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Onthophilus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae

Taxonomy
Onthophilus was named by Leach (1817). It is extant.

It was assigned to Onthophilinae by Bouchard et al. (2011) and Jiang et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Onthophilus Leach pp. 76, 78
2011Onthophilus Bouchard et al.
2020Onthophilus Jiang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHisteroideaGyllenhal 1808
familyHisteridaeGyllenhal 1808
subfamilyOnthophilinaeMacLeay 1819
genusOnthophilus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Onthophilus Leach 1817
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Onthophilus intermedius Handschin 1944
Onthophilus striatus Forster 1771
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available