Onthophilus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 40 described species in Onthophilus. Fossils of the genus have been discovered in Burmese amber, estimated to be 100 million years old.
Species
These 41 species belong to the genus Onthophilus:
- Onthophilus affinis <small>Redtenbacher, 1849</small>
- Onthophilus alternatus <small>(Say, 1825)</small>
- Onthophilus aonoi <small>ÃÂhara & Nakane, 1986</small>
- Onthophilus australis <small>Helawa & Howden, 1977</small>
- Onthophilus bickhardti <small>Reitter, 1909</small>
- Onthophilus convictor <small>Normand, 1919</small>
- Onthophilus cynomysi <small>Helava, 1978</small>
- Onthophilus deflectus <small>Helava, 1978</small>
- Onthophilus extraordinarius <small>Reichardt, 1941</small>
- Onthophilus flavicornis <small>Lewis, 1884</small>
- Onthophilus flohri <small>Lewis, 1888</small>
- Onthophilus foveipennis <small>Lewis, 1885</small>
- Onthophilus giganteus <small>Helava, 1978</small>
- Onthophilus globulosus <small>(Olivier, 1789)</small>
- Onthophilus heilogjiangensis <small>Ji Lingke, 1993</small>
- Onthophilus intermedius <small>Handschin, 1944</small>
- Onthophilus intermixtus <small>Helava, 1978</small>
- Onthophilus irregularis <small>Howden & Laplante, 2003</small>
- Onthophilus jakli <small>Kapler, 1993</small>
- Onthophilus julii <small>Lewis, 1892</small>
- Onthophilus kamiyai <small>Adachi, 1930</small>
- Onthophilus kirni <small>Ross, 1944</small>
- Onthophilus lecontei <small>Horn, 1870</small>
- Onthophilus lijiangensis <small>Zhou & Lou, 2002</small>
- Onthophilus melampus <small>Reichardt, 1933</small>
- Onthophilus niponensis <small>Lewis, 1907</small>
- Onthophilus nodatus <small>J. E. LeConte, 1844</small>
- Onthophilus ordinarius <small>Lewis, 1879</small>
- Onthophilus ostreatus <small>Lewis, 1879</small>
- Onthophilus pluricostatus <small>J. E. LeConte, 1844</small>
- Onthophilus punctatus <small>(O. F. Müller, 1776)</small>
- Onthophilus reyesi <small>Kryzhanovskij, 1992</small>
- Onthophilus rugatus <small>Therond</small>
- Onthophilus sculptilis <small>Lewis, 1892</small>
- Onthophilus silvae <small>Lewis, 1884</small>
- Onthophilus smetanai <small>Mazur, 1994</small>
- Onthophilus soltaui <small>Casey, 1893</small>
- Onthophilus striatus <small>(Forster, 1771)</small>
- Onthophilus thomomysi <small>Helava, 1978</small>
- Onthophilus tuberculatus <small>Lewis, 1892</small>
- Onthophilus wenzeli <small>Helava, 1978</small>
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