Onitis alexis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onitis
Species:
O. alexis
Binomial name
Onitis alexis
Klug, 1835

Onitis alexis, the bronze dung beetle, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is endemic to Africa, Syria, Spain, Tunisia and Greece.[1][2] It was introduced into Australia and is established in the warmer regions of northern Australia.[2] The species is found in Oceania.[3][4][5]

Bronze dung beetle, Onitis alexis

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Onitis alexis:

  • Onitis alexis alexis
  • Onitis alexis septentrionalis Balthasar, 1942

References

  1. ↑ "Onitis alexis Klug, 1835". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  2. 1 2 Tyndale-Biscoe, Marina (December 1988). "The phenology of Onitis alexis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the Araluen Valley: Survival in a marginal environment". Austral Ecology. 13 (4): 431–443. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.1988.tb00991.x. ISSN 1442-9985.
  3. ↑ "Onitis alexis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Onitis alexis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

  • 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.

http://www.dungbeetles.com.au/species/onitis-alexis


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