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Onthophagus vacca

Onthophagus vacca

(Linnaeus, 1767)

Family: Scarabaeidae
Order: Coleoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Onthophagus vacca is a species of dung beetles in the Onthophagini tribe of the wider scarab beetle family, Scarabaeidae.

 Onthophagus vacca can reach a length of . Pronotum is densely punctured. The first pair of legs are powerful, with three teeth on the outside and fit to digging. Head, legs and pronotum are black or dark green, while elytrae are yellowish with small green dots, often merged into longitudinal stripes.

Distribution: This species is present in most of Southern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. It was introduced to Australia in 2014 to improve processing of cattle dung.

Source: Wikipedia, article Onthophagus vacca. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 402688
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El Tiemblo
Ávila
Spain
05/09/2005
Francisco Javier Martín Pérez


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
126737009/05/2005SpainÁvilaGarganta de La Hiedra, El TiembloFrancisco Javier Martín Pérez
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Onthophagus vacca – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.