Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) Balthasar, 1963

Cheung, Kahong, Bai, Ming, Leung, Manhin, Lee, Yingming, Chan, Kinfung & Yang, Xingke, 2018, Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Hong Kong, Zoological Systematics 43 (3), pp. 233-267 : 250

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201830
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6799850
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scientific name	Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) Balthasar, 1963
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Subg. Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) Balthasar, 1963 View in CoL

Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) Balthasar, 1963 View in CoL , Monogr. Scarab. Aphod. Palaearkt. Orient. Reg., 2: 163 (Type species: Onthophagus atripennis Waterhouse, 1875 View in CoL ).

Key to species of Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) View in CoL from Hong Kong.

1 Pronotum with depression or groove the near front .............................................................................................................................2 Pronotum without depression or groove near the front ........................................................................................................................3

2 Pronotum concave and margined; elytra with dark brown spots in interstriae and striped from dorsal view......................................... ................................................................................................................... Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) taurinus White, 1844 Pronotum View in CoL concave but not obviously margined; elytra with dark brown spots but scatterly distributed and not striped from dorsal view................................................................................................. Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) luridipennis Boheman, 1858 View in CoL

3 Pronotum and elytra in similar colour, usually yellow brown with dark spot in irregular pattern; pronotum scattered with big punctures ................................................................................................... Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) rectecornutus Lansberge, 1883 Pronotum View in CoL dark brown to black; elytra in light colour; pronotum without dark spot in irregular pattern; pronotum with dense and fine punctures............................................................................................... Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) proletarius Harold, 1875 View in CoL