Tribe Onitini Laporte 1840 (scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Alternative spelling: Onitides

Full reference: F. L. Laporte. 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères; avec une Introduction Renfermant l’Anatomie et la Physiologie des Animaux Articulés, par M. Brullé. Tome Deuxième 1-563

Parent taxon: Scarabaeinae according to S. Tarasov and D. Dimitrov 2016

See also Bouchard et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Anachalcos, Ateuchini, Canthochilum, Coprini, Deltochilini, Gymnopleurini, Heliocopris, Metacatharsius, Oniticellini, Onthophagini, Onthophagus spitsbergeniensis, Phanaeini, Scarabaeini

Subtaxa: Onitis

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Type: Onitis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection) (Eocene of Germany)

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