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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Oniticellini » Euoniticellus » Euoniticellus intermedius

Species Euoniticellus intermedius

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Euoniticellus intermedius Reiche - Euoniticellus intermedius

Bronze colored - Euoniticellus intermedius - male

Female Bronze - Euoniticellus intermedius - female

Cool small dung beetle - Euoniticellus intermedius

Male, Euoniticellus intermedius? - Euoniticellus intermedius - male

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

Genus Euoniticellus

Species intermedius (Euoniticellus intermedius)

Other Common Names

Northern Sandy Dung Beetle

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euoniticellus intermedius (Reiche)

Orig. Comb: Oniticellus intermedius Reiche, 1849

Identification

males armed, color varies from straw to dark brown

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2011

Range

s.CA to Houston / FL / Mex. to Costa Rica - Map (1)(2) (also Africa, Australia)

Habitat

highly tolerant of hot, arid conditions (ALA)

Food

shows a strong preference for cow dung and dung that is no older than 36 hours (ALA)

Remarks

Intentionally introduced from Africa into Texas during the early 1970s for dung removal

Print References

Edmonds, W.D. (2018) The dung beetle fauna of the Big Bend region of Texas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Insecta Mundi 0642: 1–30.

Lailvaux, S.P., J. Hathway, J. Pomfret and R.J. Knell. 2005. Horn Size Predicts Physical Performance in the Beetle Euoniticellus intermedius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). British Ecological Society 19(4): 632-639.

Wood, L.A., Kaufman, P.E. (2008). Euoniticellus intermedius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Tribe Coprini): its presence and relative abundance in cattle pastures in northcentral Florida. The Florida Entomologist. 91(1): 128–130.

Internet References

Atlas of Living Australia - ALA

Works Cited

1.	An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.

2.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 24 October, 2006 - 5:43pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 4 September, 2024 - 2:03pm

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