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Deltochilum

Silva, Fernando A. B.;Louzada, Júlio;Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando

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Deltochilum

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thumb|Deltochilum gibbosum

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Within Vinony's link graph, Deltochilum is referenced by 16 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, Americas and insect.

Vinony files it under Deltochilini and Scarabaeidae genera.

Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyScarabaeidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,117
With media
1
Family
Scarabaeidae
Collections
LACM, MHNCA, ASU, FMNH, UMNH, KU
Recorded in
United States, Mexico, Ecuador, MéXico, Zambia, Costa Rica, Peru

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Scarabaeinae
Image
Deltochilum gibbosum IMG 9238a.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Deltochilum
taxon name
Deltochilum
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Deltochilum
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Encyclopedic overview

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thumb|Deltochilum gibbosum

Deltochilum is a genus of true dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae native to the Americas. There are more than 100 described species in Deltochilum. Unusually for a dung beetle, a few species in the genus, including D. valgum, are predators that kill and feed on millipedes.

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