Biology:Onthophagus nuchicornis

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Short description: Species of beetle

Onthophagus nuchicornis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Onthophagus
Species:
O. nuchicornis
Binomial name
Onthophagus nuchicornis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Onthophagus rhinoceros Melsheimer, 1845

Onthophagus nuchicornis is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Europe and North America.[1][2][3] Though Onthophagus nuchicornis is listed as "Vulnerable" in the United Kingdom,[4] it is a common and abundant species in North America.[5][6] It has been used as a model organism for ecotoxicological studies of ivermectin, where different biological endpoints (e.g. dung burial) are stimulated at low levels of ivermectin exposure, but impaired at high levels of ivermectin exposure.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Onthophagus nuchicornis Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=927593. 
  2. "Onthophagus nuchicornis". https://www.gbif.org/species/1091565. 
  3. Mann, Darren (January 15, 2021). "The status and distribution of the scarab beetles Rhysothorax rufa and Onthophagus nuchicornis on Welsh dunes in 2017". https://cdn.naturalresources.wales/media/685552/eng-report-263-status-and-distribution-scarab-beetles-rhysothorax-rufa-and-onthophagus-nuchicornis-welsh-dunes-2017-copy.pdf. 
  4. Floate, K. D.; Kadiri, N. (December 2013). "Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) associated with cattle dung on native grasslands of southern Alberta, Canada" (in en). The Canadian Entomologist 145 (6): 647–654. doi:10.4039/tce.2013.50. ISSN 0008-347X. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/abs/dung-beetles-coleoptera-scarabaeidae-associated-with-cattle-dung-on-native-grasslands-of-southern-alberta-canada/1B91084A0712B73433B6B65E30A8C208. 
  5. Jones, Matthew S.; Fu, Zhen; Reganold, John P.; Karp, Daniel S.; Besser, Thomas E.; Tylianakis, Jason M.; Snyder, William E. (2019). "Organic farming promotes biotic resistance to foodborne human pathogens" (in en). Journal of Applied Ecology 56 (5): 1117–1127. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13365. ISSN 1365-2664. 
  6. Manning, Paul; Cutler, G. Christopher (2020-11-23). "Exposure to low concentrations of pesticide stimulates ecological functioning in the dung beetle Onthophagus nuchicornis" (in en). PeerJ 8: e10359. doi:10.7717/peerj.10359. ISSN 2167-8359. PMID 33282556. 

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. 2006. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4210286 entry