Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)Dung Beetles Index Digitonthophagus gazella Euoniticellus intermedius (Northern Sandy Dung Beetle) Euoniticellus pallipes (Southern Sandy Dung Beetle) Onitis alexis Onitis viridulus Onthophagus australis Onthophagus dandalu (Dung Beetle) Onthophagus declivis (Dung Beetle) Onthophagus ferox (Western Dung Beetle) Onthophagus neostenocerus

Onthophagus australis, commonly known as the Southern Dung Beetle, found on the eastern region of Australia, with the majority of observations (on Atlas of Living Australia), from South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and southern area of Queensland. There are some scattered observations as far as Cape York in Queensland.

Onthophagus australis, Belair SA © Marianne Broug
Onthophagus australis, Belair SA © Marianne Broug
Onthophagus australis, Belair SA © Marianne Broug
Onthophagus australis, Belair SA © Marianne Broug
Onthophagus australis, Belair SA © Marianne Broug
Onthophagus australis, Belair SA © Marianne Broug
Onthophagus australis, Belair SA © Marianne Broug
Onthophagus australis, Belair SA © Marianne Broug

  • 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 australis

Footnote & References

  1. Onthophagus australis © Marianne Broug
  2. Onthophagus australis Guérin-Méneville, 1838, Southern Dung Beetle, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Onthophagus australis
  3. Onthophagus Latreille, 1802, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Onthophagus

Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)Dung Beetles Index Digitonthophagus gazella Euoniticellus intermedius (Northern Sandy Dung Beetle) Euoniticellus pallipes (Southern Sandy Dung Beetle) Onitis alexis Onitis viridulus Onthophagus australis Onthophagus dandalu (Dung Beetle) Onthophagus declivis (Dung Beetle) Onthophagus ferox (Western Dung Beetle) Onthophagus neostenocerus

ScarabaeidaeBisallardiana Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)

ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Blackburnium cavicolle Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Chalcopteroides (Chalcopterus Beetle) Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Neospades sp Lycidae Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Tenebrionidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus

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