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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 nuchicornis

Species Onthophagus nuchicornis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Onthophagus nuchicornis - female Dung Beetle - Onthophagus nuchicornis - female Small Dung Beetle Male - Onthophagus nuchicornis - male - female Onthophagus - Onthophagus nuchicornis Onthophagus sp ? - Onthophagus nuchicornis Onthophagus nuchicornis? - Onthophagus nuchicornis - female some beetle - Onthophagus nuchicornis Onthophagus nuchicornis
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 nuchicornis (Onthophagus nuchicornis)
Explanation of Names
Onthophagus nuchicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
6.5‒10 mm(1)
Range
native to the Palaearctic (widespread; common), adventive and widespread in NA (across s.Canada and n.US south to WA‒MT‒MN‒MO‒MD)(1)
Remarks
accidentally introduced to North America prior to the 1840s(2)
Works Cited
1.Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 4: Scarabaeoidea... [through Cleroidea]
Klimaszewski J, Langor D, Smith A, Hoebeke E, Davies A, Pelletier G, Douglas HB, Webster RP, Bourdon C, Borowiec L, Scudder GGE. 2017. Pensoft Series Faunistica 116: 1‒215.
2.Additional records of adventive Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in North America
MacRae T.C., Penn S.R. 2001. The Coleopterists Bulletin 55: 49–50.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 25 August, 2005 - 8:04pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Lynette Elliott, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 13 May, 2024 - 9:32pm

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