Onthophagus taurus Schreber 1759

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Alternative combination: Scarabaeus taurus

Full reference: J. C. D. Schreber. 1759. Novae Species Insectorum 1-16

Belongs to Onthophagus according to C. P. Green et al. 2006

See also Fabricius 1775, Goeze 1777, Linnaeus 1767 and Schreber 1759

Sister taxa: Onthophagus arvernus, Onthophagus bisontinus, Onthophagus crassus, Onthophagus everestae, Onthophagus fracticornis, Onthophagus janus, Onthophagus lenzii, Onthophagus ovatulus, Onthophagus pilauco, Onthophagus prodromus, Onthophagus statzi

Distribution: found only at Sample 8, Nightingale Estate pit, Hackney (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)

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