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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 · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Oak Beetle - Euoniticellus intermedius Small scarabaeidae on cowdung - Euoniticellus intermedius - female Euoniticellus intermedius Reiche - Euoniticellus intermedius Euoniticellus - Euoniticellus intermedius Euoniticellus intermedius Reiche - Euoniticellus intermedius Bronze colored - Euoniticellus intermedius - male Female Bronze - Euoniticellus intermedius - female Euoniticellus intermedius? - 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
Genus Euoniticellus
Species intermedius (Euoniticellus intermedius)
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 c.TX (Brazos R.) / Mex. to Costa Rica - Map (1)(2) (also s. Africa, Australia)
Food
dung
Remarks
Intentionally introduced from Africa into Texas during the early 1970s for dung removal
Print References
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.
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 24 June, 2023 - 1:31pm

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