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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Onthophilinae » Onthophilus

Genus Onthophilus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Works Cited
Histerid - Onthophilus pluricostatus Onthophilus sp. - Onthophilus lecontei Onthophilus sp. - Onthophilus lecontei Onthophilus sp - Onthophilus Onthophilus sp - Onthophilus alternatus Onthophilus lecontei Onthophilus nodatus J.E. LeConte 1844 - Onthophilus nodatus Onthophilus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Onthophilinae
Genus Onthophilus
Explanation of Names
Onthophilus Leach 1817
Numbers
16 spp. in our area(1), ~40 total
Range
much of the Holarctic Region
Habitat
some are obligate and specialized inhabitant of rodent burrows, other occur in various situations typical for histerids (dung, carrion, tree wounds, rotten fungi, etc.)(1)
Season
adult activity and reproduction coincides with cooler season(1)
Remarks
adults are filter feeders(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 6 November, 2007 - 6:13pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 23 November, 2020 - 12:03pm

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