Onthophagus polyphemi explained

Onthophagus polyphemi, known generally as the gopher tortoise onthophagus beetle or onthophagus tortoise commensal scarab, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Onthophagus polyphemi:

• Onthophagus polyphemi polyphemi Hubbard, 1894
• Onthophagus polyphemi sparsisetosus Howden & Cartwright, 1963

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.