Onthophagus hecate explained

Onthophagus hecate, the scooped scarab, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Onthophagus hecate:

• Onthophagus hecate blatchleyi Brown, 1929
• Onthophagus hecate hecate (Panzer, 1794)

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. 2006. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-30914-2.