Onthophagini are a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...
of
scarab beetles
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...
. Commonly placed in the true
dung beetle
Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night.
Many dung beetles, known as ''rollers'', roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding cha ...
subfamily (
Scarabaeinae
The scarab beetle subfamily Scarabaeinae consists of species collectively called true dung beetles. Most of the beetles of this subfamily feed exclusively on dung. However, some may feed on decomposing matter including carrion, decaying fruits a ...
), it belongs to a group of subfamilies separated as subfamily Coprinae in some treatments.
Onthophagini often display
sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the sexes of the same animal and/or plant species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most an ...
, with the males having larger and more elaborate head and
thorax
The thorax or chest is a part of the anatomy of humans, mammals, and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen. In insects, crustaceans, and the extinct trilobites, the thorax is one of the three main divisions of the cre ...
ornaments, but not to the degree seen in the
rhinoceros beetle
Dynastinae or rhinoceros beetles are a subfamily of the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae). Other common names – some for particular groups of rhinoceros beetles – include Hercules beetles, unicorn beetles or horn beetles. Over 1 ...
s of the scarab subfamily Dynastinae for example.
Genera
* ''
Alloscelus''
* ''
Amietina''
* ''
Anoctus''
* ''
Caccobius''
Thompson, 1859
* ''
Cambefortius''
* ''
Cassolus''
* ''
Cleptocaccobius''
* ''
Cyobius''
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Diastellopalpus''
* ''
Digitonthophagus''
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Disphysema''
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Dorbignyolus''
* ''
Euonthophagus''
Balthasar, 1959
* ''
Eusaproecius''
* ''
Heteroclitopus''
* ''
Hyalonthophagus''
* ''
Krikkenius''
* ''
Megaponerophilus''
* ''
Milichus
Flavius Scaevinus, a praetorian tribune and ''quaestor'', was a member of the Pisonian conspiracy against Nero. It was through his freedman Milichus that Nero discovered the conspiracy. Afterwards, history is silent on the fate of Flavius, with ...
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* ''
Mimonthophagus''
* ''
Neosaproecius''
* ''
Onthophagus
Gazella scarab ('' Onthophagus gazella'') males; note variation in horn size
''Onthophagus'' is a genus of dung beetles in the Onthophagini tribe of the wider scarab beetle family, Scarabaeidae. It is the most species-rich and widespread genus i ...
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Latreille, 1802
* ''
Phalops''
* ''
Pinacopodius''
* ''
Pinacotarsus''
* ''
Proagoderus''
* ''
Pseudosaproecius''
* ''
Stiptocnemis''
* ''
Stiptopodius''
* ''
Stiptotarsus''
* ''
Strandius''
* ''
Sukelus''
* ''
Tomogonus''
* ''
Walterantus''
File:Phalops aurifrons Fairmaire, 1884 male (2986487393).jpg, '' Phalops aurifrons''
References
Scarabaeinae
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