Onthophilus

Onthophilus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 40 described species in Onthophilus. Fossils of the genus have been discovered in Burmese amber, estimated to be 100 million years old. thumb|Onthophilus striatus

==Species== These 41 species belong to the genus Onthophilus: Onthophilus affinis Redtenbacher, 1849 Onthophilus alternatus (Say, 1825) Onthophilus aonoi Ôhara & Nakane, 1986 Onthophilus australis Helawa & Howden, 1977 Onthophilus bickhardti Reitter, 1909 Onthophilus convictor Normand, 1919 Onthophilus cynomysi Helava, 1978 Onthophilus deflectus Helava, 1978 Onthophilus extraordinarius Reichardt, 1941 Onthophilus flavicornis Lewis, 1884 Onthophilus flohri Lewis, 1888 Onthophilus foveipennis Lewis, 1885 Onthophilus giganteus Helava, 1978 Onthophilus globulosus (Olivier, 1789) Onthophilus heilogjiangensis Ji Lingke, 1993 Onthophilus intermedius Handschin, 1944 Onthophilus intermixtus Helava, 1978 Onthophilus irregularis Howden & Laplante, 2003 Onthophilus jakli Kapler, 1993 Onthophilus julii Lewis, 1892 Onthophilus kamiyai Adachi, 1930 Onthophilus kirni Ross, 1944 Onthophilus lecontei Horn, 1870 Onthophilus lijiangensis Zhou & Lou, 2002 Onthophilus melampus Reichardt, 1933 Onthophilus niponensis Lewis, 1907 Onthophilus nodatus J. E. LeConte, 1844 Onthophilus ordinarius Lewis, 1879 Onthophilus ostreatus Lewis, 1879 Onthophilus pluricostatus J. E. LeConte, 1844 Onthophilus punctatus (O. F. Müller, 1776) Onthophilus reyesi Kryzhanovskij, 1992 Onthophilus rugatus Therond Onthophilus sculptilis Lewis, 1892 Onthophilus silvae Lewis, 1884 Onthophilus smetanai Mazur, 1994 Onthophilus soltaui Casey, 1893 Onthophilus striatus (Forster, 1771) Onthophilus thomomysi Helava, 1978 Onthophilus tuberculatus Lewis, 1892 Onthophilus wenzeli Helava, 1978