Euoniticellus intermedius
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Euoniticellus intermedius (also known as the Northern Sandy Dung Beetle) is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2] E. intermedius is native to Southeastern Africa but has spread to the United States, Mexico, and Australia.[3] E. intermedius acts as an important agricultural agent due to its improvement of soil quality and removal of parasitic pests.[3]
Euoniticellus intermedius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Euoniticellus |
Species: | E. intermedius |
Binomial name | |
Euoniticellus intermedius (Reiche, 1849) | |
Adults of the species are brown in color and exhibit sexual dimorphism. Males can be identifying by their blunt, curved horns, which are used to fight with other males for female mates.[4]
These beetles spend their entire lives in dung pads. They are of the tunneling variety of dung beetles, which bring dung into their tunnels as opposed to living in the dung or rolling the dung away.[5]