Digitonthophagus gazella

Digitonthophagus gazella
	Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Scarabaeinae
Tribe:	Onthophagini
Genus:	Digitonthophagus
Species:	D. gazella
Binomial name
	Digitonthophagus gazella; (Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
	Scarabaeus gazella Fabricius, 1787; Onthophagus gazella (superseded) (Fabricius, 1787)

Digitonthophagus gazella (common names: gazella scarab, brown dung beetle^[1]) is a species of scarab beetle.^[1]^[2] It belongs to the genus Digitonthophagus, which was promoted from subgenus to genus level in 1959.^[1]^[3] There has been some confusion regarding the application of the names with many people using the outdated name Onthophagus gazella. Dung beetle experts use the term Digitonthophagus gazella.^[4]^[5]

Its native distribution is Afro-Asian. It has been introduced to many other parts of the world in order to help remove cattle dung from pastures, with some introductions leading to naturalized populations.^[4]^[2] Digitonthophagus gazella was introduced into Australia as part of the Australian Dung Beetle project in 1968.^[6]

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^ ^a ^b Génier, F.; Davis, A.L.V. (19 January 2017). "Digitonthophagus gazella auctorum: an unfortunate case of mistaken identity for a widely introduced species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini)". Zootaxa. 4221 (4): 497–500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.4.8. PMID 28187655. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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[GÉNIER2017-4] Génier, F.; Davis, A.L.V. (19 January 2017). "Digitonthophagus gazella auctorum: an unfortunate case of mistaken identity for a widely introduced species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini)". Zootaxa. 4221 (4): 497–500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.4.8. PMID 28187655. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

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