Oniticellini
| Oniticellini | |
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| Liatongus mergacerus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
| Tribe: | Oniticellini d´Orbigny, 1916 |
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Oniticellini are a tribe of scarab beetles, in the true dung beetle subfamily (Scarabaeinae).[2] Nearly all species of this tribe feed on and nest in dung, mainly that of large herbivores. Most are tunnelers; dung is buried at the ends of tunnels dug below a dropping, and used as food by both adults and larvae; others, known as dwellers (including Oniticellus and Tragiscus) make brood cavities within or just beneath the dung.[2]
Taxonomy
The Oniticellini have been divided into three subtribes: Drepanocerina, Helictopleurina and Oniticellina, but this arrangement is still under review.[2]
The following genera have been placed in the Oniticellini:[1]
- Afrodrepanus
- Anoplodrepanus
- Attavicinus
- Clypeodrepanus
- Cyptochirus
- Drepanellus
- Drepanocerus
- Drepanoplatynus
- Eodrepanus
- Epidrepanus
- Euoniticellus
- Eurysternus
- Helictopleurus
- Heterosyphus
- Ixodina
- Latodrepanus
- Liatongus
- Nitiocellus
- Oniticellus
- Paraixodina
- Paroniticellus
- Scaptocnemis
- Sinodrepanus
- Sulcodrepanus
- Tibiodrepanus
- Tiniocellus
- Tragiscus
- Yvescambefortius
References
- 1 2 "Oniticellini - Wikispecies". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 Philips, T. Keith (2016). "Phylogeny of the Oniticellini and Onthophagini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from morphological evidence". ZooKeys. 579: 9–57. doi:10.3897/zookeys.579.6183. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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