Onthophagus coenobita (Herbst, 1783)
(a dung beetle)

Interactions where Onthophagus coenobita is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva feeds on dead buried corpse MAMMALIA mammals Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Onthophagus coenobita/Onthophagus coenobitaa dung beetlelarva Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Mammaliamammalsburiedcorpse
larva larva feeds on animal debris buried dung MAMMALIA mammals Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Onthophagus coenobita/Onthophagus coenobitaa dung beetlelarva Animal / dung / debris saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Mammaliamammalsburieddung
larva larva feeds on fruitbody Agaricus true mushrooms Agaricales: Agaricaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Onthophagus coenobita/Onthophagus coenobitaa dung beetlelarva Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus/Agaricustrue mushroomsfruitbody

Author & YearTitleSource
Jessop, L., 1986Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 11, New edition, 53pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Onthophagus coenobita (a dung beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Onthophagus coenobita (a dung beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOnthophagus coenobita (a dung beetle)
GenusOnthophagus (a genus of dung beetles)
SubfamilySCARABAEINAE (a subfamily of beetles)
FamilySCARABAEIDAE (scarab, dung and carrion beetles)
SuperfamilySCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
Series Scarabaeiformia (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Onthophagus coenobita (a dung beetle)

Onthophagus coenobita (a dung beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Onthophagus coenobita (a dung beetle):

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