Onthophagus gazella

Onthophagus gazella
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onthophagus
Species: O. gazella
Binomial name
Onthophagus gazella
(Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms

Scarabaeus gazella Fabricius, 1787
Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787)

Onthophagus gazella (common names: gazella scarab, brown dung beetle[1]) is a species of scarab beetle.[1][2] It belongs to the subgenus Digitonthophagus, which may also be treated as a genus.[1][3] There has been some confusion regarding the application of the name.[4]

Its native distribution is Afro-Asian. It has been introduced to many other parts of the world in order to help remove cattle dung from pastures, with some introductions leading to naturalized populations.[4][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Digitonthophagus gazella - Gazelle Scarab". Bugguide. Iowa State University. 2004–2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 Fincher, G. T.; Stewart, T. B.; Hunter, J. S. , III (1983). "The 1981 Distribution of Onthophagus gazella Fabricius from releases in Texas and Onthophagus taurus Schreber from an unknown release in Florida (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 37 (2): 159–163. JSTOR 4008007.
  3. ↑ Philips, T. Keith (11 April 2016). "Phylogeny of the Oniticellini and Onthophagini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from morphological evidence". ZooKeys. 579: 9–57. doi:10.3897/zookeys.579.6183.
  4. 1 2 Génier, F.; Davis, A.L.V. (19 January 2017). "Digitonthophagus gazella auctorum: an unfortunate case of mistaken identity for a widely introduced species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini)". Zootaxa. 4221 (4): 497–500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.4.8. Retrieved 5 May 2017.


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