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Onitini

The Onitini are a tribe of old-world dung beetle genera, erected by Frederic William Hope.

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Onitini
Onitis virens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Onitini
Hope, 1837
Synonyms
  • Onitides Laporte, 1840
  • Onitina Castelnau, 1840

The Onitini1 are a tribe of old-world dung beetle genera,2 erected by Frederic William Hope.

Genera

BioLib2 lists:

  1. Acanthonitis Janssens, 1937
  2. Allonitis Janssens, 1936
  3. Anonychonitis Janssens, 1950
  4. Aptychonitis Janssens, 1937
  5. Bubas Mulsant, 1842
  6. Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1875
  7. Gilletellus Janssens, 1937
  8. Heteronitis Gillet, 1911
  9. Janssensellus Cambefort, 1976
  10. Kolbeellus Jacobson, 1906
  11. Lophodonitis Janssens, 1938
  12. Megalonitis Janssens, 1937
  13. Neonitis Péringuey, 1901
  14. Onitis Fabricius, 1798
  15. Platyonitis Janssens, 1942
  16. Pleuronitis Van Lansberge, 1875
  17. Pseudochironitis Ferreira, 1977
  18. Tropidonitis Janssens, 1937
References

References

  1. Hope FW (1837) The coleopterist’s manual, containing the Lamellicorn insects of Linneus and Fabricius. Henry G. Bohn, London, pp. i–xiii + 15–121 + [1], pls. 1–3,
  2. BioLib.cz: tribus Onitini Hope, 1837 (retrieved 24 August 2021)
External links
  • Data related to Onitini at Wikispecies
  • Media related to Onitini at Wikimedia Commons