Onthophagus coenobita
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| Onthophagus coenobita | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Onthophagus |
| Species: | O. coenobita |
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| Onthophagus coenobita (Herbst, 1783) | |
Onthophagus coenobita is a species of dung beetle in the genus Onthophagus.
It typically feeds on dung, but also carrion and decaying fungi.[1] It mainly feeds on human dung, but also dog, cattle, horse, goat, sheep and pig dung.[2]