Southern Downs BeetlesChristmas Beetle (Anoplognathus porosus) Dung Beetle (Onthophagus dandalu) Golden Stag Beetle (Lamprima aurata) Plague Soldier Beetle Punctate Flower Chafer Beetle Red-blue Banded Leaf Beetle Reddish-brown Flower Beetle (Aphanestes gymnopleura) Silver Wattle Leaf Beetle (Calomela ioptera) Small Cypress Jewel Beetle (Diadoxus erythrurus) Talaurinus fergusoni Tortoise Beetle (Paropsis maculata)
Onthophagus dandalu is one of approximately 480 Australian species of dung beetle. They can be found in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. usually in cattle and dog dung.
In the following photographs, note the rounded ridge pronotum across the front, the frontal ridge and clypeal ridge.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
- Family: Scarabaeidae
- Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
- Tribe: Onthophagini
- Genus: Onthophagus
- Species: Onthophagus dandalu
Footnote & References
- Marc Newman, Flickr
- Onthophagus dandalu Matthews, 1972, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1759a727-8193-4443-a991-4553189e3110
- Onthophagus dandalu Matthews, 1972, GBIF Global Core Biodata Resource, https://www.gbif.org/species/1092193
- Dung beetle Onthophagus dandalu, Science image, CSIRO, https://www.scienceimage.csiro.au/tag/entomology/i/1149/onthophagus-dandalu/
- Dung Beetle Ecosystem Engineers, Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/beetleswithbenefits
- Onthophagus taurus (introduced), Agriculture Victoria, https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/support-and-resources/funds-grants-programs/farming-systems-demonstrations-program/onthophagus-taurus
- Dung Beetle, Ecosystem Engineers, https://www.dungbeetles.com.au/
Southern Downs BeetlesChristmas Beetle (Anoplognathus porosus) Dung Beetle (Onthophagus dandalu) Golden Stag Beetle (Lamprima aurata) Plague Soldier Beetle Punctate Flower Chafer Beetle Red-blue Banded Leaf Beetle Reddish-brown Flower Beetle (Aphanestes gymnopleura) Silver Wattle Leaf Beetle (Calomela ioptera) Small Cypress Jewel Beetle (Diadoxus erythrurus) Talaurinus fergusoni Tortoise Beetle (Paropsis maculata)
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