Punctated Dung Beetle - Onthophagus tenebrosus

Family Scarabaeidae

This page contains information and pictures about Punctated Dung Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 15mm 

 

 

On Feb 2010 morning in Karawatha Forest, this Dung Beetle flied pass and landed on the footpath in front of us. 

 

 

This Dung Beetle is black in colour with pale brown antenna. Body surface is densely and coarsely punctated. There are two small lobes on the head shows that it is a major male. 

 

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Reference:

1. A revision of the Scarabaeine Dung Beetles of Australia. I. Tribe Onthophagini - E.G. Matthews, 1971, Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 19(9) 3 - 330. 

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