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Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Zunino, M. (1981). Insects of Saudi Arabia Coleoptera: Fam.Scarabaeidae Tribe Onthophagini. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 3:408-416.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Scarabaeidae
genus
Digitonthophagus
species
Digitonthophagus gazella

Name

Synonyms
Copris antilope Fabricius, 1798
Copris metallicus Fabricius, 1798
Onthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787)
Onthophagus intermedius Reiche, 1840
Scarabaeus dorcas Olivier, 1789
Scarabaeus gazella Fabricius, 1787
Homonyms
Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787)
Common names
Brown Dung Beetle in English
Brown dung beetle in English
Brown dung beetle in English
Escarabajo estercolero africano in Spanish
Gazella Dung Beetle in English
Gazella Dung Beetle in English
Gazelle Dung Beetle in English
Gazelle Scarab in English
ガゼラエンマコガネ in Japanese
Gazelle Scarab in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Duque-Vélez P, Olivera-Ángel M, Wolff M (2021) Silvopastoral systems as an alternative for conservation of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in a cattle landscape in Caucasia Colombia. Caldasia 44(1): 184-193.
  2. Fabricius JC (1787) Mantissa insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus. Tom. II. Christ. Gottl. Proft., Copenhagen, Denmark, [2] + 382 pp.
  3. Giraldo C, Montoya-Molina S, Escobar F (2018) Escarabajos del estiércol en paisajes ganaderos de Colombia. Fundación CIPAV. Cali, Colombia. 146p.
  4. González-Alvarado AF, Medina CA (2015) Listado de especies de escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) de bosque seco de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 16 (1): 36-44.
  5. Génier F, Davis ALV (2017) Digitonthophagus gazella auctorum: an unfortunate case of mistaken identity for a widely introduced species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini). Zootaxa 4221 (4): 497–500
  6. Génier F, Moretto P (2017) Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959: taxonomy, systematics, and morphological phylogeny of the genus revealing an African species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa 4248 (1): 001–110. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4248.1.1
  7. Isaza-López LM, Montoya-Molina S, Giraldo-Echeverry C, León-González J, González-Alvarado A, Montoya-Lerma J (2015) Nuevos registros del escarabajo indoafricano Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius 1787) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) en Colombia. Biota Colombiana 16 (1): 45-53.
  8. Jameson et al. (2009), https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1146&context=entomologypapers
  9. Latreille PA (1802) Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliere des crustacés et des insectes. Paris 3:1-467
  10. Medina CA, Pulido A (2009) Escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) de la Orinoquia colombiana. Biota Colombiana 10 (1 y 2): 55 - 62.
  11. Noriega JA (2002) First report of the presence of the genus Digitonthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Colombia. Primera observación sobre la presencia del género Digitonthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) en Colombia. Caldasia, 24, 213–215.
  12. Noriega JA, Floate KD, Génier F, Reid CA, Kohlmann B, Horgan FG, Davis AL, Forgie SA, Aguilar C, Ibarra MG, Vaz-de-Mello FZ, Ziani S, Lobo JM (2020) Global distribution patterns provide evidence of niche shift by the introduced African dung beetle Digitonthophagus gazella. Entomol. Exp. Appl., 168: 766-782. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12961
  13. Noriega JA, Garcia H, Murillo-Ramos L, Renjifo JM, Olarte JE (2013) Sinopsis de los escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) del Caribe Colombiano. Caldasia 35(2):465-477.
  14. Noriega JA, Moreno J, Otavo S (2011) Quince años del arribo del escarabajo coprófago Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) a Colombia: proceso de invasión y posibles efectos de su establecimiento.
  15. Noriega JA, Moreno J, Otavo S , Castaño E (2012) New departmental records of Digitonthophagus gazella (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Colombia. Acta Biológica Colombiana, 17(1), 201–204
  16. Noriega JA, Solis C, Escobar F, Realpe E (2007) Escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) de la provincia de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Biota Colombiana 8 (1): 77-86
  17. Noriega JA, Solis C, Quintero I, Perez LG, Garcia HG, Ospino DA (2006) Registro continental de Digitonthophagus gazella (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) en Colombia. First report of Digitonthophagus gazella (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the continental area of Colombia. Caldasia, 28, 379–381.
  18. Rangel-Acosta JL, Martínez-Hernández NJ (2017) Comparación de los ensamblajes de escarabajos copro-necrófagos (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) entre fragmentos de bosque seco tropical y la matriz adyacente en el departamento del Atlántico-Colombia. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 88(2): 389-401.
  19. Zunino M (1981) Insect of Saudi Arabia, Coleoptera: Fam. Scarabaeidae, Tribe Onthophagini. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 3: 408–416.
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