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Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Ghana (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
3683
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
216
2958
8177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
51
831
2114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
48
764
1943
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
7
225
651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
7
225
651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
200
570
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ghana
200 Genera with 570 Species
#ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPRSTUX
Acrothyrea Kraatz, 19472SpeciesTaxom
Adoretus Laporte, 179210SpeciesTaxom
Afrodiastictus Pittino & Ma..., 19731SpeciesTaxom
Afroemadiellus Bordat, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Afrolepis Decelle, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Aganocrossus Reitter, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Alleucosma Schenkling, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Alloblackburneus Bordat, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Allogymnopleurus Janssens, 19734SpeciesTaxom
Anachalcos Hope, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Anatonochilus Péringuey, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Anelaphinis Kolbe, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Anomala Samouelle, 1906Shining Leaf Chafer8SpeciesTaxom
Aphodiopsis Paulian, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Aphodius Hellwig, 19086SpeciesTaxom
Aphodobius Péringuey, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Apogonia Melichar, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Arielina Rossi, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Asthenorhina Westwood, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Astoxenus Péringuey, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Ataenius Harold, 19096SpeciesTaxom
Atrichelaphinis Kraatz, 01SpeciesTaxom
Augosoma Burmeister, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Aulacoserica Brenske, 19743SpeciesTaxom
Autoserica Brenske, 1901Garden beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Blackburneus Schmidt, 19646SpeciesTaxom
Bobiricola Endrodi, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Brachymis1SpeciesTaxom
Brachypholis Brenske, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Caccobius Thomson, 18674SpeciesTaxom
Caelorrhina Burmeister, 18412SpeciesTaxom
Calocolobopterus1SpeciesTaxom
Cambefortius Branco, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Camenta Erichson, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Campsiura Hope, 18012SpeciesTaxom
Cantotius Bordat, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Catharsius Hope, 18884SpeciesTaxom
Chalconotus Reiche, 19383SpeciesTaxom
Charadronota Burmeister, 18836SpeciesTaxom
Cheironitis van Lansberge, 17892SpeciesTaxom
Chelorrhina Hope, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Chiron MacLeay, 20192SpeciesTaxom
Chlorocala Kirby & Spence, 08SpeciesTaxom
Chondrorrhina Kraatz, 18414SpeciesTaxom
Clastocnemis Burmeister &..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Cleptocaccobius Cambefort, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Coenochilus Burmeister &..., 181713SpeciesTaxom
Comatapogonia1SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1901Mexican dung beetle13SpeciesTaxom
Cosmesthes Kraatz, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Cosmiophaena Kraatz, 01SpeciesTaxom
Craterocyphus Schmidt, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Cymophorus Kirby, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Cyphonistes Burmeister, 04SpeciesTaxom
Cyprolais Thomson, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Diastellopalpus van Lansberge, 18913SpeciesTaxom
Dicronorhina Hope Westwood, 02SpeciesTaxom
Dicronorrhina Burmeister, 17732SpeciesTaxom
Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 17874SpeciesTaxom
Diphrontis Gerstaecker, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Diplognatha Gory & Perch..., 18783SpeciesTaxom
Dischista Burmeister, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Discopeltis Burmeister, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Dudleyellus2SpeciesTaxom
Dymusia Burmeister, 20132SpeciesTaxom
Eodrepanus Barbero, Pal..., 19531SpeciesTaxom
Epidrepanus1SpeciesTaxom
Eriulis Burmeister, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Esymus Mulsant & Rey, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Eudicella White, 08SpeciesTaxom
Eulepida Kolbe, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Euoniticellus Janssens, 18734SpeciesTaxom
Euphoresia büttneri Bre..., 19011SpeciesTaxom
Fornasinius Bertoloni, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Gametoides2SpeciesTaxom
Garreta Janssens, 17893SpeciesTaxom
Genuchus Kirby, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Ghania Endrodi, 1973
0SpeciesTaxom
Gnathocera Kirby, 08SpeciesTaxom
Gnatholabis Erichson, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Goliathus Lamarck, 1835Goliath beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Grammopyga Kolbe, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 18439SpeciesTaxom
Hadrodiplognatha Kraatz, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Hamonthophagus1SpeciesTaxom
Heliocopris Hope, 18936SpeciesTaxom
Heteroligus Kolbe, 19733SpeciesTaxom
Heteronitis Gillet, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Heteronychus Seidlitz, 18473SpeciesTaxom
Heterotephraea2SpeciesTaxom
Hybocamenta Brenske, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Incala Thomson, 18853SpeciesTaxom
Ixodina Roth, 19764SpeciesTaxom
Kheper Janssens, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Koshantschikovius Schmidt, 19672SpeciesTaxom
Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Laurentiana Ruter, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Lepidiota Kirby, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Leucocelis Burmeister, 18484SpeciesTaxom
Lophorrhina Westwood, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Lorditomaeus Péringuey, 18956SpeciesTaxom
Maladera Mulsant, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Marmylida Thomson, 03SpeciesTaxom
Mausoleopsis Lansberge, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Mecynorhina Hope, 17828SpeciesTaxom
Megalleucosma Antoine, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Mendidaphodius Reitter, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Mesontoplatys Motschulsky, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Metacatharsius Paulian, 17892SpeciesTaxom
Meurguesia Ruter, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Microvalgus Kraatz, 19464SpeciesTaxom
Milichus Péringuey, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Mimela Kirby, 20161SpeciesTaxom
Myodermum Burmeister &..., 18834SpeciesTaxom
Neocalaphodius Bordat, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Neocolobopterus Landin, 01SpeciesTaxom
Neoserica Brenske, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Neosisyphus Müller, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Nialaphodius Kolbe, 18012SpeciesTaxom
Nialus Mulsant & Rey, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Niphobleta Kraatz, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Notocaulus Quedenfeldt, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Odontolochus Schmidt, 19666SpeciesTaxom
Oniticellus Serville, 18072SpeciesTaxom
Onitis Fabricius, 187511SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 184344SpeciesTaxom
Oplostomus McLeay, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Oryctes Hellwig, 1905Coconut rhinoceros beetles8SpeciesTaxom
Oxythyrea Mulsant, 18823SpeciesTaxom
Pachnoda Burmeister, 025SpeciesTaxom
Paradidactylia Balthasar, 19603SpeciesTaxom
Paralleucosma2SpeciesTaxom
Parascatonomus Paulian, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Parateuchus1SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichaphodius2SpeciesTaxom
Pedaria Laporte, 19226SpeciesTaxom
Pedinorrhina Kraatz, 18484SpeciesTaxom
Phalops Erichson, 18833SpeciesTaxom
Phaneresthes Kraatz, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Pharaphodius Reitter, 197310SpeciesTaxom
Pholidochris Kolbe, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Phonotaenia Kraatz, 05SpeciesTaxom
Phyllognathus Eschscholtz, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Plaesiorrhina Burmeister, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Planolinoides Dellacasa an..., 19871SpeciesTaxom
Platygenia MacLeay, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Platytomus Mulsant, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Pleuraphodius Schmidt, 19737SpeciesTaxom
Pleurophorus Mulsant, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Polystalactica Kraatz, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Popillia Leach, 18923SpeciesTaxom
Porphyronota Burmeister, 01SpeciesTaxom
Prionoryctes Arrow, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Proagoderus Lansberge, 18834SpeciesTaxom
Problerhinus Deyrolle, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Prodoretus Brenske, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Prosphileurus Kolbe, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Pseudalleucosma1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudinca Kraatz, 04SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopharaphodius Bordat, 19588SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosaproecius Balthasar, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosyrichthus Péringuey, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotrochalus Quedenfeldt, 19743SpeciesTaxom
Ptychodesthes Kraatz, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Pycnoschema Thomson, 19053SpeciesTaxom
Ramilia Kolbe, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdotis Burmeister, 02SpeciesTaxom
Rhagopteryx Burmeister, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Rhinyptia Burmeister, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Rhizoplatys Westwood, 03SpeciesTaxom
Rhyparus Westwood, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Rhyssemus Mulsant, 190915SpeciesTaxom
Ruteloryctes Arrow, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Saprosites Redtenbacher, 19396SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Schizonycha Dejean, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Simogonius1SpeciesTaxom
Simorrhina Kraatz, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Sisyphus Latreille, 197313SpeciesTaxom
Smaragdesthes Kraatz, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Spaniolepis Kolbe, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Stephanorrhina Burmeister, 06SpeciesTaxom
Stethodesma Bainbridge, 01SpeciesTaxom
Stiptopodius Harold, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Strategus Kirby, 1828
Ox Beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Taurhina Burmeister, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Temnorhynchus Hope, 18475SpeciesTaxom
Tephraea Burmeister, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Tiaronthophagus Roggero, Mor..., 19077SpeciesTaxom
Tibiodrepanus Krikken, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Tiniocellus Péringuey, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Tmesorrhina Westwood, 18913SpeciesTaxom
Trichaphodioides Paulian, 19413SpeciesTaxom
Trichaphodius Schmidt, 19575SpeciesTaxom
Trichiorhyssemus Clouët, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Trichonotulus Bedel, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Trochalus Laporte, 18355SpeciesTaxom
Uloptera Burmeister, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Xeloma Kraatz, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Xenodorus Brême, 18011SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
570 Species and 86 Subspecies
Acrothyrea cincticollis Kraatz, 1880
Acrothyrea scintillans De Lisle, 1947
Adoretus (Adoretus) cylindricus Frey, 1970
Adoretus (Adoretus) depressus Frey, 1973
Adoretus (Adoretus) deschampsi Limbourg & C..., 2014
Adoretus (Adoretus) ghanaensis Frey, 1973
Adoretus (Adoretus) legalli Limbourg, 2014
Adoretus (Adoretus) merkli Limbourg, 2011
Adoretus (Adoretus) pubipennis Castelnau, 1840
Adoretus (Adoretus) similis Benderitter, 1922
Adoretus siganus Ohaus, 1928
Adoretus umbrosus (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Lepadoretus compressus Weber, 1801
Afrodiastictus endroedyyoungai Endrödi, 1973
Afroemadiellus luciphilus Endrödi, 1973
Afroemadiellus villiersianus Clément, 1969
Afrolepis ivorensis Decelle, 1968
Aganocrossus amoenus Boheman, 1857
Alleucosma viridula Kraatz, 1880
Alloblackburneus mashunensis Péringuey, 1901
Allogymnopleurus aeneus Harold, 1875
Allogymnopleurus olivieri Castelnau, 1840
Allogymnopleurus umbrinus Gerstaecker, 1871
Allogymnopleurus youngai Endrödi, 1973
Anachalcos cupreus Fabricius, 1775
Anatonochilus bocandei Thomson, 1860
Anelaphinis maritima Moser, 1914
Anomala albopilosa Hope, 1839Green chafer
Anomala coolsi Limbourg, 2005
Anomala distinguenda Blanchard, 1851
Anomala dossidea Ohaus, 1925
Anomala immarginata (Reitter, 1903)⇒ Anomala albopilosa Hope, 1839
Anomala plebeja (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Anomala posterior Harold, 1869
Anomala posterior Harold, 1869
Anomala tibialis Schaeffer, 1906Padre island tibial scarab
Aphodiopsis kumasianus Endrödi, 1973
Aphodiopsis subopaca Petrovitz, 1964
Aphodius (Aphodius) fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758Common dung beetle
Aphodius (Pseudagolius) bicolor (Dallatorre, 1879)⇒ Aphodius fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758
Aphodius (Pseudopharaphodius) anthrax Gerstaecker, 1871
Aphodius (Trichaphodioides) calcaratus Boheman, 1857
Aphodius (Trichaphodius) humilis Roth, 1851
Aphodius bicoloratus (Schmidt, 1908)⇒ Aphodius fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758
Aphodobius bicoloratus Schmidt, 1908
Apogonia africana Castelnau, 1840
Apogonia conradti (Fairmaire, 1898)⇒ Comatapogonia conradtii Fairmaire, 1898
Arielina strigifrons Moser, 1911
Asthenorhina turneri Westwood, 1844
Astoxenus vestitus Moser, 1911
Ataenius endroedyyoungai Endrödi, 1973
Ataenius garamas Peyerimhoff, 1929
Ataenius granocostatus Schmidt, 1912
Ataenius insolitus Schmidt, 1909
Ataenius nakpandurii Endrödi, 1973
Ataenius setosus Schmidt, 1909
Atrichelaphinis deplanata deplanata
Augosoma centaurus Fabricius, 1775Centaurus beetle
Aulacoserica diversicornis Frey, 1974
Aulacoserica ghanaensis Frey, 1974
Aulacoserica minor Frey, 1974
Autoserica guinesis Brenske, 1901
Blackburneus consonus Endrödi, 1967
Blackburneus ghanaensis Endrödi, 1973
Blackburneus jugalis Péringuey, 1901
Blackburneus luciphilus Endrödi, 1973
Blackburneus optatus Endrödi, 1964
Blackburneus zernyi Petrovitz, 1964
Bobiricola endroedyyoungai Endrodi, 1973
Brachymis variolosa Brenske, 1897
Brachypholis sjoestedti Brenske, 1903
Caccobius cavatus d´Orbigny, 1908
Caccobius genierorum Walter, 2014
Caccobius ivorensis Cambefort, 1984
Caccobius punctatissimus Harold, 1867
Caelorrhina barthi barthi Harold, 1878
Caelorrhina thoreyi Schaum, 1841
Calocolobopterus senegalensis Klug, 1835
Cambefortius bidentiger d´Orbigny, 1905
Camenta obesa Burmeister, 1855
Campsiura exclamationis Kolbe, 1892
Campsiura scutellata Fabricius, 1801
Cantotius sexmaculosus Schmidt, 1911
Catharsius achates Olivier, 1789
Catharsius eteocles (Laporte, 1840)⇒ Catharsius alpheus Gillet, 1932
Catharsius pseudolycaon Ferreira, 1960
Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888
Chalconotus aurescens Bates, 1888
Chalconotus cupreus Fabricius, 1775
Chalconotus suturalis Janssens, 1938
Charadronota acutangula Arrow, 1922
Charadronota curvata (Janson, 1888)⇒ Charadronota soror Kraatz, 1883
Charadronota leprieuri (Burmeister, 1842)⇒ Charadronota quadrisignata Gory & Perch..., 1833
Charadronota pectoralis Bainbridge, 1842
Charadronota quadrisignata Gory & Perch..., 1833
Charadronota soror Kraatz, 1883
Cheironitis hungaricus Herbst, 1789
Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Chiron elegans Huchet, 2020
Chiron lucifer Huchet, 2019
Chlorocala africana Drury, 1773
Chlorocala africana africana Drury, 1773
Chlorocala conjux bousqueti Allard, 1991
Chlorocala guerini Janson, 1888
Chlorocala nigricollis Kraatz, 1880
Chlorocala similis Moser, 1907
Chlorocala suturalis Fabricius, 1775
Chlorocala suturalis suturalis
Chondrorrhina abbreviata Fabricius, 1792
Chondrorrhina mediana Westwood, 1842
Chondrorrhina recurva Fabricius, 1801
Chondrorrhina trivittata Schaum, 1841
Clastocnemis quadrimaculatus quadrimaculatus
Cleptocaccobius clementi Cambefort, 1971
Coenochilus calcaratus bayoni Janson, 1911
Coenochilus calcaratus calcaratus
Coenochilus costipennis Moser, 1913
Coenochilus delkeskampi Schein, 1954
Coenochilus impressus Moser, 1911
Coenochilus lecossoisi Rojkoff, 2012
Coenochilus maurus Fabricius, 1801
Coenochilus planipennis Moser, 1911
Coenochilus regalis Bourgoin, 1929
Coenochilus ruteri Schein, 1954
Coenochilus togoensis togoensis
Coenochilus tuberculicollis Moser, 1912
Coenochilus ventricosus Gyllenhal, 1817
Comatapogonia conradtii Fairmaire, 1898
Copris carmelita Fabricius, 1801
Copris coriarius Gillet, 1907
Copris fallaciosus Gillet, 1907Kenyan dung beetle
Copris integer (Reiche, 1847)⇒ Copris fallaciosus Gillet, 1907
Copris interioris Kolbe, 1897
Copris laius Harold, 1868
Copris laius laius
Copris megaceratoides Waterhouse, 1891
Copris orion orion
Copris phungae Cambefort, 1992
Copris renwarti Nguyen-phung..., 1986
Copris sinon Olivier, 1789
Copris truncatus Felsche, 1901
Cosmesthes lineatocollis Kraatz, 1880
Cosmiophaena minor minor
Craterocyphus ikuthanus Balthasar, 1935
Cymophorus squamosus squamosus
Cymophorus undatus toganus Kolbe, 1892
Cyphonistes burmeisteri Dohrn, 1876
Cyphonistes tuberculifrons Quedenfeldt, 1884
Cyphonistes vallatus guineensis Paulian, 1954
Cyphonistes vallatus vallatus
Cyprolais viridipyga ghanaensis Devecis, 1997
Diastellopalpus noctis Thomson, 1858
Diastellopalpus thomsoni Bates, 1888
Diastellopalpus tridens (Fairmaire, 1891)⇒ Diastellopalpus thomsoni Bates, 1888
Dicronorhina cavifrons (Westwood, 1841)⇒ Dicronorrhina cavifrons Westwood, 1841
Dicronorhina micans micans
Dicronorrhina cavifrons Westwood, 1841
Dicronorrhina micans Drury, 1773
Digitonthophagus dilatatus Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus falciger Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus fimator Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787Brown dung beetle
Diphrontis cruenta Gerstaecker, 1882
Diphrontis tigrina Kraatz, 1888
Diplognatha gagates gagates Forster, 1771
Diplognatha gagates holosericea Bainbridge, 1842
Diplognatha viridula Janson, 1878
Dischista cuneata Klug, 1855
Discopeltis fairmairei Ruter, 1948
Discopeltis simonis Kraatz, 1880
Dudleyellus goniocephalus Roth, 1851
Dudleyellus pulawskii Balthasar, 1970
Dymusia cyanea Olivier, 1789
Dymusia romyae Beinhundner, 2013
Eodrepanus bechynei Janssens, 1953
Epidrepanus caelatus Gerstaecker, 1871
Eriulis variolosa Gory & Perch..., 1833
Esymus pusillus Herbst, 1789
Eudicella darwiniana Kraatz, 1880
Eudicella frontalis Westwood, 1843
Eudicella morgani White, 1839
Eudicella pauperata Kolbe, 1884
Eudicella pythia Kolbe, 1899
Eudicella quadrimaculata Fabricius, 1781
Eudicella viridipyga ghanaensis Devecis, 1997
Eudicella viridipyga viridipyga
Eulepida baumanni (Kolbe, 1894)⇒ Lepidiota baumanni Kolbe, 1894
Euoniticellus intermedius Reiche, 1848Intermediate sandy dung beetle
Euoniticellus nasicornis Reiche, 1849
Euoniticellus parvus Kraatz, 1895
Euoniticellus triangulatus Harold, 1873
Euphoresia aschantica Brenske, 1901
Fornasinius higginsi Westwood, 1874
Fornasinius klingbeili Zoller & Fie..., 1995
Gametoides sanguinolenta sanguinolenta Olivier, 1789
Gametoides subfasciata Swederus, 1787
Garreta crenulatus Kolbe, 1895
Garreta laetus laetus
Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789
Genuchus brevitarsis Moser, 1916
Genuchus colasi Schein, 1955
Gnathocera angustata Kolbe, 1892
Gnathocera bilineata valeriae Allard, 1991
Gnathocera flavovirens Kolbe, 1892
Gnathocera flavovirens flavovirens
Gnathocera hyacinthina Janson, 1885
Gnathocera trivittata (Swederus, 1787)⇒ Chondrorrhina trivittata Schaum, 1841
Gnathocera trivittata afzelii Swartz, 1817
Gnathocera trivittata trivittata
Gnatholabis suturalis Laporte de C..., 1840
Goliathus cacicus Olivier, 1789
Goliathus goliatus Linnaeus, 1771Common Goliath Beetle
Goliathus regius Klug, 1835Royal Goliath Beetle
Grammopyga cincticollis Hope, 1842
Gymnopleurus aenescens Wiedemann, 1821
Gymnopleurus coerulescens Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus foricarius Garreta, 1914
Gymnopleurus fulgidus Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus nyankpalaensis Endrödi, 1976
Gymnopleurus particolor Davis, 1986
Gymnopleurus profanus (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus puncticollis (Gillet, 1909)⇒ Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843
Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843
Hadrodiplognatha herculeana Hope, 1847
Hamonthophagus bituberculatus Olivier, 1789
Heliocopris antenor (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868
Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868
Heliocopris dianae (Hope, 1842)⇒ Heliocopris mutabilis Kolbe, 1893
Heliocopris eryx eryx
Heliocopris mutabilis Kolbe, 1893
Heliocopris myrmidon Kolbe, 1893
Heteroligus appius Burmeister, 1847
Heteroligus meles Billberg, 1815Yam beetle
Heteroligus sebastiani Endrödi, 1973
Heteronitis pauliani Janssens, 1942
Heteronychus citernii Paoli, 1934
Heteronychus mosambicus Péringuey, 1908
Heteronychus parumpunctatus Burmeister, 1847
Heterotephraea arborescens Vigors, 1826
Heterotephraea marginata Schürhoff, 1935
Hybocamenta benitoana Brenske, 1898
Incala bourgoini Antoine, 1986
Incala decellei Antoine, 1986
Incala resima Janson, 1885
Ixodina abyssinica abyssinica
Ixodina bos Endrödi, 1976
Ixodina endroedyi Endrödi, 1976
Ixodina szunyoghyi occidentalis Endrödi, 1976
Kheper subaeneus Harold, 1869
Koshantschikovius haematiticus Boheman, 1857
Koshantschikovius neohaematiticus Landin, 1967
Labarrus innumerabilis Schmidt, 1910
Labarrus umbratus Petrovitz, 1961
Laurentiana bocandei Thomson, 1860
Lepidiota baumanni Kolbe, 1894
Leucocelis brunneipennis Moser, 1911
Leucocelis decellei Ruter, 1969
Leucocelis maraisi Antoine, 1987
Leucocelis septicollis Schaum, 1848
Lophorrhina pentachordia Klug, 1835
Lophorrhina quinquelineata Fabricius, 1781
Lorditomaeus bifidus Schmidt, 1908
Lorditomaeus bifidus occidentalis Bordat, 1996
Lorditomaeus infuscatus Schmidt, 1908
Lorditomaeus invenustus Schmidt, 1908
Lorditomaeus opatroides Klug, 1851
Lorditomaeus proditor Gestro, 1895
Maladera reichenowi Brenske, 1902
Marmylida hilaris Westwood, 1874
Marmylida marginella Fabricius, 1775
Marmylida marginella marginella
Mausoleopsis amabilis ruteri Antoine, 1989
Mecynorhina (Megalorhina) harrisii Thomson, 1880
Mecynorhina harrisii eximia Aurivillius, 1886
Mecynorhina harrisii harrisii Westwood, 1847
Mecynorhina polyphemus Fabricius, 1781
Mecynorhina polyphemus polyphemus Fabricius, 1781
Mecynorhina savagei Harris, 1844Savage's Flower Beetle
Mecynorhina torquata Drury, 1782African Flower Beetle
Mecynorhina torquata torquata Drury, 1782
Megalleucosma maritima Moser, 1914
Mendidaphodius adustus Klug, 1855
Mendidaphodius weidholzi Petrovitz, 1964
Mesontoplatys dorsalis Klug, 1855
Mesontoplatys indorsalis Endrödi, 1960
Mesontoplatys parvulus Harold, 1871
Metacatharsius abortivus Fairmaire, 1891
Metacatharsius peleus Olivier, 1789
Meurguesia albolineata Bourgoin, 1927
Microvalgus carinulatus Kolbe, 1892
Microvalgus carinulatus carinulatus
Microvalgus gracilis Kraatz, 1895
Microvalgus termiticola Burgeon, 1946
Milichus inaequalis Boucomont, 1928
Mimela jolyi Limbourg, 2016
Myodermum alutaceum Afzelius, 1817
Myodermum fuscum Kraatz, 1883
Myodermum latipennis Arrow, 1941
Myodermum ruficollis Kraatz, 1883
Neocalaphodius moestus Fabricius, 1801
Neocolobopterus maculicollis maculicollis
Neoserica bibosa Brenske, 1901
Neoserica endroedii Frey, 1974
Neosisyphus angulicollis Felsche, 1909
Nialaphodius calidus Harold, 1871
Nialaphodius nigrita Fabricius, 1801
Nialus tetricus Harold, 1871
Niphobleta dominula Kraatz, 1880
Niphobleta kraatzi Kolbe, 1892
Niphobleta niveosparsa Kraatz, 1880
Notocaulus sachtlebeni Balthasar, 1937
Odontolochus gestroi Clouët, 1900
Odontolochus oberthueri Clouët des P..., 1900
Odontolochus oberthuri Clouët, 1900
Odontolochus raffrayi Paulian, 1942
Odontolochus spinicollis Harold, 1871
Odontolochus villiersi Petrovitz, 1966
Oniticellus formosus (Chevrolat, 1830)⇒ Oniticellus pictus Hausmann, 1807
Oniticellus pictus Hausmann, 1807
Onitis aeneus Lansberge, 1875
Onitis affinis Felsche, 1911
Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835)⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Onitis alexis alexis
Onitis aygulus Fabricius, 1781
Onitis cupreus Castelnau, 1840
Onitis fulgidus (Klug, 1855)⇒ Pleuronitis fulgidus Castelnau, 1840
Onitis lobi Cambefort, 1984
Onitis reichei Lansberge, 1875
Onitis sphinx Fabricius, 1775
Onitis violaceus (Lansberge, 1875)⇒ Onitis humerosus Pallas, 1771
Onthophagus (Proagoderus) pegesimallus Marcus, 1917
Onthophagus (Strandius) obliquus Olivier, 1789
Onthophagus anomalicollis Frey, 1973
Onthophagus ashanticola Frey, 1973
Onthophagus bartosi Balthasar, 1966
Onthophagus bidens Olivier, 1789
Onthophagus bimarginatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus cornifrons Thomson, 1858
Onthophagus costiger d´Orbigny, 1915
Onthophagus cupreus Harold, 1880
Onthophagus cyanochlorus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus denudatus endroedii Frey, 1973
Onthophagus depilis d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus epilamprus Bates, 1888
Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851
Onthophagus flaviclava d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus flexicornis d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus funestus Moretto & Gé..., 2010
Onthophagus ghanensis Balthasar, 1966
Onthophagus jonathani Moretto & Gé..., 2020
Onthophagus juvencus Klug, 1835
Onthophagus kindianus Frey, 1953
Onthophagus lamtoensis Cambefort, 1984
Onthophagus latestriatus d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus latigibber d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus liberianus Lansberge, 1883
Onthophagus mankonoensis (Balthasar, 1966)⇒ Onthophagus mocquerysi d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus maxwellianus Moretto, 2013
Onthophagus mocquerysi d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus mucronatus (Thomson, 1858)⇒ Pseudosaproecius validicornis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Onthophagus nigriceps Raffray, 1877
Onthophagus notatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus paravinctus Tagliaferri ..., 2012
Onthophagus pullus (Roth, 1851)⇒ Onthophagus parenthesis Boucomont, 1913
Onthophagus rectorispauliani Cambefort, 1980
Onthophagus rhyncophorus
Onthophagus rufopygus Frey, 1957
Onthophagus rugosipennis Frey, 1973
Onthophagus stehliki Balthasar, 1966
Onthophagus triacanthus Castelnau, 1840
Onthophagus trinominatus Goidanich, 1926
Onthophagus ugoi Moretto & Gé..., 2020
Onthophagus variegatus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873
Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843
Oplostomus pectoralis morettoi Antoine, 1998
Oryctes boas Fabricius, 1775African rhinoceros beetle
Oryctes erebus Burmeister, 1847
Oryctes erebus erebus
Oryctes gigas Castelnau, 1840
Oryctes monoceros Olivier, 1789African rhinoceros beetle
Oryctes ohausi Minck, 1913
Oryctes owariensis (Palisot de B..., 1807)⇒ Oryctes gigas Castelnau, 1840
Oryctes sjoestedti Kolbe, 1905
Oxythyrea guttifera Afzelius, 1817
Oxythyrea petiti Gory & Perch..., 1833
Oxythyrea picticollis Kraatz, 1882
Pachnoda ardoini ardoini
Pachnoda concolor concolor
Pachnoda cordata Drury, 1773
Pachnoda cordata cordata Drury, 1773
Pachnoda dieliana (Kraatz, 1899)⇒ Pachnoda kustai Nonfried, 1892
Pachnoda fedierei Rigout, 1989
Pachnoda fedieri Rigout, 1989
Pachnoda kustai Nonfried, 1892
Pachnoda marginata Drury, 1773Central African fruit chafer
Pachnoda marginata aurantia Herbst, 1790
Pachnoda marginata cerandi Rigout, 1984
Pachnoda marginata marginata Drury, 1773
Pachnoda meloui Bourgoin, 1915
Pachnoda nigritarsis Harold, 1880
Pachnoda orphanula morerei Ruter, 1963
Pachnoda orphanula orphanula
Pachnoda postica Gory & Perch..., 1833
Pachnoda rubrocincta Hope, 1847
Pachnoda tridentata diabolica De Lisle, 1947
Pachnoda tridentata moseri Schürhoff, 1935
Pachnoda tridentata tridentata
Pachnoda viridana Blanchard, 1850
Pachnoda viridana viridana
Pachnoda vuilleti Bourgoin, 1914
Pachnoda vuilleti vuilleti
Paradidactylia flavescens Balthasar, 1961
Paradidactylia variolosa Clément, 1958
Paradidactylia venaloides Endrödi, 1960
Paralleucosma glycyphanoides dives Antoine, 1989
Paralleucosma glycyphanoides glycyphanoides
Parascatonomus maculatus Fabricius, 1801
Parateuchus palemo Olivier, 1789
Paratrichaphodius badius Boheman, 1857
Paratrichaphodius sericeus Schmidt, 1909
Pedaria coprinarum Cambefort, 1982
Pedaria criberrima Waterhouse, 1890
Pedaria fernandezi Cambefort, 1982
Pedaria renwarti Cambefort, 1982
Pedaria reticulata Josso & Prév..., 2015
Pedaria rohani Boucomont, 1922
Pedinorrhina sellata Kraatz, 1880
Pedinorrhina sellata sellata
Pedinorrhina septa Harold, 1879
Pedinorrhina swanzyana Schaum, 1848
Phalops barbicornis Lansberge, 1883
Phalops iphis Olivier, 1789
Phalops vanellus Lansberge, 1883
Phaneresthes flavovariegata Kraatz, 1894
Pharaphodius argutus Schmidt, 1911
Pharaphodius corax Balthasar, 1937
Pharaphodius discolor Erichson, 1859
Pharaphodius dubitosus dubitosus
Pharaphodius evae Endrödi, 1973
Pharaphodius fiechteri Balthasar, 1941
Pharaphodius guineensis Klug, 1835
Pharaphodius pongensis Endrödi, 1983
Pharaphodius sudanicus Petrovitz, 1964
Pharaphodius tamalensis Endrödi, 1973
Pholidochris brenskei Kolbe, 1894
Pholidochris quedenfeldti ivorensis LaCroix, 2010
Phonotaenia aequinoctialis Olivier, 1789
Phonotaenia nigriceps Westwood, 1874
Phonotaenia scalaris Gory & Perch..., 1833
Phonotaenia scalaris latefasciata (Kraatz, 1880)⇒ Phonotaenia nigriceps Westwood, 1874
Phonotaenia scalaris scalaris
Phyllognathus burmeisteri Arrow, 1911
Phyllognathus degener (Fairmaire, 1891)⇒ Phyllognathus burmeisteri Arrow, 1911
Plaesiorrhina cinctuta recurva Fabricius, 1801
Planolinoides aenictus Cooper & Gordon, 1987Benttooths
Platygenia barbata Afzelius, 1817
Platytomus ashantii Endrödi, 1973
Pleuraphodius buschirii Petrovitz, 1964
Pleuraphodius ducorpsi Paulian, 1942
Pleuraphodius hamoriae Endrödi, 1973
Pleuraphodius pygmaeus Boheman, 1857
Pleuraphodius sebastianellus Endrödi, 1973
Pleuraphodius thomasi Endrödi, 1973
Pleuraphodius utae Endrödi, 1973
Pleurophorus edithae Endrödi, 1973
Polystalactica punctulata punctulata
Polystalactica stellata Harold, 1878
Popillia ghanaensis Limbourg, 2007
Popillia jolyi Limbourg, 2006
Popillia smaragdina Kraatz, 1892
Porphyronota cinnamomea cinnamomea
Prionoryctes breviusculus Arrow, 1911
Prionoryctes capreolus Quedenfeldt, 1884
Prionoryctes rufopiceus Arrow, 1911
Proagoderus auratus Fabricius, 1801
Proagoderus cometes Bates, 1888
Proagoderus patinatus Marcus, 1917
Proagoderus ritsemai Lansberge, 1883
Problerhinus mouffleti Deyrolle, 1864
Prodoretus endroedii Frey, 1973
Prodoretus guineensis Ohaus, 1912
Prodoretus unguicularis Ohaus, 1912
Prosphileurus liberianus Dohrn, 1875
Pseudalleucosma albonotata Antoine, 1989
Pseudinca admixtus (Hope, 1842)⇒ Pseudinca incoides Thomson, 1860
Pseudinca incoides Thomson, 1860
Pseudinca macgillavryi Valck Lucassen, 1933
Pseudinca marmoratus marmoratus
Pseudopharaphodius anthrax Gerstaecker, 1871
Pseudopharaphodius apicesetosus Clement, 1969
Pseudopharaphodius dalabaensis Petrovitz, 1973
Pseudopharaphodius janssensi Paulian, 1939
Pseudopharaphodius kaszabi Endrödi, 1957
Pseudopharaphodius novus Schmidt, 1911
Pseudopharaphodius phalacronotoides Balthasar, 1960
Pseudopharaphodius rufomaculatus Petrovitz, 1958
Pseudosaproecius portentosus Felsche, 1907
Pseudosaproecius validicornis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Pseudosyrichthus clathratus Gerstaecker, 1867
Pseudotrochalus concolor Kolbe, 1883
Pseudotrochalus quadrisubmaculata Brenske, 1903
Pseudotrochalus rugosiceps Frey, 1974
Ptychodesthes bicostata Schaum, 1848
Ptychodesthes bicostata bicostata
Ptychodesthes schenklingi Moser, 1917
Pycnoschema armatum Thomson, 1859
Pycnoschema operculatum camerunum Kolbe, 1908
Pycnoschema suillum Kolbe, 1905
Ramilia ghanaensis Decelle, 1968
Rhabdotis pontyi Vuillet, 1911
Rhabdotis sobrina sobrina
Rhagopteryx bilineata Kraatz, 1899
Rhagopteryx bilineatus Kraatz, 1899
Rhinyptia endroedyi Machatschke, 1974
Rhinyptia sebastiani Machatschke, 1974
Rhizoplatys auriculatus Burmeister, 1847
Rhizoplatys mucronatus Pallisot de ..., 1805
Rhizoplatys mucronatus mucronatus
Rhyparus comorianus Fairmaire, 1896
Rhyparus occidentalis Paulian, 1990
Rhyssemus archambaulti Benard, 1929
Rhyssemus carinatipennis Péringuey, 1901
Rhyssemus endroedyyoungai Petrovitz, 1975
Rhyssemus frankenbergeri Balthasar, 1942
Rhyssemus germanus Linnaeus, 1767Germany small dung beetle
Rhyssemus ghanaensis Petrovitz, 1975
Rhyssemus guineensis Petrovitz, 1969
Rhyssemus haafi occidentalis Endrödi, 1976
Rhyssemus mayeti Clouët, 1901
Rhyssemus pectoralis Clouët, 1901
Rhyssemus perlatus Petrovitz, 1975
Rhyssemus propinquus Petrovitz, 1964
Rhyssemus ritsemae Clouët, 1901
Rhyssemus sculptilipennis sculptilipennis
Rhyssemus sexcostatus Schmidt, 1909
Ruteloryctes morio Fabricius, 1798
Saprosites calvus Schmidt, 1911
Saprosites cavus Schmidt, 1908
Saprosites consonus Schmidt, 1911
Saprosites lepersonnei Paulian, 1942
Saprosites perbrevitarsis Schmidt, 1909
Saprosites schoutedeni Paulian, 1939
Scarabaeus gangeticus Castelnau, 1840
Scarabaeus goryi Castelnau, 1840
Schizonycha africana (Castelnau, 1840)⇒ Schizonycha flavicornis Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha flavicornis Brenske, 1898
Simogonius beccarii Harold, 1871
Simorrhina staudingeri Kraatz, 1886
Sisyphus angulicollis (Felsche, 1909)⇒ Neosisyphus angulicollis Felsche, 1909
Sisyphus arboreus Walter, 1982
Sisyphus armatus (Gory, 1833)⇒ Neosisyphus confrater Kolbe, 1914
Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818
Sisyphus crispatus crispatus
Sisyphus gladiator (Arrow, 1927)⇒ Neosisyphus gladiator Arrow, 1927
Sisyphus goryi (Harold, 1859)⇒ Sisyphus caffer goryi Harold, 1859
Sisyphus latus (Boucomont, 1928)⇒ Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818
Sisyphus ocellatus Reiche, 1847
Sisyphus paschalidisae Cambefort, 1984
Sisyphus seminulum (Gerstaecker, 1871)⇒ Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818
Sisyphus spinipes (Thunberg, 1818)⇒ Neosisyphus spinipes Thunberg, 1818
Sisyphus youngai Endrödi, 1973
Smaragdesthes africana Drury, 1773
Spaniolepis agilis Arrow, 1943
Stephanorrhina guttata Olivier, 1789Spotted Flower Beetle
Stephanorrhina guttata aschantica Schürhoff, 1942
Stephanorrhina guttata guttata
Stephanorrhina guttata septentrionalis Ruter, 1964
Stephanorrhina simillima Westwood, 1841
Stephanorrhina simillima simillima
Stethodesma strachani strachani
Stiptopodius nodieri Boucomont, 1923
Taurhina (Taurhina) nireus Schaum, 1841
Temnorhynchus (Temnorhynchus) coronatus Fabricius, 1781
Temnorhynchus coronatus coronatus
Temnorhynchus cribratus Bates, 1884
Temnorhynchus cribratus cribratus
Temnorhynchus repandus Burmeister, 1847
Tephraea pulverulenta Gory & Perch..., 1833
Tiaronthophagus curtipilis Orbigny, 1905
Tiaronthophagus flexicornis Orbigny, 1902
Tiaronthophagus lamtoensis Cambefort, 1984
Tiaronthophagus liberianus Lansberge, 1883
Tiaronthophagus naevius Orbigny, 1913
Tiaronthophagus rufopygus Frey, 1957
Tiaronthophagus rufostillans Orbigny, 1907
Tibiodrepanus sulcicollis Castelnau, 1840
Tiniocellus praetermissus Branco, 2010
Tiniocellus setifer Kraatz, 1895
Tiniocellus spinipes Roth, 1851
Tmesorrhina iris Fabricius, 1781
Tmesorrhina iris iris Fabricius, 1781
Tmesorrhina tridens tridens Duvivier, 1891
Trichaphodioides calcaratus Boheman, 1857
Trichaphodioides manifestus Schmidt, 1911
Trichaphodioides simplicitarsis Müller, 1941
Trichaphodius flavus Endrödi, 1955
Trichaphodius humilis Roth, 1851
Trichaphodius kanemicus Endrödi, 1976
Trichaphodius maldesi Bordat, 1989
Trichaphodius punctiger Endrödi, 1957
Trichiorhyssemus congolanus congolanus
Trichiorhyssemus occidentalis Endrödi, 1976
Trichonotulus dakarensis Balthasar, 1960
Trichonotulus scheuermanni Endrödi, 1973
Trochalus camerunensis Brenske, 1903
Trochalus endroedii Frey, 1974
Trochalus ingratus Frey, 1975
Trochalus micans Frey, 1974
Trochalus pilula Klug, 1835
Uloptera burgeoni Bourgoin, 1921
Uloptera sculptilis Westwood, 1874
Xeloma burmeisteri Arrow, 1941
Xenodorus janus Fabricius, 1801

Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Ghana
SubfamilyAphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles
41
127
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SubfamilyCetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers
75
171
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SubfamilyDynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles
15
34
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SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
20
32
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SubfamilyRutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers
7
28
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SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
33
160
Genera
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SubfamilyTrichiinae
Fleming, 1821
1
1
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Species

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Scarabaeidae (Latreille 1802)
Scarabaeidae (Latreille 1802)


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