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Gazelle Scarab

Digitonthophagus gazella

Classification

Class
Insecta

Digitonthophagus gazella (common names: gazella scarab, brown dung beetle) is a species of scarab beetle. It belongs to the genus Digitonthophagus, which was promoted from subgenus to genus level in 1959. There has been some confusion regarding the application of the names with many people using the outdated name Onthophagus gazella.

Distribution

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United States of America · 2,098Mexico · 64Argentina · 18Brazil · 12France · 8Cuba · 6Bolivia · 4Netherlands · 3Paraguay · 1