Onthophagus is a genus of dung beetles in the Onthophagini tribe of the wider scarab beetle family, Scarabaeidae.[2] It is the most species-rich and widespread genus in the subfamily Scarabaeinae (the 'true' dung beetles), with a global distribution.
The Genus name derives from the Greek onthos, meaning dung, and phagos, meaning eater.[3]
This genus includes more than 20 subgenera and over 2,100 species.[1][4][5] Some of the subgenera (including Proagoderus, Diastellopalpus, Digitonthophagus, Strandius, and Euonthophagus) are now widely recognized as genera.[6]
7. Kharel BP, Schoolmeester P, Sarkar SK (2020) A first faunistic account on the Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) of the Nadia district, West Bengal, with a preliminary checklist from India. Check List 16(2): 361-381. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.2.361
Gazella scarab (Onthophagus gazella) males; note variation in horn size Onthophagus is a genus of dung beetles in the Onthophagini tribe of the wider scarab beetle family, Scarabaeidae. It is the most species-rich and widespread genus in the subfamily Scarabaeinae (the 'true' dung beetles), with a global distribution.
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