Digitonthophagus

Digitonthophagus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Onthophagini
Genus: Digitonthophagus
Species (14): D. aksumensis – D. biflagellatus – D. bonasus – D. dilatatus – D. eucatta – D. falciger – D. fimator – D. gazella – D. namaquensis – D. petilus – D. sahelicus – D. uks – D. ulcerosus – D. viridicollis

Name

Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959

• Type species: Scarabaeus bonasus Fabricius, 1775

Synonymy

• Onthophagus (Digitonthophagus)

References

Primary references

• Balthasar 1959 Acta ent. Mus. natn. Pragae 33: 464.

Additional references

• Fabricius, J.C. 1775: Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species... Flensburgh and Leipzig, Library Kortii. Internet Archive BHL
• Génier, F. & Moretto, P. 2017. Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959: taxonomy, systematics, and morphological phylogeny of the genus revealing an African species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa 4248(1): 1–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4248.1.1. Full article (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77670-112-4 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77670-113-1 (Online edition). Reference page. 
• Noriega-A., J.A. 2002: First report of the presence of the genus Digitonthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Colombia. Caldasia, 24 (1): 213–215. PDF
• Tarasov, S.I.; Kabakov, O.N. 2010: Two new species of Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Indochina, with a discussion of some problems with the classification of Serrophorus and similar subgenera. Zootaxa, 2344: 17–28. Preview PDF

Links

• Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on March 27, 2017]