Onitini Explained

The Onitini[1] are a tribe of old-world dung beetle genera, erected by Frederic William Hope.

Genera

BioLib[2] lists:

  1. Acanthonitis Janssens, 1937
  2. Allonitis Janssens, 1936
  3. Anonychonitis Janssens, 1950
  4. Aptychonitis Janssens, 1937
  5. Bubas Mulsant, 1842
  6. Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1875
  7. Gilletellus Janssens, 1937
  8. Heteronitis Gillet, 1911
  9. Janssensellus Cambefort, 1976
  10. Kolbeellus Jacobson, 1906
  11. Lophodonitis Janssens, 1938
  12. Megalonitis Janssens, 1937
  13. Neonitis Péringuey, 1901
  14. Onitis Fabricius, 1798
  15. Platyonitis Janssens, 1942
  16. Pleuronitis Van Lansberge, 1875
  17. Pseudochironitis Ferreira, 1977
  18. Tropidonitis Janssens, 1937

Notes and References

  1. Hope FW (1837) The coleopterist’s manual, containing the Lamellicorn insects of Linneus and Fabricius. Henry G. Bohn, London, pp. i–xiii + 15–121 + [1], pls. 1–3,
  2. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id242924/ BioLib.cz