Onthophilus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 40 described species in Onthophilus.[1][2][3] Fossils of the genus have been discovered in Burmese amber, estimated to be 100 million years old.[4]

Onthophilus
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Onthophilus striatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Histeridae
Subfamily: Onthophilinae
Genus: Onthophilus
Leach, 1817
Onthophilus striatus

Species

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These 41 species belong to the genus Onthophilus:

References

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  1. ^ "Onthophilus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. ^ "Onthophilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  3. ^ Jiang, Rixin; Song, Weicai; Yang, Huiyu; Shi, Chao; Wang, Shuo (July 2020). "Discovery of the first Onthophilus species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Histeridae)". Cretaceous Research. 111: 104443. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104443. S2CID 216238703.

Further reading

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  • Mazur, Slawomir (2011). A Concise Catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). WULS - SGGW Press. ISBN 978-83-7583-3171.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.
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