Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) semicornis (Panzer, 1798)

Akhmetova, Lilia A., Kurochkin, Andrei S. & Frolov, Andrey V., 2024, Dung-beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae, Scarabaeinae) feeding on faeces of steppe marmots Marmota bobak (Rodentia, Sciuridae) in Middle Volga territory, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 125090-e 125090 : e125090-

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scientific name	Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) semicornis (Panzer, 1798)
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Distribution

The species is distributed in southern part of western and central Palaearctic.

Ecology

The species mostly occurs in steppe biotopes. A generalist coprophage, feeding on ungulate dung, faeces of rodents and birds.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Scarabaeidae
Genus	Onthophagus

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