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Checklist for Family Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802 (Dor beetles)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		943
36180
241410		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		939
36100
241106		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		896
35668
239021		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		524
27533
203737		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans		146
11745
86825		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags		125
10691
74394		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
15
1621
14333		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles		15
1621
14333		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
FamilyGeotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle		35
176		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
35 Genera with 176 Species
#ABCEGJMNOPRST
Allotrupes Boucomont, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Anoplotrupes Jekel, 17912SpeciesTaxom
Athyreus MacLeay, 18403SpeciesTaxom
Australobolbus Howden & Cooper, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Blackbolbus Howden & Cooper, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Blackburnium Boucomont, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Bolbaffer Vulcano, Mar..., 188417SpeciesTaxom
Bolbaffroides Nikolaev, 18456SpeciesTaxom
Bolbelasmus Boucomont, 18986SpeciesTaxom
Bolbocaffer Vulcano, Mar..., 190123SpeciesTaxom
Bolboceras Kirby, 190114SpeciesTaxom
Bolboceratex Krikken, 20008SpeciesTaxom
Bolboceratops Krikken, 19417SpeciesTaxom
Bolboceroides Vulcano, Mar..., 18432SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyus Fischer von ..., 20132SpeciesTaxom
Chelotrupes Jekel, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Eubolbitus Reitter, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Geotrupes Latreille, 1865Dor Beetle6SpeciesTaxom
Jekelius Lopez-colon, 18655SpeciesTaxom
Meridiobolbus Krikken, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Mimobolbus Vulcano, Mar..., 194127SpeciesTaxom
Namibiobolbus Krikken, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Namibiotrupes Krikken, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Neoathyreus Howden & Mar..., 19954SpeciesTaxom
Odonteus Samouelle, 1819
0SpeciesTaxom
Prototrupes Krikken, 19522SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoathyreus Howden & Mar..., 19089SpeciesTaxom
Renaudtrupes Lopez-colon, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Sericotrupes Zunino, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Socotrabolbus Cambefort, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Somalobolbus Carpaneto, M..., 19921SpeciesTaxom
Stereopyge Costa, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Thorectes Mulsant, 187618SpeciesTaxom
Trypocopris Motschulsky, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Typhaeus Leach, 18522SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
176 Species and 8 Subspecies
Allotrupes mandibularis Reitter, 1896
Anoplotrupes balyi Jekel, 1866
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Scriba, 1791Dor Beetle
Athyreus acuticornis Howden, 1978
Athyreus damara (Kolbe, 1907)⇒ Pseudoathyreus damara Kolbe, 1907
Athyreus porcatus (Castelnau, 1840)⇒ Pseudoathyreus porcatus Laporte de C..., 1840
Australobolbus gayndahensis MacLeay, 1871
Blackbolbus fucinus Howden, 1985
Bolbaffer abditus Petrovitz, 1969
Bolbaffer abyssinicus Muller, 1941
Bolbaffer barbatus Gussmann & S..., 2001
Bolbaffer bidenticollis Fairmaire, 1894
Bolbaffer bremeri Nikolajev, 1982
Bolbaffer coriaceus Petrovitz, 1969
Bolbaffer dudleyi Gussmann & S..., 2001
Bolbaffer gigas Kolbe, 1894
Bolbaffer guineaensis Gussmann & S..., 2001
Bolbaffer mozambiquensis Gussmann & S..., 2001
Bolbaffer namibiensis Gussmann & S..., 2001
Bolbaffer nikolajevi Gussmann & S..., 2001
Bolbaffer princeps Kolbe, 1894
Bolbaffer sasakii Gussmann & S..., 2001
Bolbaffer sebastiani Gussmann & S..., 2001
Bolbaffer splendidus Petrovitz, 1969
Bolbaffer tenuelimbatus Quedenfeldt, 1884
Bolbaffroides kubaricus Krikken, 1978
Bolbaffroides scotti Paulian, 1948
Bolbaffroides serripes Fairmaire, 1882
Bolbaffroides serripes serripes tsavoensis K..., 1978
Bolbaffroides serripes tsavoensis Krikken, 1978
Bolbaffroides validus Klug, 1845
Bolbelasmus arcuatus Bates, 1887
Bolbelasmus bocchus Erichson, 1841
Bolbelasmus bocchus bocchus vaulogeri Ab..., 1898
Bolbelasmus bocchus vaulogeri Abeille de P..., 1898
Bolbelasmus nikolajevi Hillert, Arn..., 2016
Bolbelasmus vaulogeri Abeille de P..., 1898
Bolbocaffer caffrum Boheman, 1857
Bolbocaffer consocium Boheman, 1857
Bolbocaffer cycloidum Fairmaire, 1891
Bolbocaffer disparile Péringuey, 1908
Bolbocaffer exasperans Péringuey, 1908
Bolbocaffer gautieri Boucomont, 1910
Bolbocaffer indigum Péringuey, 1908
Bolbocaffer innotandum Petrovitz, 1969
Bolbocaffer interruptum Kolbe, 1894
Bolbocaffer kraatzi Paulian, 1941
Bolbocaffer littorale Kolbe, 1894
Bolbocaffer luniferum Petrovitz, 1975
Bolbocaffer matabele Péringuey, 1908
Bolbocaffer pallens Klug, 1835
Bolbocaffer pannosum Péringuey, 1901
Bolbocaffer plausibile Péringuey, 1901
Bolbocaffer politum Westwood, 1848
Bolbocaffer rugiferum Kolbe, 1883
Bolbocaffer sansibaricum Kolbe, 1894
Bolbocaffer schimperi Paulian, 1941
Bolbocaffer senegalense Laporte de C..., 1840
Bolbocaffer stercorosum Péringuey, 1901
Bolbocaffer vacivum Péringuey, 1901
Bolboceras capicola (Péringuey, 1908)⇒ Bolboceratex coryphaeus Fabricius, 1775
Bolboceras gaujani Fairmaire, 1892
Bolboceras hebes (Péringuey, 1908)⇒ Meridiobolbus quinquedens Kolbe, 1894
Bolboceras inaequale Westwood, 1848
Bolboceras inaequalis Westwood, 1848
Bolboceras inchoatum Péringuey, 1901
Bolboceras indubium (Péringuey, 1901)⇒ Bolboceratex spurius Péringuey, 1901
Bolboceras kenyense Krikken, 2011
Bolboceras nigricans Westwood, 1848
Bolboceras niloticum Boucomont, 1928
Bolboceras niloticus Boucomont, 1928
Bolboceras princeps (Kolbe, 1894)⇒ Bolbaffer princeps Kolbe, 1894
Bolboceras scabricolle Westwood, 1848
Bolboceras spurius (Péringuey, 1901)⇒ Bolboceratex spurius Péringuey, 1901
Bolboceratex coryphaeus Fabricius, 1775
Bolboceratex holmi Gussmann & S..., 2000
Bolboceratex jouberti Gussmann & S..., 2000
Bolboceratex posticatus Boheman, 1860
Bolboceratex rhodesianus Petrovitz, 1973
Bolboceratex spurius Péringuey, 1901
Bolboceratex transvaalicus Petrovitz, 1974
Bolboceratex vanwyki Gussmann & S..., 2000
Bolboceratops buxtoni Paulian, 1941
Bolboceratops indicus Westwood, 1848
Bolboceratops rosaedicatus Carpaneto & ..., 1988
Bolboceratops scorteccii Carpaneto & ..., 1993
Bolboceratops simonettai Carpaneto & ..., 1993
Bolboceratops suahelus Kolbe, 1894
Bolboceratops tenuistriatus Muller, 1941
Bolboceroides capense Klug, 1843
Bolboceroides capensis Klug, 1843
Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi Fairmaire, 1856
Ceratophyus maghrebinicus Hillert & Kral, 2013
Chelotrupes momus Olivier, 1789
Eubolbitus sicardi Reitter, 1896
Geotrupes (Geotrupes) spiniger Marsham, 1802Dor Beetle
Geotrupes (Geotrupes) stercorarius (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Geotrupes spiniger Marsham, 1802
Geotrupes (Stereopyge) douei Gory, 1841
Geotrupes intermedius Ferrari, 1852
Geotrupes ruficornis
Geotrupes rugatulus (Jekel, 1865)⇒ Thorectes rugatulus Jekel, 1866
Jekelius brullei africanus (Baraud, 1965)⇒ Thorectes brullei africanus Baraud, 1965
Jekelius brullei brullei
Jekelius (Jekelius) intermedius (Costa, 1827)⇒ Thorectes intermedius Costa, 1839
Jekelius (Rudolfpetrovitzia) marginatus (Poiret, 1787)⇒ Thorectes marginatus Poiret, 1787
Jekelius rugatulus Jekel, 1865
Meridiobolbus faustus Péringuey, 1908
Meridiobolbus natalensis Gussmann & S..., 2000
Meridiobolbus quinquedens Kolbe, 1894
Mimobolbus ambiguus Péringuey, 1908
Mimobolbus angolensis Krikken, 1977
Mimobolbus congolense Paulian, 1941
Mimobolbus congolensis Paulian, 1941
Mimobolbus decoratus Vulcano, Mar..., 1969
Mimobolbus decorsei Paulian, 1941
Mimobolbus dorsualis Boheman, 1857
Mimobolbus endroedyyoungai Petrovitz, 1973
Mimobolbus fulvus Gory, 1842
Mimobolbus globularis Kolbe, 1894
Mimobolbus maculicollis Boheman, 1857
Mimobolbus monticola Kolbe, 1894
Mimobolbus nigropiceus Felsche, 1910
Mimobolbus nigrum Péringuey, 1908
Mimobolbus ornatellus Péringuey, 1901
Mimobolbus peringueyi Paulian, 1941
Mimobolbus pilulus Gestro, 1895
Mimobolbus pygmaeus Frey, 1967
Mimobolbus remedellii Muller, 1941
Mimobolbus rufotestaceus Boheman, 1857
Mimobolbus sebakuensis Péringuey, 1908
Mimobolbus sedhiounense Paulian, 1941
Mimobolbus sedhiounensis Paulian, 1941
Mimobolbus subcariniceps Muller, 1941
Mimobolbus togonicus Kolbe, 1894
Mimobolbus vivianae Paulian, 1941
Mimobolbus zavattarii Muller, 1941
Namibiobolbus helgae Gussmann & S..., 2000
Namibiobolbus heracles Krikken, 1977
Namibiobolbus iphicles Kolbe, 1907
Namibiotrupes auspicatus Péringuey, 1901
Namibiotrupes penrithae Krikken, 1977
Namibiotrupes zumpti Frey, 1955
Neoathyreus (Neoathyreus) excavatus Laporte de C..., 1840
Neoathyreus (Neoathyreus) mexicanus Klug, 1845
Neoathyreus (Neoathyreus) planatus Howden, 1964
Neoathyreus (Neoathyreus) tortuguerensis Howden & Solis, 1995
Prototrupes copridoides Kolbe, 1907
Prototrupes kochi Paulian, 1952
Pseudoathyreus citernii Gestro, 1904
Pseudoathyreus damara Kolbe, 1907
Pseudoathyreus flavohirtus Walker, 1871
Pseudoathyreus fracticolis Fairmaire, 1882
Pseudoathyreus fracticollis Fairmaire, 1882
Pseudoathyreus freyi Gomes Alves, 1957
Pseudoathyreus kordofanus Klug, 1843
Pseudoathyreus porcatus Laporte de C..., 1840
Pseudoathyreus rhodesianus Péringuey, 1908
Renaudtrupes distinctus Marseul, 1878
Sericotrupes niger Marsham, 1802
Socotrabolbus canui Cambefort, 1998
Somalobolbus benadirensis Carpaneto & ..., 1992
Stereopyge douei Gory, 1841
Thorectes (Jekelius) brullei Jekel, 1866
Thorectes brullei africanus Baraud, 1965
Thorectes brullei brullei Jekel, 1866
Thorectes (Jekelius) intermedius Costa, 1839
Thorectes (Jekelius) marginatus Poiret, 1787
Thorectes (Thorectes) armifrons Reitter, 1892
Thorectes (Thorectes) coiffaiti Baraud, 1969
Thorectes (Thorectes) coloni Ruiz, 1998
Thorectes (Thorectes) demoflysi Baraud, 1965
Thorectes (Thorectes) distinctus Marseul, 1878
Thorectes (Thorectes) laevigatus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Thorectes intermedius Costa, 1839
Thorectes (Thorectes) latus Sturm, 1826
Thorectes (Thorectes) lusitanicus Jekel, 1866
Thorectes (Thorectes) puncticollis Lucas, 1845
Thorectes (Thorectes) reflexus Jekel, 1866
Thorectes (Thorectes) rugatulus Jekel, 1866
Thorectes (Thorectes) trituberculatus Reitter, 1892
Thorectes (Thorectes) variolipennis Marseul, 1876
Trypocopris (Trypocopris) vernalis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Geotrupes vernalis Linnaeus, 1758
Typhaeus (Typhaeus) typhoeus Linnaeus, 1758Minotaur Beetle
Typhaeus typhoeoides Fairmaire, 1852

Subnodes of Geotrupidae with occurrences in Africa
SubfamilyBolboceratinae
Mulsant, 1842
23
138		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyGeotrupinae
Latreille, 1802
10
36		Genera
Species
Taxom



Geotrupidae (Latreille 1802)
Geotrupidae (Latreille 1802)


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Geotrupidae at itis.gov