Digitonthophagus Explained

Digitonthophagus is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.^[1] It was considered a subgenus of Onthophagus by some authorities.^[2] A review of the taxon was published in 2017.^[3]

Species

• Digitonthophagus aksumensis Genier
• Digitonthophagus biflagellatus Genier
• Digitonthophagus bonasus Fabricius, 1775
• Digitonthophagus catta Fabricius, 1787
• Digitonthophagus dilatatus Genier
• Digitonthophagus eucatta Genier
• Digitonthophagus falciger Genier
• Digitonthophagus fimator Genier
• Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787
• Digitonthophagus lusinganus d'Orbigny, 1905
• Digitonthophagus namaquensis Genier
• Digitonthophagus petilus Genier
• Digitonthophagus sahelicus Moretto
• Digitonthophagus uks Genier
• Digitonthophagus ulcerosus Genier
• Digitonthophagus viridicollis Genier

Notes and References

1. Web site: Digitonthophagus - Nomen.at - animals and plants. nomen.at. en. 2018-06-24.
2. Philips. T. Keith. Phylogeny of the Oniticellini and Onthophagini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from morphological evidence. ZooKeys. 11 April 2016. 579 . 9–57. 10.3897/zookeys.579.6183. 4829968. 27110200 . free .
3. Génier. F.. Moretto. P.. Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959: taxonomy, systematics, and morphological phylogeny of the genus revealing an African species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa. 31 March 2017. 4248. 1. 1–110. 10.11646/zootaxa.4248.1.1. 5 May 2017. free.