Deltochilum
Genus of beetles
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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.[2][1][3][4][5] Unusually for a dung beetle, a few species in the genus, including D. valgum, are predators that kill and feed on millipedes.[6]
D. mexicanum
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in Colombia
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| Deltochilum | |
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| Deltochilum gibbosum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
| Tribe: | Deltochilini |
| Genus: | Deltochilum Eschscholtz, 1822 |
| Diversity | |
| At least 100 species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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