Onitini

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: Onitini
Genera (18): Acanthonitis – Allonitis – Anonychonitis – Aptychonitis – Bubas – Cheironitis – Gilletellus – Heteronitis – Janssensellus – Kolbeellus – Lophodonitis – Megalonitis – Neonitis – Onitis – Platyonitis – Pleuronitis – Pseudochironitis – Tropidonitis
Name

Onitini Hope, 1837

References

Caveney, S.; Scholtz, C.H.; McIntyre, P. 1995: Patterns of daily flight activity in onitine dung beetles (Scarabaeinae: Onitini). Oecologia, 103 (4): 444–452. JSTOR

Selected links

Tribe Onitini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) - atlas of scarab beetles of Russia

The Onitini[1] are a tribe of old-world dung beetle genera,[2] erected by Frederic William Hope.

Genera

BioLib[2] lists:

Acanthonitis Janssens, 1937
Allonitis Janssens, 1936
Anonychonitis Janssens, 1950
Aptychonitis Janssens, 1937
Bubas Mulsant, 1842
Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1875
Gilletellus Janssens, 1937
Heteronitis Gillet, 1911
Janssensellus Cambefort, 1976
Kolbeellus Jacobson, 1906
Lophodonitis Janssens, 1938
Megalonitis Janssens, 1937
Neonitis Péringuey, 1901
Onitis Fabricius, 1798
Platyonitis Janssens, 1942
Pleuronitis Van Lansberge, 1875
Pseudochironitis Ferreira, 1977
Tropidonitis Janssens, 1937

References

Hope FW (1837) The coleopterist’s manual, containing the Lamellicorn insects of Linneus and Fabricius. Henry G. Bohn, London, pp. i–xiii + 15–121 + [1], pls. 1–3,
BioLib.cz: tribus Onitini Hope, 1837 (retrieved 24 August 2021)