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Onthophagus nuchicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Самец (Onthophagus nuchicornis)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Coleoptera → suborder Polyphaga → infraorder Scarabeiformia → superfamily Scarabaeoidea → family Scarabaeidae → subfamily Scarabaeinae → tribe Onthophagini → genus Onthophagus → subgenus Palaeonthophagus → species Onthophagus nuchicornis

Species name(s)

Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) nuchicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) = Onthophagus rhinoceros Melsheimer, 1845 = Onthophagus alpinus Kolenati 1846 = Onthophagus dillwyni Stephens 1830 = Onthophagus immaculatus Mulsant 1842 = Onthophagus indistinctus Mulsant 1842 = Scarabaeus planicornis Herbst 1785 = Onthophagus rubripes Mulsant 1842 = Onthophagus submarginalis Sahlberg 1926 = Scarabaeus trituberculatus Schrank 1798 = Scarabaeus verticicornis Fabricius 1775 = Onthophagus vulneratus Mulsant 1842 = Scarabaeus xiphias Fabricius 1792 = Copris acornis Geoffroy 1785 = Onthophagus rhinocerus Melsheimer 1846 = Onthophagus nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758. [10, 186]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Самка (Onthophagus nuchicornis)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Britain Is., Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, European Turkey, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italian mainland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia (Central, East, North, Northwest, South, Kaliningrad Region), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, Serbia, Kosovo, Voivodina, Montenegro [10].
  • Can be found among other places in Lake Elton surroundings. [331].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Body length: 6-9 mm. Black, elytra yellow with black specks, sometimes merging into irregular large spots; epipleura yellow, their first third black. The posterior keel on the head of the male is elongated into a horn or bump, the pronotum of the female with a shiny bump. [249].

Imago lifespan

  • All summers [249].

Premade selections where the species can be found

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

Comments

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14.05.2016 22:32, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Zoogeographical regions: No formalized data → Palaearctic. Flight time: No formalized data → , , , , .

14.05.2016 21:46, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Onthophagus nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758 → (Linnaeus, 1758).

14.05.2016 21:45, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Onthophagus nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758 → Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758.

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