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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Onthophagini
Genera (34): AlloscelusAmietinaAnoctusCaccobiusCambefortiusCassolusCleptocaccobiusCyobiusDigitonthophagusDisphysemaDorbignyolusEuonthophagus – Eusaproecius – Hamonthophagus – Heteroclitopus – Hyalonthophagus – Krikkenius – ?Megaponerophilus – Milichus – Mimonthophagus – Morettius – Neosaproecius – Onthophagus – Parascatonomus – Phalops – Pinacopodius – Pinacotarsus – Pseudosaproecius – Stiptocnemis – Stiptopodius – Stiptotarsus – Sukelus – ?Tomogonus – Walterantus – ?Haroldius
Name

Onthophagini Lacordaire, 1856

Synonyms

Alloscelini Janssens, 1946

References

Tarasov, S.I.; Solodovnikov, A.Y. 2011: Phylogenetic analyses reveal reliable morphological markers to classify mega-diversity in Onthophagini dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Cladistics, 27 (5): 490–528. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00351.x

Links

Tribe Onthophagini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) - Atlas of scarab beetles of Russia

Onthophagini are a tribe of scarab beetles. Commonly placed in the true dung beetle subfamily (Scarabaeinae), it belongs to a group of subfamilies separated as subfamily Coprinae in some treatments.

Onthophagini often display sexual dimorphism, with the males having larger and more elaborate head and thorax ornaments, but not to the degree seen in the rhinoceros beetles of the scarab subfamily Dynastinae for example.
Genera

Alloscelus
Amietina
Anoctus
Caccobius Thompson, 1859
Cambefortius
Cassolus
Cleptocaccobius
Cyobius
Diastellopalpus
Digitonthophagus
Disphysema
Dorbignyolus
Euonthophagus Balthasar, 1959
Eusaproecius
Heteroclitopus
Hyalonthophagus
Krikkenius
Megaponerophilus
Milichus
Mimonthophagus
Neosaproecius
Onthophagus Latreille, 1802
Phalops
Pinacopodius
Pinacotarsus
Proagoderus
Pseudosaproecius
Stiptocnemis
Stiptopodius
Stiptotarsus
Strandius
Sukelus
Tomogonus
Walterantus

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