Checklist of Family Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802 (Dor beetles)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 434
4744
11078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 432
4729
11035 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 411
4620
10820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 261
3767
9372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 67
1354
3313 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 60
1163
2720 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 9
278
950 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 9
278
950 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle | 10
21 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Namibia
10 Genera with 21 Species | Bolbaffer Vulcano, Mar..., 1894 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bolbaffroides Nikolaev, 1845 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bolbocaffer Vulcano, Mar..., 1908 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Bolboceratex Krikken, 2000 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Meridiobolbus Krikken, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mimobolbus Vulcano, Mar..., 1857 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Namibiobolbus Krikken, 1907 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Namibiotrupes Krikken, 1977 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Prototrupes Krikken, 1952 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoathyreus Howden & Mar..., 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Namibia
21 Species | Bolbaffer namibiensis Gussmann & S..., 2001 | | | Bolbaffer princeps Kolbe, 1894 | | | Bolbaffroides validus Klug, 1845 | | | Bolbocaffer consocium Boheman, 1857 | | | Bolbocaffer exasperans Péringuey, 1908 | | | Bolbocaffer indigum Péringuey, 1908 | | | Bolbocaffer matabele Péringuey, 1908 | | | Bolboceratex jouberti Gussmann & S..., 2000 | | | Bolboceratex posticatus Boheman, 1860 | | | Bolboceratex spurius Péringuey, 1901 | | | Bolboceratex vanwyki Gussmann & S..., 2000 | | | Meridiobolbus quinquedens Kolbe, 1894 | | | Mimobolbus dorsualis Boheman, 1857 | | | Namibiobolbus helgae Gussmann & S..., 2000 | | | Namibiobolbus heracles Krikken, 1977 | | | Namibiobolbus iphicles Kolbe, 1907 | | | Namibiotrupes auspicatus Péringuey, 1901 | | | Namibiotrupes penrithae Krikken, 1977 | | | Prototrupes copridoides Kolbe, 1907 | | | Prototrupes kochi Paulian, 1952 | | | Pseudoathyreus damara Kolbe, 1907 | |
Subnodes of Geotrupidae with occurrences in Namibia
 | | Geotrupidae (Latreille 1802) |
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