Checklist of Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
for Eritrea (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 187
1282
2410 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 185
1277
2406 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 181
1273
2401 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 124
1075
2143 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 31
374
771 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 29
279
502 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 5
80
200 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 5
80
200 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 72
190 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Eritrea
72 Genera with 190 Species
| Adeloparius Schmidt, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Adoretus Laporte, 1851 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Anachalcos Hope, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anaetius Petrovitz, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anelaphinis Kolbe, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anomala Samouelle, 2007 | Shining Leaf Chafer | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Atrichelaphinis Kraatz, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Autoserica Brenske, 1899 | Garden beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caccobius Thomson, 1904 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Caccocnemus Jekel, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Campsiura Hope, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catharsius Hope, 1941 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chalconotus Reiche, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chiron MacLeay, 2019 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chondrorrhina Kraatz, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cleptocaccobius Cambefort, 1857 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Compsocephalus White, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copris Geoffroy, 1891 | Mexican dung beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Craterocyphus Schmidt, 1847 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyphonistes Burmeister, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Didactylia Orbigny, 1939 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 2017 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Discopeltis Burmeister, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Empecamenta Brenske, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eodrepanus Barbero, Pal..., 1877 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Escarabaeus Zidek & Pokorny, 1840 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Eudicella White, 1885 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euoniticellus Janssens, 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euonthophagus Balthasar, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gametoides | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Garreta Janssens, 1789 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnopleurus Illiger, 1887 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hamonthophagus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heliocopris Hope, 1911 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronychus Seidlitz, 1847 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Homothyrea Kolbe, 1941 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Jossonthophagus | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Kheper Janssens, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 1941 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leiopsammodius Rakovic, 1942 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucocelis Burmeister, 1908 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Liatongus Reitter, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesontoplatys Motschulsky, 1941 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Metacatharsius Paulian, 1882 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Onitis Fabricius, 1875 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1908 | | 55 | Species | Taxom | | Oplostomus McLeay, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oryctes Hellwig, 1775 | Coconut rhinoceros beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachnoda Burmeister, 1881 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pararhyssemus Balthasar, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pedinorrhina Kraatz, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pegylis Erichson, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phalops Erichson, 1883 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pharaphodius Reitter, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phonotaenia Kraatz, 2005 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Proagoderus Lansberge, 1892 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosaprosites Balthasar, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosyrichthus Péringuey, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhabdotis Burmeister, 2003 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyssemodes Reitter, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyssemus Mulsant, 1901 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1884 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Schizonycha Dejean, 1914 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sisyphus Latreille, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stiptopodius Harold, 1923 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Systellorrhina Kraatz, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Temnorhynchus Hope, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tephraea Burmeister, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tiaronthophagus Roggero, Mor..., 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tiniocellus Péringuey, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trichaphodioides Paulian, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichaphodius Schmidt, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Eritrea
190 Species and 20 Subspecies | Adeloparius septemmaculatus Fabricius, 1781 | | | Adoretus (Adoretus) ghindanus Ohaus, 1938 | | | Adoretus (Adoretus) versutus Harold, 1869 | Fijian cane root grub | | Adoretus vestitus (Reiche, 1851) | ⇒ Adoretus versutus Harold, 1869 | | Anachalcos convexus Boheman, 1857 | | | Anaetius kuijteni Petrovitz, 1969 | | | Anelaphinis vermiculata Fairmaire, 1894 | | | Anomala canisia Ohaus, 1925 | | | Anomala munda Benderitter, 1928 | | | Anomala nigrocincta Benderitter, 1928 | | | Anomala stalmansi Limbourg, 2007 | | | Atrichelaphinis vermiculata Fairmaire, 1894 | | | Autoserica bomuana Brenske, 1899 | | | Caccobius castaneus (Klug, 1855) | ⇒ Caccocnemus castaneus Klug, 1855 | | Caccobius histerinus Fahraeus, 1857 | | | Caccobius reticuliger d´Orbigny, 1904 | | | Caccocnemus castaneus Klug, 1855 | | | Campsiura abyssinica Westwood, 1874 | | | Catharsius phidias (Olivier, 1789) | ⇒ Catharsius platicornis Ferreira, 1960 | | Catharsius pseudovitulus Müller, 1941 | | | Chalconotus convexus (Boheman, 1857) | ⇒ Anachalcos convexus Boheman, 1857 | | Chiron mariannae Huchet, 2019 | | | Chondrorrhina cinctuta cinctuta | | | Cleptocaccobius convexifrons Raffray, 1877 | | | Cleptocaccobius schaedlei d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Cleptocaccobius uniseries d´Orbigny, 1905 | | | Cleptocaccobius viridicollis Fahraeus, 1857 | | | Compsocephalus horsfieldianus czeppeli Forti, 2003 | | | Copris coriarius Gillet, 1907 | | | Copris harrisi Waterhouse, 1891 | | | Craterocyphus rhinoceros rhinoceros | | | Craterocyphus rhinocerus Reiche, 1847 | | | Cyphonistes vallatus septentrionis Prell, 1912 | | | Didactylia buxtoni Paulian, 1939 | | | Digitonthophagus aksumensis Génier, 2017 | | | Digitonthophagus eucatta Génier, 2017 | | | Digitonthophagus sahelicus Moretto, 2017 | | | Discopeltis apicalis Gory & Perch..., 1833 | | | Empecamenta abyssinica Brenske, 1897 | | | Eodrepanus fastiditus Péringuey, 1901 | | | Eodrepanus parallelus Raffray, 1877 | | | Escarabaeus cristatus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Escarabaeus cristatus cristatus | | | Escarabaeus sennaariensis Castelnau, 1840 | | | Escarabaeus sennariensis Castelnau, 1840 | | | Eudicella chloe Raffray, 1885 | | | Euoniticellus inaequalis Reiche, 1850 | | | Euonthophagus carbonarius Klug, 1855 | | | Euonthophagus maindroni d´Orbigny, 1897 | | | Gametoides sanguinolenta abessynica Schürhoff, 1935 | | | Garreta azureus Fabricius, 1801 | | | Garreta laetus laetus | | | Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789 | | | Gymnopleurus plicatulus Fairmaire, 1890 | | | Gymnopleurus purpureus Garreta, 1914 | | | Gymnopleurus sericeifrons Fairmaire, 1887 | | | Hamonthophagus bituberculatus Olivier, 1789 | | | Heliocopris andersoni Bates, 1868 | | | Heliocopris beccarii Harold, 1871 | | | Heliocopris densissa Roth, 1851 | | | Heliocopris gigas Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Heliocopris gigas erythraeus Müller, 1941 | | | Heliocopris gigas gigas | | | Heliocopris hamadryas Fabricius, 1775 | | | Heliocopris hermes Gillet, 1911 | | | Heteronychus mollis Endrödi, 1961 | | | Heteronychus parumpunctatus Burmeister, 1847 | | | Homothyrea helenae Schaum, 1848 | | | Homothyrea helenae helenae | | | Homothyrea thoracica erythraeana Müller, 1941 | | | Jossonthophagus concavifrons Orbigny, 1904 | | | Jossonthophagus kudrnai Dierkens & M..., 2017 | | | Jossonthophagus laevisutura Orbigny, 1902 | | | Kheper aegyptiorum Latreille, 1823 | | | Kheper aegyptiorum aegyptiorum | | | Labarrus innumerabilis Schmidt, 1910 | | | Labarrus paralividus Balthasar, 1941 | | | Leiopsammodius abyssinicus Müller, 1942 | | | Leucocelis coerulescens erythraeana Antoine, 1993 | | | Leucocelis niansana Kolbe, 1895 | | | Leucocelis niansana fortii Antoine, 2012 | | | Leucocelis niansana niansana | | | Leucocelis puncticollis Moser, 1908 | | | Liatongus militaris Castelnau, 1840 | Yellow Shouldered Dung Beetle | | Mesontoplatys arabicus Harold, 1875 | | | Mesontoplatys politipennis Müller, 1941 | | | Mesontoplatys remedellii Müller, 1941 | | | Metacatharsius inermis Castelnau, 1840 | | | Metacatharsius minutus Lansberge, 1882 | | | Onitis alexis alexis | | | Onitis camiadei Josso, 2012 | | | Onitis fulmineus Janssens, 1943 | | | Onitis politus Lansberge, 1875 | | | Onitis rothi Lansberge, 1875 | | | Onthophagus (Onthophagus) alternans (Raffray, 1877) | ⇒ Onthophagus taurus Schreber, 1759 | | Onthophagus (Onthophagus) margaritifer d´Orbigny, 1898 | | | Onthophagus (Onthophagus) subalternans d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taurus Schreber, 1759 | Bull Headed Dung Beetle | | Onthophagus acutus d´Orbigny, 1908 | | | Onthophagus aeneopiceus d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus aereidorsis d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus aeruginosus Roth, 1851 | | | Onthophagus aethiopicus d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus bicolor (Raffray, 1877) | ⇒ Onthophagus flavolimbatus Klug, 1855 | | Onthophagus bidens Olivier, 1789 | | | Onthophagus bifidus Reiche, 1849 | | | Onthophagus bituberculatus (Olivier, 1789) | ⇒ Onthophagus acutus d´Orbigny, 1908 | | Onthophagus chalcostolus d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus concavifrons d´Orbigny, 1904 | | | Onthophagus corniculatus (Reiche, 1847) | ⇒ Onthophagus senegalensis d´Orbigny, 1902 | | Onthophagus decolor d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus distichus Roth, 1851 | | | Onthophagus diversus Reiche, 1847 | | | Onthophagus fallaciosus Raffray, 1877 | | | Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851 | | | Onthophagus flavolimbatus Klug, 1855 | | | Onthophagus frontalis Raffray, 1877 | | | Onthophagus helciatus Harold, 1871 | | | Onthophagus ineptus Harold, 1871 | | | Onthophagus infuscatus Klug, 1845 | | | Onthophagus investis d´Orbigny, 1904 | | | Onthophagus juvencus Klug, 1835 | | | Onthophagus latipennis d´Orbigny, 1897 | | | Onthophagus lituratus Roth, 1851 | | | Onthophagus millingeni d´Orbigny, 1900 | | | Onthophagus nigriceps Raffray, 1877 | | | Onthophagus nitidulus Klug, 1845 | | | Onthophagus ocellifer d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus ochreatus d´Orbigny, 1897 | | | Onthophagus paravinctus Tagliaferri ..., 2012 | | | Onthophagus parenthesis Boucomont, 1913 | | | Onthophagus pilicollis d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus pseudovinctus Tagliaferri ..., 2012 | | | Onthophagus pullus (Roth, 1851) | ⇒ Onthophagus parenthesis Boucomont, 1913 | | Onthophagus rubricatus d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus rugulipennis Fairmaire, 1887 | | | Onthophagus scaber Roth, 1851 | | | Onthophagus schaufussi Harold, 1867 | | | Onthophagus secundarius Roth, 1851 | | | Onthophagus sellatus Klug, 1845 | | | Onthophagus senegalensis d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus sticticus Harold, 1867 | | | Onthophagus tersipennis d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus tessulatus Harold, 1871 | | | Onthophagus tonsus d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus trapezicornis d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus trifidisetis d´Orbigny, 1905 | | | Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843 | | | Onthophagus xanthopterus d´Orbigny, 1908 | | | Oplostomus pectoralis Moser, 1908 | | | Oplostomus pectoralis pectoralis | | | Oryctes boas Fabricius, 1775 | African rhinoceros beetle | | Pachnoda abyssinica Reiche, 1847 | | | Pachnoda interrupta (Olivier, 1789) | ⇒ Pachnoda cordata tigris Herbst, 1790 | | Pachnoda marginata peregrina Kolbe, 1906 | Congo Chafer | | Pachnoda massajae Gestro, 1881 | | | Pararhyssemus coluber Mayet, 1887 | | | Pedinorrhina cinctuta Voet, 1779 | | | Pegylis morio Blanchard, 1851 | | | Phalops barbicornis Lansberge, 1883 | | | Phalops beccarii Harold, 1875 | | | Phalops inermis Lansberge, 1883 | | | Pharaphodius negus Petrovitz, 1964 | | | Pharaphodius pallescens Walker, 1871 | | | Phonotaenia aethiopica Antoine, 2005 | | | Proagoderus armicollis d´Orbigny, 1904 | | | Proagoderus brucei (d´Orbigny, 1902) | ⇒ Onthophagus chalcostolus d´Orbigny, 1902 | | Proagoderus brucei brucei | | | Proagoderus gerstaeckeri Harold, 1867 | | | Proagoderus negus Raffray, 1882 | | | Proagoderus paolae Palestrini, 1992 | | | Proagoderus prostans Reiche, 1847 | | | Proagoderus quadriarmatus Fairmaire, 1892 | | | Pseudosaprosites deplanatus Balthasar, 1967 | | | Pseudosyrichthus senegalensis variolosus Prell, 1934 | | | Rhabdotis fortii Antoine, Bei..., 2003 | | | Rhabdotis giannatellii Antoine, Bei..., 2003 | | | Rhyssemodes orientalis Mulsant & Go..., 1874 | | | Rhyssemus andreinii Pittino, 1984 | | | Rhyssemus asperocostatus Fairmaire, 1892 | | | Rhyssemus exaratus Marseul, 1878 | | | Rhyssemus mayeti Clouët, 1901 | | | Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) pius Illiger, 1803 | | | Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) sacer (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Scarabaeus pius Illiger, 1803 | | Scarabaeus nepos (Fairmaire, 1884) | ⇒ Scarabaeus goryi Castelnau, 1840 | | Schizonycha chaetolepida Moser, 1914 | | | Schizonycha flavicornis Brenske, 1898 | | | Schizonycha pilosa Moser, 1914 | | | Sisyphus tibialis Raffray, 1877 | | | Stiptopodius doriae Harold, 1871 | | | Stiptopodius patrizii Boucomont, 1923 | | | Systellorrhina baliola Janson, 1888 | | | Temnorhynchus retusus Fabricius, 1781 | Plate-faced beetle | | Tephraea setifera Moser, 1908 | | | Tiaronthophagus schaufussi Harold, 1867 | | | Tiniocellus setifer Kraatz, 1895 | | | Tiniocellus spinipes Roth, 1851 | | | Trichaphodioides niloticus Petrovitz, 1967 | | | Trichaphodius niloticus Petrovitz, 1967 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Eritrea | Subfamily | Aphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles | 15
23 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers | 17
24 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles | 5
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 4
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Rutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers | 2
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 23
114 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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 | | Scarabaeidae (Latreille 1802) |
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