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Onthophilus
Onthophilus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 40 described species in Onthophilus. Fossils of the genus have been discovered in Burmese amber, estimated to be 100 million years old.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Onthophilus affinis
speciesOnthophilus affinis
Onthophilus striatus
speciesOnthophilus striatus
Onthophilus globulosus
speciesOnthophilus globulosus
Onthophilus punctatus
speciesOnthophilus punctatus
Onthophilus foveipennis
speciesOnthophilus foveipennis
Onthophilus silvae
speciesOnthophilus silvae
Onthophilus flavicornis
speciesOnthophilus flavicornis
Onthophilus ostreatus
speciesOnthophilus ostreatus
Onthophilus kirni
speciesOnthophilus kirni
Onthophilus ordinarius
speciesOnthophilus ordinarius
Onthophilus lecontei
speciesOnthophilus lecontei
Onthophilus pluricostatus
speciesOnthophilus pluricostatus
Onthophilus deflectus
speciesOnthophilus deflectus
Onthophilus julii
speciesOnthophilus julii
Onthophilus thomomysi
speciesOnthophilus thomomysi
Onthophilus reyesi
speciesOnthophilus reyesi
Onthophilus florhi
speciesOnthophilus florhi
Onthophilus extraordinarius
speciesOnthophilus extraordinarius
Onthophilus wenzeli
speciesOnthophilus wenzeli
Onthophilus lijiangensis
speciesOnthophilus lijiangensis
Onthophilus smetanai
speciesOnthophilus smetanai
Onthophilus tuberculatus
speciesOnthophilus tuberculatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 176536.