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Oniticellus

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Oniticellus
Oniticellus egregius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Oniticellini
Genus: Oniticellus
Dejean, 1821[1]

Oniticellus is a genus of dung beetles in the subfamily Scarabaeinae of the scarab beetle family.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Bouchard P, Bousquet Y (2013) The genera in the second catalogue (1833–1836) of Dejean’s Coleoptera collection. ZooKeys 282: 1-219. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.282.4401
  2. ^ Davis, Adrian L.V.; Frolov, Andrey V.; Scholtz, Clarke H. (2008). The African dung beetle genera (1st ed.). Pretoria: Protea Book House. ISBN 9781869192440.
  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. PMC 4829968. PMID 27110200.