Deltochilum

Deltochilum
	Deltochilum gibbosum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Tribe:	Deltochilini
Genus:	Deltochilum; Eschscholtz, 1822
Diversity
	at least 100 species
Synonyms
	Aganhyboma ; Anamnesis Vigors, 1826 ; Calhyboma ; Deltohyboma ; Euhyboma ; Hyboma LePeletier and Serville, 1828 ; Meghyboma Kolbe, 1893 ;

Deltochilum is a genus of true dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae native to the Americas. There are more than 100 described species in Deltochilum.^[2]^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5] Unusually for a dung beetle, a few species in the genus, including D: valgum, are predators that kill and feed on millipedes.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Browse Deltochilum". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
^ "Deltochilum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
^ "Deltochilum". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
^ "Deltochilum Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
^ "Deltochilum". Nomen.at. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^ Silva, F.A.B.; Vidaurre, T.; Vaz-de-Mello, F.; Louzada, J. (2012). "Predatory behavior in Deltochilum: convergent evolution or a primitive character within this clade". Journal of Natural History. 46 (21–22): 1359–1367. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.658584.

Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
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