Global InformationDigitonthophagus gazella information
| Digitonthophagus gazella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Order: | Coleoptera
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| Family: | Scarabaeidae
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| Genus: | Digitonthophagus
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| Species: | D. gazella
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| Binomial name | |
| Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787)
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| Synonyms | |
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Scarabaeus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | |
Digitonthophagus gazella (common names: gazella scarab, brown dung beetle[1]) is a species of scarab beetle.[1][2] It belongs to the genus Digitonthophagus, which was promoted from subgenus to genus level in 1959.[1][3] There has been some confusion regarding the application of the names with many people using the outdated name Onthophagus gazella. Dung beetle experts use the term Digitonthophagus gazella.[4][5]
Its native distribution is Afro-Asian. It has been introduced to many other parts of the world in order to help remove cattle dung from pastures, with some introductions leading to naturalized populations.[4][2] Digitonthophagus gazella was introduced into Australia as part of the Australian Dung Beetle project in 1968.[6]
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Philips2016was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Génier, F.; Davis, A.L.V. (19 January 2017). "Digitonthophagus gazella auctorum: an unfortunate case of mistaken identity for a widely introduced species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini)". Zootaxa. 4221 (4): 497–500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.4.8. PMID 28187655. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ corporateName=National Museum of Australia; address=Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula. "National Museum of Australia - Dung beetles in Australia". www.nma.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
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