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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 oklahomensis

Species Onthophagus oklahomensis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
O. oklahomensis - Onthophagus oklahomensis O. oklahomensis - Onthophagus oklahomensis Onthophagus oklahomensis Brown - Onthophagus oklahomensis Onthophagus oklahomensis Brown - Onthophagus oklahomensis
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 oklahomensis (Onthophagus oklahomensis)
Explanation of Names
Onthophagus oklahomensis Brown 1927
Identification
Similar to O. pennsylvanicus, but usually smaller and with two sizes of punctures on the pronotum (one size in O. pennsylvanicus)
Range
se US (VA-FL to KS-TX) - Map (1)(2)(3), common across Texas
Habitat
More common in sandy areas
Works Cited
1. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
2.An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 26 November, 2011 - 10:48pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 August, 2023 - 1:16pm

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