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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Onthophagus » Gazelle Scarab (Onthophagus gazella)

Species Onthophagus gazella - Gazelle Scarab

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Gazelle Scarab - Onthophagus gazella - male Scarab - Onthophagus gazella - female Little two horned scarab at my porch light - Onthophagus gazella - male Onthophagus gazella salvaged Onthophagus, dorsal view - Onthophagus gazella - male salvaged Onthophagus, side view - Onthophagus gazella - male Onthophagus gazella Beetle - Onthophagus gazella
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)
Genus Onthophagus
Species gazella (Gazelle Scarab)
Other Common Names
Brown Dung Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1787 by Johan Christian Fabricius as Scarabaeus gazella
Often placed in the genus Digitonthophagus Balthasar 1959
Size
10-13 mm
Identification
Large Onthophagus, brown, elytra often has cloudy markings, male with two short horns.
Range
Native to Africa and Asia, introduced into southeastern United States, Australia. Harpootlian (1) says not often found north of South Carolina.
Season
May-September in South Carolina
Life Cycle
Larvae feed on dung.
Remarks
Sometimes placed in Digitonthophagus.
Print References
Drees (2)
Harpootlian, p. 21 (1)
Internet References
Insects of Texax--thumbnail, also see photo
Oklahoma Wild Things
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists 14 specimens, but none from North Carolina.
Mantissa Insectorum p.377    Fabricius' original description of the species (in Latin)
Works Cited
1.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
By Phillip J. Harpootlian
2.A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects
By Bastiaan M. Drees, John A. Jackman
Contributed by Cotinis on 25 August, 2004 - 11:34pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Chuck Entz
Last updated 29 August, 2009 - 2:09pm

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