Onthophagus nigriventris

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| image = CSIRO ScienceImage 10809 Dung beetle Onthophagus nigriventris.jpg

| taxon = Onthophagus nigriventris

| authority = D'Orbigny, 1902

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Onthophagus nigriventris is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in East Africa (Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania) with introduced populations in Australia (eastern Queensland and New South Wales). In Australia, it is known as the coastal dung beetle.

References

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{{cite web |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Onthophagus_nigriventris |title=Species Onthophagus nigriventris d'Orbigny, 1902 |work=Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |access-date=3 March 2025}}

{{Catalogue of Life |id=7XNNS |title=Onthophagus (Onthophagus) nigriventris Orbigny, 1902 |access-date=3 March 2025}}

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite book

| editor-last1 = Arnett | editor-first1 = R.H. Jr.

| editor-last2 = Thomas | editor-first2 = M. C.

| editor-last3 = Skelley | editor-first3 = P. E.

| editor-last4 = Frank | editor-first4 = J. H.

| date = 2002

| title = American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea

| publisher = CRC Press

| isbn = 978-0849309540

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  • {{Cite journal

| last1 = Hardy | first1 = A.

| date = 1991

| title = A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae

| url = http://entomology.si.edu/coleoptera/ColeopteraCatalog/Scarabaeidae_Rutelinae&Dynastinae_529-34b.pdf

| journal = USDA Agriculture Handbook

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  • {{Cite book

| last1 = LeConte | first1 = J.L.

| date = 1861

| title = Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Part I

| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732

| series = Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

| publisher = Smithsonian Institution

| isbn = 0665100558

| doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.38459

| doi-access = free

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  • {{Cite journal

| last1 = Riley | first1 = Edward G.

| last2 = Wolfe | first2 = Charles S.

| date = 2003

| title = An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas

| url = http://texasento.net/Texas_Scarabs.pdf

| journal = Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement

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  • {{Cite book

| last1 = White

| first1 = Richard E.

| date = 1998

| origyear = 1983

| title = A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides)

| publisher = Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

| isbn = 0395910897

| url-access = registration

| url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780395910894

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