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Tribe Oniticellini

Euoniticellus intermedius Reiche - Euoniticellus intermedius Euoniticellus - Euoniticellus intermedius Liatongus californicus (Horn) - Liatongus californicus Female Bronze - Euoniticellus intermedius - female Female Bronze - Euoniticellus intermedius - female Liatongus californicus - female Euoniticellus intermedius Euoniticellus intermedius burrowed into apple - Euoniticellus intermedius
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 Oniticellini
Explanation of Names
Oniticellini Kolbe 1905
Numbers
2‒4 spp. (of which only Liatongus californicus is native) in 2 genera in our area(1), >260 spp. in 25 genera total(2)
Range
in our area, so. US (?FL TX CA)(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Catalogue of Life
Contributed by v belov on 17 March, 2011 - 8:45pm
Last updated 20 November, 2023 - 12:50pm

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