The National Red List Project

MYTEE - MYTEE0073 | Onthophagus diabolicus

Assessment ID
MYTEE0073
Taxon name
Onthophagus diabolicus
Harold, 1877
Uploaded by
Tropical Ecology & Entomology Lab Dung Beetle Red List Project
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Onthophagus diabolicus
Harold, 1877
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Invertebrates
Insects
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
arthropoda
Class
insecta
Order
coloptera
Family
scarabaeidae
Genus
Onthophagus
Species
diabolicus
Species authority
Harold, 1877
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Scope (of the Assessment)
Subnational
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Malaysia
Country ISO code(s)
MY-12
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Vulnerable
Abbreviated status
VU
Qualifying criteria (if given)
B1B2ab(iii)
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2026
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Xin Rui Ong, Eleanor M. Slade
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K. ii + 30pp. Plus regional guidelines v. 4
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/icad.70045
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
No
Is there a map available in assessment?
Ong, X. R., Yim, M. W. H., Chiew, L. Y., Chung, A. Y., Numa, C., & Slade, E. M. (2026). Towards red listing understudied tropical insects: A case study of the dung beetles of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Insect Conservation and Diversity.
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Yes
Freshwater
No
Marine
No
Publication
Towards Red Listing understudied tropical insects: A case study of the dung beetles of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Ong, X. R., Yim, M. W. H., Chiew, L. Y., Chung, A. Y., Numa, C., & Slade, E. M. (2026). Towards red listing understudied tropical insects: A case study of the dung beetles of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Insect Conservation and Diversity.