Onthophagus Latreille, 1802

Cheung, Kahong, Bai, Ming, Leung, Manhin, Lee, Yingming, Chan, Kinfung & Yang, Xingke, 2018, Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Hong Kong, Zoological Systematics 43 (3), pp. 233-267 : 247-248

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https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201830

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scientific name

Onthophagus Latreille, 1802
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Genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 View in CoL

Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 View in CoL , Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins., 3: 141 (Type species: Scarabaeus taurus Schreber, 1759 View in CoL ).

Monapus Erichson, 1847 , Naturg. Ins. Deutschl. Col., 3: 763 nota (Type species: Onthophagus mniszechi Harold, 1869 View in CoL ).

Psilax Erichson, 1847 , Naturg. Ins. Deutschl. Col., 3: 763 nota (Type species: Onthophagus pronus Erichson, 1842 View in CoL ).

Chalcoderus Erichson, 1847 , Naturg. Ins. Deutschl., 3: 763 nota.

Gonocyphus Lansberge, 1885 , Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 22: 382.

Tauronthophagus Shipp, 1895 View in CoL , Entom., 28: 179.

Onthoellus Balthasar, 1959 , Sbornik Ent. Odd. Nár. Mus. Praze, 33: 466.

Key to subgenera of Onthophagus View in CoL from Hong Kong.

1 Antennal scape markedly serrated on the outer margin; protibia not stongly extended and curved in male .......................................... ..................................................................................................................................... Onthophagus (Serrophorus) Balthasar, 1963 Antennal View in CoL scape smooth or weakly serrated on the outer margin; if serrated, protibia strongly extended and curved in male..............2

2 The base of male pronotum with lobe-like backward projection and convex, the convex with parallel lateral ridges, or with horns at the front, or with triangular or polygonal disc............................................... Onthophagus (Paraphanaeomorphus) Balthasar, 1959 The View in CoL base of male pronotum without lobe-like backward projection and not convex, without ridge, without horn at the front, without triangular or polygonal disc ................................................................................................................................................................. 3

3 Black or dark brown, sometimes metallic; elytra with knobs at the base; pygidium marginated at the base; male pronotum complex with base marginated, front margin of protibia straight, spurs of protibia strongly broaden and oblique; female head with two ridges, front ridge fine and long; body length of 7–14 mm ............................................ Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) Balthasar, 1963 The View in CoL above characteristics not present or not present at the same time ................................................................................................. 4

4 Male pronotum with two or more knobs in the central disc, with one longitudinal groove between the knobs; female pronotum simple; dark brown from dorsal view, or elytra in yellow sometimes with black spots; body length of 5–10 mm ............................................. ............................................................................................................................ Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) Balthasar, 1963 View in CoL Male pronotum without two or more knobs in the central disc; female pronotum not simple, usually with horn(s) near the front ..... 5

5 The first segment of antennal club greatly developed and cup-like; male clypeus with tooth or T-shape projection on the front margin; head without horn; pygidial base marginated; black from dorsal view, or just head and pronotum with metallic sheen ....................... ................................................................................................................................. Onthophagus (Parascatonomus) Paulian, 1932 The first segment of antennal club not greatly developed and not cup-like; the rest of the above characteristics not present or not present at the same time .......................................................................................................................................................................6

6 Pronotum with projection near the front disc ........................................................... Onthophagus (Furconthophagus) Zunino, 1979 Pronotum View in CoL without projection or with more than one projection near the front disc .............................................................................7

7 Prontum with one concave near front disc ................................................................................. Onthophagus View in CoL (s. str.) Latreille, 1802 Prontum without concave near front disc....................................................................... Onthophagus (Matashia) Matsumura, 1938 View in CoL

Balthasar, V. 1959. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Onthophagus Latr. Sbornik Entomologickeho Oddeleni Narodniho Musea v Praze, 33: 461 - 471.

Balthasar, V. 1963. Monographie der Scarabaeidae und Aphodiidae der palaearktischen und orientalischen region. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Band 2. Coprinae (Onitini, Oniticellini, Onthophagini). Verlag der Tschechoslowakischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Prague. 627 pp.

Erichson, W. F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 8: 83 - 287.

Erichson, W. F. 1847. Conspectus Insectorum Coleopterum, quae in Republica Peruana observata sunt. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 13: 67 - 185.

Harold, E. v. 1869. Abanderungen vergebener Namen. Coleopterologische Hefte, 5: 122 - 125.

Lansberge, J. W. v. 1885. Descriptions d'especes nouvelles de Coleopteres appartenant du Musee civique de Genes. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 22: 375 - 400.

Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere, des Crustaces et des Insectes, Volume 3. F. Dufart, Paris, France. 467 pp.

Matsumura, S. 1938. Onthophagid-insects from Formosa. Insecta Matsumurana, 12: 53 - 63.

Schreber, J. C. D. v. 1759. Novae species insectorum cum figuris aeneis coloribus pictus. Schneideriana, Hala Magdeburgaicae. 16 pp.

Shipp, J. W. 1895. Notes on Onthophagus Latr., with corrections of nomenclature, and a description of a new genus. The Entomologist, 28 (385): 178 - 179.

Zunino, M. 1979. Gruppi artificiali e gruppi naturali negli Onthophagus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Bollettino del Museo di Zoologia dell'Universita di Torino, 1: 1 - 17.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

SuperFamily

Scarabaeoidea

Family

Scarabaeidae

SubFamily

Scarabaeinae

Tribe

Onthophagini