Onitis

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Name (Latin)
Onitis
See Also From tracing topical name
Scarabaeidae
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q518542
Library of congress: sh 85094803
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Wikipedia description:

Onitis is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea and typical of the tribe Onitini. This genus is mainly distributed in Africa, Palaearctic and Oriental region with more than 140 species from the Afrotropical region. All species of this genus are tunnellers meaning they build tunnel under the dung in the soil and bring dung in the tunnel to lay eggs.

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