Biology:Deltochilum
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Short description: Genus of beetles
| Deltochilum | |
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| Deltochilum gibbosum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Deltochilini |
| Genus: | Deltochilum Eschscholtz, 1822 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 100 species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Deltochilum is a genus of true dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae native to the Americas. There are more than 100 described species in Deltochilum.[2][1][3][4][5] Unusually for a dung beetle, a few species in the genus, including D: valgum, are predators that kill and feed on millipedes.[6]
D. mexicanum
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Browse Deltochilum". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/c197bede64fc2dedb5e9bd29fe1f52fd. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Deltochilum Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=926403. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Deltochilum". https://www.gbif.org/species/1093256. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Deltochilum Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/4532. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Deltochilum". Nomen.at. http://nomen.at/Deltochilum. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ↑ Silva, F.A.B.; Vidaurre, T.; Vaz-de-Mello, F.; Louzada, J. (2012). "Predatory behavior in Deltochilum: convergent evolution or a primitive character within this clade". Journal of Natural History 46 (21-22): 1359-1367. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.658584.
External links
- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
Wikidata ☰ Q5254853 entry
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