Onthophagus ( Palaeonthophagus ) semicornis (Panzer, 1798)

Akhmetova, Lilia A., Kurochkin, Andrei S. & Frolov, Andrey V., 2024, Dung-beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae, Scarabaeinae) feeding on faeces of steppe marmots Marmota bobak (Rodentia, Sciuridae) in Middle Volga territory, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 125090-e 125090 : e125090-

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e125090

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13800839

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Onthophagus ( Palaeonthophagus ) semicornis (Panzer, 1798)
status

 

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Distribution

The species is distributed in southern part of western and central Palaearctic.

Ecology

The species mostly occurs in steppe biotopes. A generalist coprophage, feeding on ungulate dung, faeces of rodents and birds.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Onthophagus