Digitonthophagus gazella | |
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Male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
Tribe: | Onthophagini |
Genus: | Digitonthophagus |
Species: | D. gazella
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Binomial name | |
Digitonthophagus gazella (
Fabricius, 1787)
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Synonyms | |
Scarabaeus gazella Fabricius, 1787 |
Digitonthophagus gazella (common names: gazella scarab, brown dung beetle [1]) is a species of scarab beetle. [1] [2] It belongs to the genus Digitonthophagus, which was promoted from subgenus to genus level in 1959. [1] [3] There has been some confusion regarding the application of the names with many people using the outdated name Onthophagus gazella. Dung beetle experts use the term Digitonthophagus gazella. [4] [5]
Its native distribution is Afro-Asian. It has been introduced to many other parts of the world in order to help remove cattle dung from pastures, with some introductions leading to naturalized populations. [4] [2] Digitonthophagus gazella was introduced into Australia as part of the Australian Dung Beetle project in 1968. [6]
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Digitonthophagus gazella | |
---|---|
Male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
Tribe: | Onthophagini |
Genus: | Digitonthophagus |
Species: | D. gazella
|
Binomial name | |
Digitonthophagus gazella (
Fabricius, 1787)
| |
Synonyms | |
Scarabaeus gazella Fabricius, 1787 |
Digitonthophagus gazella (common names: gazella scarab, brown dung beetle [1]) is a species of scarab beetle. [1] [2] It belongs to the genus Digitonthophagus, which was promoted from subgenus to genus level in 1959. [1] [3] There has been some confusion regarding the application of the names with many people using the outdated name Onthophagus gazella. Dung beetle experts use the term Digitonthophagus gazella. [4] [5]
Its native distribution is Afro-Asian. It has been introduced to many other parts of the world in order to help remove cattle dung from pastures, with some introductions leading to naturalized populations. [4] [2] Digitonthophagus gazella was introduced into Australia as part of the Australian Dung Beetle project in 1968. [6]
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cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)