Species Onthophagus depressus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

Scarabaeidae (Onthophagus depressus) ? - 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)

Explanation of Names

Onthophagus depressus Harold 1871

Size

6.0-7.7 mm(1)

Identification

clypeus sharply emarginate, pronotum appear rough, granulate(1)

Range

native to so. Africa, adventive elsewhere; in our area, SC-FL (scattered locations)(1)

Habitat

Adventive sp.. In US, from Florida to South Carolina, but with a spotty distribution.

Remarks

earliest record in our area: GA 1937(1)

Works Cited

1.	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.

Contributed by v belov on 16 April, 2009 - 12:41am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Dave Almquist
Last updated 7 December, 2012 - 1:42pm

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