Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Scarabaeiformia > Superfamily Scarabaeoidea > Family Scarabaeidae > Subfamily Scarabaeinae > Tribe Onthophagini > Genus Onthophagus > Subgenus Onthophagus (Onthophagus)

Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taurus (Schreber, 1759)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Onthophagus*	Latreille, 1802	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scarabaeus taurus*	Schreber, 1759	objective synonym
*Copris corniger*	Geoffroy, 1785	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) alternans*	d'Orbigni, 1898	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) alternatus*	d'Orbigni, 1902	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) athenae*	Goidanich, 1925	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) bos*	Villa & Villa, 1833	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) bovillus*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) capreolus*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) castanonota*	Seabra, 1907	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) circumcinctus*	Escalera, 1914	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) femineus*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) fuscipennis*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) glareanus*	Gistl, 1857	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) mendax*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) morio*	Brullé, 1832	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) nigrovirescens*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) rubripennis*	Goidanich, 1924	subjective synonym
*Onthophagus (Onthophagus) saharae*	Bedel, 1911	subjective synonym
*Scarabaeus capra*	Fabricius, 1787	subjective synonym
*Scarabaeus cruoreus*	Schrank, 1798	subjective synonym
*Scarabaeus quadrum*	Kugel, 1792	subjective synonym
*Scarabaeus recticornis*	Leske, 1785	subjective synonym
*Scarabaeus rugosus*	Poda, 1761	subjective synonym

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External Links

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Citation

Dr Jose Ignacio Lopez-Colon. Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taurus (Schreber, 1759). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=192185