Digitonthophagus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Onthophagini
Genus: Digitonthophagus
Species (14): D. aksumensis – D. biflagellatus – D. bonasus – D. dilatatus – D. eucatta – D. falciger – D. fimator – D. gazella – D. namaquensis – D. petilus – D. sahelicus – D. uks – D. ulcerosus – D. viridicollis
Name

Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959

Type species: Scarabaeus bonasus Fabricius, 1775

Synonymy

Onthophagus (Digitonthophagus)

References
Primary references

Balthasar 1959 Acta ent. Mus. natn. Pragae 33: 464.

Additional references

Fabricius, J.C. 1775: Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species... Flensburgh and Leipzig, Library Kortii. Internet Archive BHL
Génier, F. & Moretto, P. 2017. Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959: taxonomy, systematics, and morphological phylogeny of the genus revealing an African species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa 4248(1): 1–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4248.1.1. Full article (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77670-112-4 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77670-113-1 (Online edition). Reference page.
Noriega-A., J.A. 2002: First report of the presence of the genus Digitonthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Colombia. Caldasia, 24 (1): 213–215. PDF
Tarasov, S.I.; Kabakov, O.N. 2010: Two new species of Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Indochina, with a discussion of some problems with the classification of Serrophorus and similar subgenera. Zootaxa, 2344: 17–28. Preview PDF

Links

Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on March 27, 2017]

Digitonthophagus is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[1][2] It was considered a subgenus of Onthophagus by some authorities.[3] A review of the taxon was published in 2017.[4]
Species

Digitonthophagus aksumensis Genier
Digitonthophagus biflagellatus Genier
Digitonthophagus bonasus Fabricius, 1775
Digitonthophagus catta Fabricius, 1787
Digitonthophagus dilatatus Genier
Digitonthophagus eucatta Genier
Digitonthophagus falciger Genier
Digitonthophagus fimator Genier
Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787
Digitonthophagus lusinganus d'Orbigny, 1905
Digitonthophagus namaquensis Genier
Digitonthophagus petilus Genier
Digitonthophagus sahelicus Moretto
Digitonthophagus uks Genier
Digitonthophagus ulcerosus Genier
Digitonthophagus viridicollis Genier

References

"Onthophagus (Digitonthophagus) Balthasar, 1959". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
"Digitonthophagus - Nomen.at - animals and plants". nomen.at. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
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. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
Génier, F.; Moretto, P. (31 March 2017). "Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959: taxonomy, systematics, and morphological phylogeny of the genus revealing an African species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)". Zootaxa. 4248 (1): 1–110. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4248.1.1. Retrieved 5 May 2017.