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Digitonthophagus gazella

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Species of beetle

Digitonthophagus gazella
Male
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Onthophagus gazella (superseded) (Fabricius, 1787)

Digitonthophagus gazella, gazelle scarab, Texas

Digitonthophagus gazella (common names: gazella scarab, brown dung beetle) is a species of scarab beetle. It belongs to the genus Digitonthophagus, which was promoted from subgenus to genus level in 1959. There has been some confusion regarding the application of the names with many people using the outdated name Onthophagus gazella.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.

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. Digitonthophagus gazella was introduced into Australia as part of the Australian Dung Beetle project in 1968.

References

  1. ^ "Digitonthophagus gazella - Gazelle Scarab". Bugguide. Iowa State University. 2004–2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  2. ^ Fincher, G. T.; Stewart, T. B.; Hunter, J. S. III (1983). "The 1981 Distribution of Onthophagus gazella Fabricius from releases in Texas and Onthophagus taurus Schreber from an unknown release in Florida (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 37 (2): 159–163. JSTOR 4008007.
  3. Philips, T. Keith (11 April 2016). "Phylogeny of the Oniticellini and Onthophagini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from morphological evidence". ZooKeys (579): 9–57. doi:10.3897/zookeys.579.6183. PMC 4829968. PMID 27110200.
  4. ^ Génier, F.; Davis, A.L.V. (19 January 2017). "Digitonthophagus gazella auctorum: an unfortunate case of mistaken identity for a widely introduced species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini)". Zootaxa. 4221 (4): 497–500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.4.8. PMID 28187655. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. "Digitonthophagus gazella". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  6. corporateName=National Museum of Australia; address=Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula. "National Museum of Australia - Dung beetles in Australia". www.nma.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-07-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Taxon identifiers
Onthophagus gazella
Scarabaeus gazella


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