Onthophagus nuchicornis explained

Onthophagus nuchicornis is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Europe and North America. Though Onthophagus nuchicornis is listed as "Vulnerable" in the United Kingdom,^[1] it is a common and abundant species in North America.^{[2] [3]} It has been used as a model organism for ecotoxicological studies of ivermectin, where different biological endpoints (e.g. dung burial) are stimulated at low levels of ivermectin exposure, but impaired at high levels of ivermectin exposure.^[4]

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mann. Darren. January 15, 2021. The status and distribution of the scarab beetles Rhysothorax rufa and Onthophagus nuchicornis on Welsh dunes in 2017. Jan 15, 2021.
2. Floate. K. D.. Kadiri. N.. December 2013. Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) associated with cattle dung on native grasslands of southern Alberta, Canada. The Canadian Entomologist. en. 145. 6. 647–654. 10.4039/tce.2013.50. 86358092 . 0008-347X.
3. Jones. Matthew S.. Fu. Zhen. Reganold. John P.. Karp. Daniel S.. Besser. Thomas E.. Tylianakis. Jason M.. Snyder. William E.. 2019. Organic farming promotes biotic resistance to foodborne human pathogens. Journal of Applied Ecology. en. 56. 5. 1117–1127. 10.1111/1365-2664.13365. 1365-2664. free.
4. Manning. Paul. Cutler. G. Christopher. 2020-11-23. Exposure to low concentrations of pesticide stimulates ecological functioning in the dung beetle Onthophagus nuchicornis. PeerJ. en. 8. e10359. 10.7717/peerj.10359. 33282556 . 7690291 . 2167-8359. free.