onthophagini |
| Genus: | Balthasar, 1959 |
Digitonthophagus is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[1][2] It was considered a subgenus of Onthophagus by some authorities.[3] A review of the taxon was published in 2017.[4]
Species
These 16 species belong to the genus Digitonthophagus:[5][6]
- Digitonthophagus aksumensis Génier, 2017
- Digitonthophagus biflagellatus Génier, 2017
- Digitonthophagus bonasus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Digitonthophagus catta (Fabricius, 1787)
- Digitonthophagus dilatatus Génier, 2017
- Digitonthophagus eucatta Génier, 2017
- Digitonthophagus falciger Génier, 2017
- Digitonthophagus fimator Génier, 2017
- Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787)
- Digitonthophagus lusinganus (Orbigny, 1905)
- Digitonthophagus namaquensis Génier, 2017
- Digitonthophagus petilus Génier, 2017
- Digitonthophagus sahelicus Moretto, 2017
- Digitonthophagus uks Génier, 2017
- Digitonthophagus ulcerosus Génier, 2017
- Digitonthophagus viridicollis Génier, 2017
References
- ^ "Onthophagus (Digitonthophagus) Balthasar, 1959". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ "Digitonthophagus - Nomen.at - animals and plants". nomen.at. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
- ^ Philips, T. Keith (11 April 2016). "Phylogeny of the Oniticellini and Onthophagini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from morphological evidence". ZooKeys (579): 9–57. doi:10.3897/zookeys.579.6183. PMC 4829968. PMID 27110200.
- ^ Génier, F.; Moretto, P. (31 March 2017). "Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959: taxonomy, systematics, and morphological phylogeny of the genus revealing an African species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)". Zootaxa. 4248 (1): 1–110. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4248.1.1. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life, Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959". Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "GBIF, Digitonthophagus". Retrieved 2024-12-27.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Digitonthophagus at iNaturalist
- Data related to Digitonthophagus at Wikispecies
- Media related to Digitonthophagus at Wikimedia Commons