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Scooped Scarab (Onthophagus hecate)

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Onthophagus hecate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onthophagus
Species:
O. hecate
Binomial name
Onthophagus hecate
(Panzer, 1794)

Onthophagus hecate, the scooped scarab, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3]

Subspecies[edit]

These two subspecies belong to the species Onthophagus hecate:

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Onthophagus hecate Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Onthophagus hecate". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading[edit]

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

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