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Onthophagus taurus  (Schreber, 1759)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 927614

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Scarabaeus rugosus Poda von Neuhaus, 1761
  
    Copris corniger Geoffroy, 1785
  
    Scarabaeus recticornis Leske, 1785
  
    Scarabaeus capra Fabricius, 1787
  
    Scarabaeus quadrum Kugelann, 1792
  
    Scarabaeus cruoreus Schrank, 1798
  
    Onthophagus morio Brullé, 1832
  
    Onthophagus bos Villa and Villa, 1833
  
    Onthophagus bovillus Mulsant, 1842
  
    Onthophagus capreolus Mulsant, 1842
  
    Onthophagus femineus Mulsant, 1842
  
    Onthophagus fuscipennis Mulsant, 1842
  
    Onthophagus mendax Mulsant, 1842
  
    Onthophagus nigrovirescens Mulsant, 1842
  
    Onthophagus glareanus Gistel, 1857
  
    Onthophagus alternans d'Orbigny, 1898
  
    Onthophagus alternatus d'Orbigny, 1898
  
    Onthophagus castanonotus Seabra, 1907
  
    Onthophagus saharae Bedel, 1911
  
    Onthophagus circumcinctus Escalera, 1914
  
    Onthophagus rubripennis Goidanich, 1924
  
    Onthophagus athenae Goidanich, 1925
  
    Onthophagus reichardti Medvedev, 1930
  
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 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderScarabeiformia Crowson, 1960  
                                        SuperfamilyScarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802  
                                           FamilyScarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 – scarab beetles  
                                              SubfamilyScarabaeinae Latreille, 1802  
                                                 TribeOnthophagini Burmeister, 1846  
                                                    GenusOnthophagus Latreille, 1802  
                                                       SubgenusOnthophagus (Onthophagus) Latreille, 1802  
                                                          SpeciesOnthophagus taurus (Schreber, 1759)  
       

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  Source: Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm, website (version 4)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: Smith, A.B.T. 2009. Checklist and Nomenclatural Authority File of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm. Version 4. Electronically published, Ottawa, Canada. 97 pp., available online at http://museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/SSSA/nearctic.htm   
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