Onthophagus everestae Pierce 1946:131
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Pierce, W. D. (1946). Descriptions of the dung beetles (Scarabaeidae) of the tar pits. Bulletin, Southern California Academy of Sciences 45: 119-131.
Other references:
Krell, Frank-Thorsten. (2000). The fossil record of Mesozoic and Tertiary Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga).
Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 871-905. [p. 880]
Krell, Frank-Thorsten. (2004). Catalogue of fossil Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) of the Mesozoic and Tertiary. Unpublished. 61 pp. [accessed 30 March 2014]
Krell, Frank-Thorsten. (2006). Fossil Record and Evolution of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Coleopterists Society Monograph 5 (Supplement to The Coleopterists Bulletin 60): 120-143. [p. 132]
Krell, Frank-Thorsten. (2007). Catalogue of fossil Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) of the Mesozoic and Tertiary - Version 2007 -. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2007-8: 79 pp.
Miller, S. E. (1997). Late Quaternary insects of Rancho La Brea, California, U.S.A: in A. C. Ashworth, P. C. Buckland, and J. P. Sadler, eds., Studies in Quaternary Entomology - an inordinate fondness for insects: Quaternary Proceedings 5: 185-191. [p. 187f]
Miller, S. E., Gordon, R. D. and Howden, H. F. (1981). Reevaluation of Pleistocene scarab beetles from Rancho La Brea, California (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 83: 625-630. [p. 627f]
Sphon, G. G. (1973). Additional type specimens of fossil Invertebrata in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County 250, 75 pp. [p. 52]
Stock, C., and Harris, J.M. (1992). ‘Rancho La Brea. A Record of Pleistocene life in California.’ 7th Ed. (Natural
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Wilson, E. C. (1986). Type specimens of fossil Invertebrata in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County: Supplement two. Technical Reports, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 1, 150 pp. [p. 101]