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Checklist for Tribe Onitini Hope, 1837
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
116
4223
17152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
99
3729
14706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
13
657
3835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
13
657
3835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
596
3539
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
97
930
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeOnitini
Hope, 1837
11
69
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
11 Genera with 69 Species
Anonychonitis Janssens, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Cheironitis van Lansberge, 17898SpeciesTaxom
Gilletellus Janssens, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Heteronitis Gillet, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Kolbeellus Jacobson, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Megalonitis Janssens, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Neonitis Péringuey, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Onitis Fabricius, 188652SpeciesTaxom
Platyonitis Janssens, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Pleuronitis Lansberge, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Tropidonitis Janssens, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
69 Species and 3 Subspecies
Anonychonitis freyi Janssens, 1950
Cheironitis arrowi Janssens, 1937
Cheironitis audens Péringuey, 1901
Cheironitis hoplosternus Harold, 1868
Cheironitis hungaricus Herbst, 1789
Cheironitis imitator Balthasar, 1963
Cheironitis indicus (Lansberge, 1875)⇒ Cheironitis arrowi Janssens, 1937
Cheironitis scabrosus Fabricius, 1776
Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Gilletellus porculus Boheman, 1857
Heteronitis castelnaui Harold, 1862
Kolbeellus ateuchoides Lansberge, 1875
Megalonitis bohemani Lansberge, 1875
Megalonitis bohemanni Lansberge, 1875
Neonitis nigritiae Gillet, 1918
Neonitis rhodesiae Gillet, 1918
Onitis adriani Ferreira, 1976
Onitis aerarius Harold, 1878
Onitis aeruginosus Klug, 1855
Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835)⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Onitis alexis alexis
Onitis autumnalis Davis, 1986
Onitis aygulus Fabricius, 1781
Onitis bilobatus Ferreira, 1976
Onitis caffer Boheman, 1857
Onitis confusus Boheman, 1860
Onitis crenatus Reiche, 1847
Onitis cribratus Lansberge, 1875
Onitis cryptodus Gillet, 1918
Onitis cupreus Castelnau, 1840
Onitis curvipes Lansberge, 1875
Onitis deceptor Péringuey, 1901
Onitis dispar Péringuey, 1896
Onitis fabricii Roth, 1851
Onitis fulgidus (Klug, 1855)⇒ Pleuronitis fulgidus Castelnau, 1840
Onitis inversidens Lansberge, 1875
Onitis lamnifer Gillet, 1909
Onitis licitus Péringuey, 1901
Onitis longitibialis Ferreira, 1977
Onitis mendax Gillet, 1918
Onitis minutus Lansberge, 1875
Onitis mniszechi Lansberge, 1875
Onitis montreuili Josso, 2012
Onitis obenbergeri Balthasar, 1942
Onitis obscurus Lansberge, 1886
Onitis orthopus Lansberge, 1875
Onitis paraconfusus Ferreira, 1976
Onitis parainflaticollis Ferreira, 1977
Onitis pecuarius Lansberge, 1875
Onitis perbrincki Ferreira, 1958
Onitis perpunctatus Balthasar, 1963
Onitis picticollis Boheman, 1857
Onitis pseudosetosus Ferreira, 1976
Onitis reichei Lansberge, 1875
Onitis robustus Boheman, 1857
Onitis rothi Lansberge, 1875
Onitis setosus Lansberge, 1875
Onitis spinipes Drury, 1770
Onitis sulcipennis Felsche, 1907
Onitis sulcipennis sulcipennis
Onitis tortuosus Houston, 1983
Onitis uncinatoides Janssens, 1951
Onitis uncinatus Klug, 1855
Onitis vanderkelleni Lansberge, 1886Dung beetle
Onitis vicinus Lansberge, 1875
Onitis virens Lansberge, 1875
Onitis viridulus (Boheman, 1857)⇒ Onitis pecuarius Lansberge, 1875
Onitis westermanni Lansberge, 1886
Platyonitis bicuariensis Ferreira, 1976
Pleuronitis fulgidus Castelnau, 1840
Tropidonitis paradoxus Boheman, 1857


Links, sources and further information
Onitini at artfakta.se
Onitini at itis.gov