Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Onthophagus amirus.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Kabakov ni adtong 1982.^[2] Ang Onthophagus amirus sakop sa kahenera nga Onthophagus, ug kabanay nga Scarabaeidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• kasarangan nga Asya
  • Nasod nga Afghano
  • Iran

Walay nalista nga matang nga sama niini.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 54724233. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Kabakov O.N. (1982) Contribution to the fauna of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Onthophagus from Middle Asia, Afghanistan and Iran , Trudy-Zoologicheskogo-Instituta 110:8-19
3. ↑ Schoolmeesters P. (2019). Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.