Onitis aygulus
Aygulus dung beetle at Ainslie, ACT
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| Onitis aygulus | KimPullen | 26 Mar 2020 | |
| Onitis alexis | jb2602 | 12 Jan 2020 |
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User's notes
Looks a lot like the Bronze Dung Beetle, Onitis alexis?
1 comment
27 Mar 2020
Onitis alexis and O. aygulus are similar. I think this one is O. aygulus, based on the position of the clypeal ridge (lying across the spade-shaped front of the head) being nearer to the front of the head than to the frontal ridge (lying across the head in front of the eyes). The other character separating the two species is the shape of the spur on the hind femur of the male, but that is not visible in these shots.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152054-35.259234
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Jan 2020 09:03 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Dung Beetles jb2602 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Onitis aygulus
Species information
- Onitis aygulus Scientific name
- Aygulus dung beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 615.89m Recorded at altitude
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