Biology:Digitonthophagus gazella
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| Species: | D. gazella
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| Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787)
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Scarabaeus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | |
Digitonthophagus gazella (common names: gazella scarab, brown dung beetle[1]) is a species of scarab beetle.[1][2] It belongs to the genus Digitonthophagus, which was promoted from subgenus to genus level in 1959.[1][3] There has been some confusion regarding the application of the names with many people using the outdated name Onthophagus gazella. Dung beetle experts use the term Digitonthophagus gazella.[4][5]
Its native distribution is Afro-Asian. It has been introduced to many other parts of the world in order to help remove cattle dung from pastures, with some introductions leading to naturalized populations.[4][2] Digitonthophagus gazella was introduced into Australia as part of the Australian Dung Beetle project in 1968.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Digitonthophagus gazella - Gazelle Scarab". Bugguide. Iowa State University. 2004–2017. http://bugguide.net/node/view/6180.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fincher, G. T.; Stewart, T. B.; Hunter, J. S. III (1983). "The 1981 Distribution of Onthophagus gazella Fabricius from releases in Texas and Onthophagus taurus Schreber from an unknown release in Florida (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin 37 (2): 159–163.
- ↑ 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. PMID 27110200. PMC 4829968. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6183.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Génier, F.; Davis, A.L.V. (19 January 2017). "Digitonthophagus gazella auctorum: an unfortunate case of mistaken identity for a widely introduced species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini)". Zootaxa 4221 (4): 497–500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.4.8. PMID 28187655. http://130.216.191.68/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/zootaxa.4221.4.8/25765. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ↑ "Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787)" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1092466.
- ↑ corporateName=National Museum of Australia; address=Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula. "National Museum of Australia - Dung beetles in Australia" (in en). https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/dung-beetles-in-australia.
Wikidata ☰ Q7095031 entry
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