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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Onthophagini » Onthophagus » Onthophagus depressus

Species Onthophagus depressus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Onthophagus depressus Scarabaeidae? - Onthophagus depressus Scarabaeidae (Onthophagus depressus) ? - Onthophagus depressus Onthophagus depressus Onthophagus depressus Florida Beetle for ID - Onthophagus depressus Florida Beetle for ID - Onthophagus depressus Florida Beetle for ID - Onthophagus depressus
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 depressus (Onthophagus depressus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hamonthophagus depressus (1)
Explanation of Names
Onthophagus depressus Harold 1871
Size
6.0‒7.7 mm(2)
Identification
clypeus sharply emarginate, pronotum appear rough, granulate(2)
Range
adventive to SC‒FL (scattered locations)(2)(3), native to so. Africa
Remarks
earliest record in our area: GA 1937(2)
Works Cited
1.iNaturalist
2.Adventive Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in North America: geographic ranges, diagnoses, and new distributional records
Hoebeke E.R., Beucke K. 1997. Entomological News 108: 345–362.
3. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 16 April, 2009 - 12:41am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, Dave Almquist
Last updated 16 July, 2024 - 1:17pm

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