Digitonthophagus

{{short description|Genus of scarab beetles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Digitonthophagus gazella - inat 56836025.jpg

| image_caption = Digitonthophagus gazella, Gazella Dung Beetle, Oklahoma

| taxon = Digitonthophagus

| authority = Balthasar, 1959

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File:Digitonthophagus gazella - inat 46227549.jpg

Digitonthophagus is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.{{ITIS|id=926685|taxon=Onthophagus (Digitonthophagus) Balthasar, 1959|accessdate=23 June 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://nomen.at/Digitonthophagus|title=Digitonthophagus - Nomen.at - animals and plants|website=nomen.at|language=en|access-date=2018-06-24}} It was considered a subgenus of Onthophagus by some authorities.{{cite journal|last1=Philips|first1=T. Keith|title=Phylogeny of the Oniticellini and Onthophagini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from morphological evidence|journal=ZooKeys|date=11 April 2016|issue=579 |pages=9–57|doi=10.3897/zookeys.579.6183|pmc=4829968|pmid=27110200 |doi-access=free }} A review of the taxon was published in 2017.{{cite journal|last1=Génier|first1=F.|last2=Moretto|first2=P.|title=Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959: taxonomy, systematics, and morphological phylogeny of the genus revealing an African species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)|journal=Zootaxa|date=31 March 2017|volume=4248|issue=1|pages=1–110|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4248.1.1|url=http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4248.1.1|accessdate=5 May 2017|doi-access=free}}