Onthophagus taurus Schreber 1759 (scarab beetle)
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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
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Sample 8, Nightingale Estate pit, Hackney (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)
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