Species Onthophagus coproides

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Onthophagus coproides Horn - Onthophagus coproides

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)

Tribe Onthophagini

Genus Onthophagus

Species coproides (Onthophagus coproides)

Explanation of Names

Onthophagus coproides Horn, 1881

Size

11-14 mm (1) (largest Nearctic sp. of Onthophagus)

Range

AZ-TX-NE-CO / n. Mex. (1), (Texas NSR per BugGuide data; not listed for TX in Riley & Wolfe (2003) (2))

Habitat

generally found in higher mountains (1)

Season

May-Aug (1),(BG data)

Life Cycle

nests in Thomomys, Cymomys, Geomys gopher and prairie dog burrows (1)

Works Cited

1.	The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.

2.	An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 21 August, 2007 - 9:30am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 29 October, 2013 - 8:20am

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