Deltochilum

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]

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Deltochilum
Deltochilum gibbosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Tribe:	Deltochilini
Genus:	Deltochilum Eschscholtz, 1822
Diversity
at least 100 species
Synonyms[1]
Aganhyboma Anamnesis Vigors, 1826 Calhyboma Deltohyboma Euhyboma Hyboma LePeletier and Serville, 1828 Meghyboma Kolbe, 1893

Deltochilum gibbosum

See also

• List of Deltochilum species