Deltochilum
{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Deltochilum gibbosum IMG 9238a.jpg
| image_caption = Deltochilum gibbosum
| taxon = Deltochilum
| authority = Eschscholtz, 1822
| diversity_link = List of Deltochilum species
| diversity = at least 100 species
| synonyms = {{Taxon list
| Aganhyboma |
| Anamnesis | Vigors, 1826
| Calhyboma |
| Deltohyboma |
| Euhyboma |
| Hyboma | LePeletier and Serville, 1828
| Meghyboma | Kolbe, 1893
}}
}}
File:Deltochilum gibbosum IMG_9241a.jpg
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.{{cite journal| last=Silva | first=F.A.B. | last2=Vidaurre | first2=T. | last3=Vaz-de-Mello | first3=F. | last4=Louzada | first4=J. | year=2012 | title=Predatory behavior in Deltochilum: convergent evolution or a primitive character within this clade | journal=Journal of Natural History | volume=46 | issue=21-22 | pages=1359–1367 | doi=10.1080/00222933.2012.658584 }}
Dung beetle (Deltochilum mexicanum) 1.jpg|D. mexicanum
Dung beetle (Deltochilum mexicanum) 2.jpg|showing navigation technique
Dung beetle (Deltochilum mexicanum) 3.jpg|in Colombia
See also
References
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{{Cite web| title=Deltochilum Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=926403
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2018-04-23
}}
{{Cite web| title=Browse Deltochilum
| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/c197bede64fc2dedb5e9bd29fe1f52fd
| website=Catalogue of Life
| accessdate=2018-04-23
}}
{{Cite web| title=Deltochilum
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1093256
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2018-04-23
}}
{{Cite web| title=Deltochilum Genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/4532
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2018-04-23
}}
}}
External links
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- {{Cite web
| accessdate = 2018-04-23
| last1 = Ratcliffe
| first1 = Brett
| last2 = Jameson
| first2 = Mary Liz
| title = Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles
| url = http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html
| archive-date = 2019-03-30
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190330151517/http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html
| url-status = dead
}}
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