Onthophagus binodis

Onthophagus binodis

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: Onthophagus
Species: Onthophagus binodis
Synonyms (1): O. columella

Name

• Onthophagus binodis (Thunberg, 1818)

Combinations

• Copris binodis: original combination

Primary references

• Thunberg, C.P. 1818. Coleoptera Capensia antennis lamellatis, sive dava fissili instructa. Mémoires de l'Academie Imperial de la Société des Sciences, Saint Pétersburg 6: 395–450. BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 407]

References

• Barkhouse, J.; Ridsdill-Smith, T.J. 1986: Effect of soil moisture on brood ball production by Onthophagus binodis Thunberg and Euoniticellus intermedius (Reiche) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 25 (1): 75–78. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1986.tb01076.x
• Cook, D.F. 1990: Differences in courtship, mating and postcopulatory behaviour between male morphs of the dung beetle Onthophagus binodis Thunberg (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Animal behaviour, 40 (3): 428–436. DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80522-6
• Dadour, I.R.; Cook, D.F.; Hennessy, D. 2000: Reproduction and survival of the dung beetle Onthophagus binodis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) exposed to abamectin and doramectin residues in cattle dung. Environmental entomology, 29 (6): 1116–1122. DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-29.6.1116
• Ridsdill Smith, T.J.; Hall, G.P.; Craig, G.F. 1982: Effect of population density on reproduction and dung dispersal by the dung beetle Onthophagus binodis in the laboratory. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 32: 80–85.
• Some like it hot: body and weapon size affect thermoregulation in horned beetles.
• Do climate envelope models transfer? A manipulative test using dung beetle introductions.
• Differential recruitment of limb patterning genes during development and diversification of beetle horns.
• Programed cell death shapes the expression of horns within and between species of horned beetles.
• Decapentaplegic (dpp) regulates the growth of a morphological novelty, beetle horns.