Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Scarabaeidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Coleoptera Tribe Onthophagini | |
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Similar Onthophagus verticicornis, Onthophagus coenobita, Onthophagus nuchicornis, Bubas bubalus, Caccobius schreberi | ||
Onthophagus vacca
Onthophagus vacca is a species of dung beetles in the Onthophagini tribe of the wider scarab beetle family, Scarabaeidae.
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Description
Onthophagus vacca can reach a length of 7–13 millimetres (0.28–0.51 in). Pronotum is densely punctured. The first pair of legs are powerful, with three teeth on the outside and fit to digging. Head, legs and pronotum are black or dark green, while elytrae are yellowish with small green dots, often merged into longitudinal stripes.
Distribution
This species is present in most of Southern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa.
References
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