Furconthophagus
Furconthophagus is a subgenus of scarab beetles in the genus Onthophagus of the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in Furconthophagus. They are found mainly in Africa, Asia, and Europe.[1][2]
| Furconthophagus | |
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| Onthophagus furcatus | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Coleoptera | 
| Family: | Scarabaeidae | 
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae | 
| Tribe: | Onthophagini | 
| Genus: | Onthophagus | 
| Subgenus: | Furconthophagus Zunino, 1979  | 
Species
    
These 29 species belong to the subgenus Furconthophagus:
- Onthophagus aethiopicus Orbigny, 1902
 - Onthophagus amicus (Gillet, 1925)
 - Onthophagus boucomonti Paulian, 1931
 - Onthophagus dapcauensis Boucomont, 1921
 - Onthophagus flaviclava Orbigny, 1902
 - Onthophagus frontalis Raffray, 1877
 - Onthophagus furcatoides Lansberge, 1886
 - Onthophagus furcatus (Fabricius, 1781)
 - Onthophagus karenensis Masumoto, Ochi & Hanboonsong, 2008
 - Onthophagus khonkaenus Masumoto, Ochi & Hanboonsong, 2008
 - Onthophagus lamelliger Gerstaecker, 1871
 - Onthophagus liwondeensis Josso, 2019
 - Onthophagus monforti Josso & Prévost, 2006
 - Onthophagus papulatorius Kabakov, 2008
 - Onthophagus papulatus Boucomont, 1914
 - Onthophagus parvulus (Fabricius, 1798)
 - Onthophagus promontorii Boucomont, 1924
 - Onthophagus rugulipennis Fairmaire, 1887
 - Onthophagus schoolmeestersi Ochi & Kon, 2007
 - Onthophagus sellatus Klug, 1845
 - Onthophagus shaykh Montanaro & Ziani, 2022
 - Onthophagus suffusus Klug, 1855
 - Onthophagus sugillatus Klug, 1855
 - Onthophagus troglodyta (Wiedemann, 1823)
 - Onthophagus ulula Balthasar, 1966
 - Onthophagus valentineae Josso, 2019
 - Onthophagus variegatus (Fabricius, 1798)
 - Onthophagus verae Josso, 2013
 - Onthophagus versutus Péringuey, 1901
 
References
    
- "Furconthophagus Zunino, 1979". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
 - Philips, T K (2016). "Phylogeny of the Oniticellini and Onthophagini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from morphological evidence". ZooKeys. 579. doi:10.3897/zookeys.579.6183.
 
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