Amphionthophagus

Subgenus of beetles

Amphionthophagus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Onthophagini
Genus: Onthophagus
Subgenus: Amphionthophagus
Martín-Piera & Zunino, 1983

Amphionthophagus is a subgenus of scarab beetles in the genus Onthophagus of the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least three described species in Amphionthophagus. They are found in the Palearctic.[1][2]

Species

These three species belong to the subgenus Amphionthophagus:

  • Onthophagus falzonii Goidanich, 1926
  • Onthophagus melitaeus (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Onthophagus numidicus Orbigny, 1908

References

  1. ^ "Amphionthophagus Martín-Piera & Zunino, 1983". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  2. ^ Philips, T K (2016). "Phylogeny of the Oniticellini and Onthophagini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from morphological evidence". ZooKeys (579): 9–57. Bibcode:2016ZooK..579....9P. doi:10.3897/zookeys.579.6183. PMC 4829968. PMID 27110200.
Taxon identifiers
Amphionthophagus
  • Wikidata: Q4748324
  • EoL: 10677314
  • GBIF: 4759568
  • IRMNG: 1207296


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