Biology:Onthophilinae

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Short description: Subfamily of beetles

Onthophilinae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Onthophilus sulcatus - British beetles (Plate X) .jpg
Onthophilus punctatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Histeridae
Subfamily: Onthophilinae
MacLeay, 1819

Onthophilinae is a subfamily of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are about 8 genera and at least 80 described species in Onthophilinae.[1][2][3]

Onthophilus striatus

Genera

These eight genera belong to the subfamily Onthophilinae:

  • Cretonthophilus Caterino, Wolf-Schwenninger and Bechly, 2015 (Cretaceous (Early Cenomanian); Myanmar)
  • Epiechinus Lewis, 1891
  • Glymma Marseul, 1856
  • Onthophilus Leach, 1817
  • Peploglyptus J. L. LeConte, 1880
  • Sculptura Thérond, 1969
  • Sigillum Thérond, 1975
  • Vuattuoxinus Thérond, 1964

References

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4045841 entry