Onthophagus nigriventris
| Onthophagus nigriventris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onthophagus |
| Species: | O. nigriventris
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| Binomial name | |
| Onthophagus nigriventris D'Orbigny, 1902
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Onthophagus nigriventris is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2] It is found in East Africa (Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania) with introduced populations in Australia[1][2] (eastern Queensland and New South Wales).[2] In Australia, it is known as the coastal dung beetle.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Onthophagus (Onthophagus) nigriventris Orbigny, 1902". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Species Onthophagus nigriventris d'Orbigny, 1902". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Hardy, A. (1991). "A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae" (PDF). USDA Agriculture Handbook.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Part I. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
External links
[edit]- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
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