Biology:Onitis alexis
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onitis |
| Species: | O. alexis
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| Binomial name | |
| Onitis alexis Klug, 1835
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Onitis alexis, the bronze dung beetle, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is endemic to Africa, Syria, Spain, Tunisia and Greece.[1][2] It was introduced into Australia and is established in the warmer regions of northern Australia.[2] The species is found in Oceania.[3][4][5]
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Onitis alexis:
- Onitis alexis alexis
- Onitis alexis septentrionalis Balthasar, 1942
References
- ↑ "Onitis alexis Klug, 1835" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1087005.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tyndale-Biscoe, Marina (December 1988). "The phenology of Onitis alexis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the Araluen Valley: Survival in a marginal environment" (in en). Austral Ecology 13 (4): 431–443. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.1988.tb00991.x. ISSN 1442-9985. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1442-9993.1988.tb00991.x.
- ↑ "Onitis alexis Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=187515. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Onitis alexis". https://www.gbif.org/species/1087005. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Onitis alexis species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/163805. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. 2006. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
External links
http://www.dungbeetles.com.au/species/onitis-alexis Wikidata ☰ Q14885416 entry
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