Furconthophagus is a subgenus of scarab beetles in the genus Onthophagus of the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in Furconthophagus. They are found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Europe.[1][2]
| Furconthophagus | |
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| Onthophagus furcatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
| Tribe: | Onthophagini |
| Genus: | Onthophagus |
| Subgenus: | Furconthophagus Zunino, 1979 |
Species edit
These 29 species belong to the subgenus Furconthophagus:
- Onthophagus aethiopicus Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus amicus (Gillet, 1925)
- Onthophagus boucomonti Paulian, 1931
- Onthophagus dapcauensis Boucomont, 1921
- Onthophagus flaviclava Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus frontalis Raffray, 1877
- Onthophagus furcatoides Lansberge, 1886
- Onthophagus furcatus (Fabricius, 1781)
- Onthophagus karenensis Masumoto, Ochi & Hanboonsong, 2008
- Onthophagus khonkaenus Masumoto, Ochi & Hanboonsong, 2008
- Onthophagus lamelliger Gerstaecker, 1871
- Onthophagus liwondeensis Josso, 2019
- Onthophagus monforti Josso & Prévost, 2006
- Onthophagus papulatorius Kabakov, 2008
- Onthophagus papulatus Boucomont, 1914
- Onthophagus parvulus (Fabricius, 1798)
- Onthophagus promontorii Boucomont, 1924
- Onthophagus rugulipennis Fairmaire, 1887
- Onthophagus schoolmeestersi Ochi & Kon, 2007
- Onthophagus sellatus Klug, 1845
- Onthophagus shaykh Montanaro & Ziani, 2022
- Onthophagus suffusus Klug, 1855
- Onthophagus sugillatus Klug, 1855
- Onthophagus troglodyta (Wiedemann, 1823)
- Onthophagus ulula Balthasar, 1966
- Onthophagus valentineae Josso, 2019
- Onthophagus variegatus (Fabricius, 1798)
- Onthophagus verae Josso, 2013
- Onthophagus versutus Péringuey, 1901
References edit
- ^ "Furconthophagus Zunino, 1979". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ Philips, T K (2016). "Phylogeny of the Oniticellini and Onthophagini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from morphological evidence". ZooKeys (579): 9–57. Bibcode:2016ZooK..579....9P. doi:10.3897/zookeys.579.6183. PMC 4829968. PMID 27110200.
External links edit
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