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Checklist for Subfamily Aphodiinae Leach, 1815 (Aphodiine Dung Beetles)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
98
2243
6022
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
85
1986
5309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
11
450
2257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
11
450
2257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
408
2110
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles
63
182
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
63 Genera with 182 Species
#ABCDEHIKLMNOPRSTY
Aganocrossus Reitter, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Agrilinus Mulsant & Rey, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Allobodilus Petrovitz, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Amidorus Mulsant & Rey, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Ammoecioides7SpeciesTaxom
Ammoecius Mulsant, 18694SpeciesTaxom
Aphodiellus Schmidt, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Aphodius Hellwig, 199615SpeciesTaxom
Aphodobius Péringuey, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Aphodoharmogaster Endrodi, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Ataenius Harold, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Australaphodius Balthasar, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Blackburneus Schmidt, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Bodilus Mulsant & Rey, 199610SpeciesTaxom
Bordatius Pittino & Ma..., 19962SpeciesTaxom
Calamosternus Motschulsky, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Calocolobopterus2SpeciesTaxom
Chilothorax Motschulsky, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Chiron MacLeay, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Cinacanthus Schmidt, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Coptochirus Harold, 186811SpeciesTaxom
Craterocyphus Schmidt, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Dialytes Harold, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Drepanocanthus Péringuey, 19935SpeciesTaxom
Esymus Mulsant & Rey, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Euorodalus Dellacasa, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Harmodactylus Péringuey, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Harmogaster Harold, 19917SpeciesTaxom
Haroldaphodius1SpeciesTaxom
Heptaulacus Mulsant, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Ingogius Endrodi, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Koshantschikovius Schmidt, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Leiopsammodius Rakovic, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Macroretroides1SpeciesTaxom
Melinopterus Mulsant, 18052SpeciesTaxom
Mendidaphodius Reitter, 18453SpeciesTaxom
Mesontoplatys Motschulsky, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Neocalaphodius Bordat, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Neocolobopterus Landin, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Neoheptaulacus Paulian & Vi..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Nialus Mulsant & Rey, 19713SpeciesTaxom
Nimbus Mulsant & Rey, 17831SpeciesTaxom
Nobius Mulsant & Rey, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Orocanthus Endrodi, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Oxyomus Dejean, 19014SpeciesTaxom
Paracorythoderus Wasmann, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichaphodius1SpeciesTaxom
Pharaphodius Reitter, 19648SpeciesTaxom
Planolinoides Dellacasa an..., 19871SpeciesTaxom
Pleuraphodius Schmidt, 19969SpeciesTaxom
Pleurophorus Mulsant, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Psammodaphodius Endrodi, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Psammodius Fallen, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Pseudodrepanocanthus2SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopharaphodius Bordat, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoxyomus Petrovitz, 197613SpeciesTaxom
Rhyssemus Mulsant, 178911SpeciesTaxom
Scabrostomus Gordon and S..., 19911SpeciesTaxom
Teuchestes Mulsant, 18623SpeciesTaxom
Trichaphodius Schmidt, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Trichonotulus Bedel, 19963SpeciesTaxom
Youngaphodius1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
182 Species and 4 Subspecies
Aganocrossus urostigma Harold, 1862
Agrilinus ater De Geer, 1774
Allobodilus unicus Bordat, 1990
Amidorus dentellus Schmidt, 1908
Ammoecioides catulus Balthasar, 1946
Ammoecioides davisianus Bordat, 1999
Ammoecioides granosus Bordat, 2005
Ammoecioides insidiosus Bordat, 1999
Ammoecioides sparsepunctatus Petrovitz, 1964
Ammoecioides spectabilis Péringuey, 1901
Ammoecioides spectabilis spectabilis
Ammoecius incultus Petrovitz, 1961
Ammoecius lugubris Boheman, 1857
Ammoecius mimus Péringuey, 1901
Ammoecius terminatus Harold, 1869
Aphodiellus genialis Péringuey, 1901
Aphodius (Nialus) lividus (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Acrossus luridus Fabricius, 1775
Aphodius ambiquus
Aphodius anomalipus Péringuey, 1901
Aphodius armaticeps Péringuey, 1901
Aphodius davisianus
Aphodius dubiosus Péringuey, 1901
Aphodius fugitivus Péringuey, 1901
Aphodius genialis Péringuey, 1901
Aphodius granosus
Aphodius insidiosus
Aphodius intercalaris Péringuey, 1901
Aphodius mimus Péringuey, 1901
Aphodius spadix Schmidt, 1916
Aphodius spectabilis Péringuey, 1901
Aphodius verrucosus Bordat, 1996
Aphodobius transvaalicus Petrovitz, 1964
Aphodoharmogaster costata Endrodi, 1983
Aphodoharmogaster costipennis Boheman, 1857
Ataenius opatroides Blanchard, 1846
Australaphodius catulus Balthasar, 1946
Australaphodius frenchi Blackburn, 1892Little pasture cockchafer
Australaphodius muellerae Bordat, 1990
Blackburneus calvus Schmidt, 1909
Bodilus apertus Schmidt, 1909
Bodilus buxeipennis Harold, 1871
Bodilus comptifer Petrovitz, 1958
Bodilus hammeri Petrovitz, 1958
Bodilus holgati Endrödi, 1983
Bodilus karroensis Endrödi, 1983
Bodilus karrooensis Endrödi, 1983
Bodilus laetus Wiedemann, 1823
Bodilus lucidulus Boheman, 1857
Bodilus oblatus Bordat, 1996
Bordatius capensis Pittino & Ma..., 1986
Bordatius muellerae Pittino, 1996
Calamosternus granarius Linnaeus, 1767Granular Small Dung Beetle
Calamosternus subdolus Petrovitz, 1962
Calocolobopterus principalis Harold, 1861
Calocolobopterus senegalensis Klug, 1835
Chilothorax exclamationis Motschulsky, 1849
Chiron cylindrus Fabricius, 1798
Cinacanthus anomalipus Péringuey, 1901
Cinacanthus hottentotus Petrovitz, 1964
Cinacanthus solus Bordat, 1990
Coptochirus alternatus Bordat, 1989
Coptochirus brachypterus Harold, 1868
Coptochirus cognatus Péringuey, 1901
Coptochirus emarginatus Germar, 1824
Coptochirus excisus Harold, 1868
Coptochirus pallidipennis Harold, 1868
Coptochirus perlucidus Bordat, 1989
Coptochirus pteropus Harold, 1859
Coptochirus reticulatus Bordat, 1989
Coptochirus viduus
Coptochirus vulgatus Harold, 1868
Craterocyphus rhinoceros rhinoceros
Craterocyphus rhinocerus Reiche, 1847
Dialytes striatulus Say, 1825
Drepanocanthus cochranae
Drepanocanthus davisi Bordat, 1996
Drepanocanthus eximius (Péringuey, 1901)⇒ Pseudoxyomus eximius Péringuey, 1901
Drepanocanthus lineatus Wiedemann, 1823
Drepanocanthus mineti Bordat, 1993
Esymus evanescens Boheman, 1857
Esymus finitimus Schmidt, 1922
Esymus merdarius Fabricius, 1775
Euorodalus bredoi Endrödi, 1964
Harmodactylus oscitans Péringuey, 1901
Harmodactylus solus Bordat, 1990
Harmogaster cochranae
Harmogaster exarata Harold, 1861
Harmogaster intrusus
Harmogaster quadridentella Schmidt, 1911
Harmogaster spectabilis
Harmogaster transitoria Péringuey, 1901
Harmogaster tuberculata Endrödi, 1991
Haroldaphodius binodulus Harold, 1866
Ingogius leleupi Endrodi, 1976
Koshantschikovius haematiticus Boheman, 1857
Koshantschikovius holmi Endrödi, 1983
Koshantschikovius sulcifrons Bordat, 1990
Labarrus innumerabilis Schmidt, 1910
Labarrus pseudolividus Balthasar, 1941
Leiopsammodius evanidus Péringuey, 1901
Macroretroides lumareti Bordat, Dell..., 2000
Melinopterus prodromus Brahm, 1790Spring small dung beetle
Melinopterus punctatosulcatus Sturm, 1805
Mendidaphodius adustus Klug, 1855
Mendidaphodius ellenbergeri Paulian, 1942
Mendidaphodius rutilus Klug, 1845
Mesontoplatys dorsalis Klug, 1855
Mesontoplatys ovamboensis Petrovitz, 1962
Mesontoplatys triangularis Schmidt, 1907
Neocalaphodius moestus Fabricius, 1801
Neocolobopterus kivuanus Endrödi, 1956
Neocolobopterus marginicollis Harold, 1859
Neoheptaulacus puberulus puberulus
Nialus alienus Schmidt, 1922
Nialus consimilis Boheman, 1857
Nialus fingo Petrovitz, 1971
Nimbus contaminatus Herbst, 1783
Nobius diens Balthasar, 1946
Nobius hepaticus Roth, 1851
Orocanthus helenae Endrodi, 1973
Oxyomus costipennis Boheman, 1857
Oxyomus jucundulus Péringuey, 1901
Oxyomus lineatosulcatus Harold, 1859
Oxyomus medioximus (Péringuey, 1901)⇒ Pleuraphodius medioximus Péringuey, 1901
Paracorythoderus marshalli Brauns, 1900
Paratrichaphodius badius Boheman, 1857
Pharaphodius atroscutellatus Schmidt, 1909
Pharaphodius dubiosus Péringuey, 1901
Pharaphodius impurus Roth, 1851
Pharaphodius marginellus Fabricius, 1781
Pharaphodius perplicatus Bordat, 1996
Pharaphodius russatus Erichson, 1842
Pharaphodius tschakai Petrovitz, 1964
Pharaphodius vividus Petrovitz, 1964
Planolinoides aenictus Cooper & Gordon, 1987Benttooths
Pleuraphodius agnoscibilis Bordat, 1997
Pleuraphodius bibatillatus Petrovitz, 1958
Pleuraphodius brunneus Thunberg, 1818
Pleuraphodius matamataensis Endrödi, 1991
Pleuraphodius medioximus Péringuey, 1901
Pleuraphodius simillimus Petrovitz, 1964
Pleuraphodius sulcipennis Boheman, 1857
Pleuraphodius teter Roth, 1851
Pleuraphodius umbilicatus Bordat, 1996
Pleurophorus capicola Péringuey, 1901
Pleurophorus natalensis (Péringuey, 1901)⇒ Saprosites natalensis Péringuey, 1901
Psammodaphodius kochi Endrodi, 1976
Psammodius ovatus Pittino, 1983
Pseudodrepanocanthus nasutus Harold, 1869
Pseudodrepanocanthus spinitarsis Péringuey, 1901
Pseudopharaphodius kaszabi Endrödi, 1957
Pseudoxyomus armaticeps Péringuey, 1901
Pseudoxyomus cochraneae Bordat, 1996
Pseudoxyomus davisi Bordat, 1996
Pseudoxyomus eximius Péringuey, 1901
Pseudoxyomus geminata Schmidt, 1911
Pseudoxyomus intrusus Péringuey, 1901
Pseudoxyomus maniculus Petrovitz, 1961
Pseudoxyomus opaculus Harold, 1869
Pseudoxyomus opatroides Balthasar, 1941
Pseudoxyomus rubescens Petrovitz, 1962
Pseudoxyomus scobina Petrovitz, 1956
Pseudoxyomus setosus Petrovitz, 1964
Pseudoxyomus strydomi Endrödi, 1976
Rhyssemus africanus Petrovitz, 1963
Rhyssemus atramentarius Péringuey, 1901
Rhyssemus capensis Clouët, 1901
Rhyssemus crispus Schmidt, 1922
Rhyssemus hottentottus Petrovitz, 1963
Rhyssemus laevinasus Petrovitz, 1964
Rhyssemus maximus Clouët, 1901
Rhyssemus mayeti Clouët, 1901
Rhyssemus pondoensis Petrovitz, 1967
Rhyssemus promontorii Péringuey, 1901
Rhyssemus sulcatus Olivier, 1789
Scabrostomus tanytarsus Skelley & Wo..., 1991Masked stargazer
Teuchestes caffer Wiedemann, 1823
Teuchestes caffer caffer
Teuchestes dejeani Harold, 1862
Trichaphodius lanuginosus Péringuey, 1901
Trichonotulus pilosellus Schmidt, 1907
Trichonotulus stuckenbergi Petrovitz, 1967
Trichonotulus verrucosus Bordat, 1996
Youngaphodius agullasi Endrödi, 1983

Subnodes of Aphodiinae with occurrences in Cape
TribeAphodiini
Leach, 1815
23
83
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeChironini
Harold, 1867
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCorythoderini
Schmidt, 1910
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeEupariini
Schmidt, 1910
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePsammodiini
Mulsant, 1842
6
18
Genera
Species

Taxom



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