AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Iringa Region (Central Tanzania, Tanzania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
107
554
667
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
107
554
667
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
101
539
649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
85
516
628
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
31
281
329
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
27
223
240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
3
73
120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
3
73
120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
70
116
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Iringa Region
70 Genera with 116 Species
#ABCDEGHIJKLMNOPST
Afrodrepanus Krikken, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Anachalcos Hope, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Anisorrhina Westwood, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Anoplocheilus MacLeay, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Aphodiopsis Paulian, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Aphodius Hellwig, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Apocnosis J.Thomson, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Brachylepis Kolbe, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Caccobius Thomson, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Calocolobopterus1SpeciesTaxom
Campsiura Hope, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Catharsius Hope, 18885SpeciesTaxom
Chaetodermina Heller, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Chondrorrhina Kraatz, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Cinacanthus Schmidt, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Cleptocaccobius Cambefort, 1984
0SpeciesTaxom
Clinteroides Schoch, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Coenochilus Burmeister &..., 18923SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1908Mexican dung beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Cosmiophaena Kraatz, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Craterocyphus Schmidt, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyphonistes Burmeister, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Cyptochirus Lesne, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Diastellopalpus van Lansberge, 18885SpeciesTaxom
Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Diplognatha Gory & Perch..., 18922SpeciesTaxom
Dischista Burmeister, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Entypophana Moser, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Eudicella White, 18813SpeciesTaxom
Eulepida Kolbe, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Garreta Janssens, 17894SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Heliocopris Hope, 17985SpeciesTaxom
Heteroclitopus Péringuey, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Heteronitis Gillet, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Ixodina Roth, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Janssensantus Paulian, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Kheper Janssens, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Latodrepanus Krikken, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Liatongus Reitter, 18862SpeciesTaxom
Lophodonitis Janssens, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Mausoleopsis Lansberge, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Mazoe Péringuey, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Mecynorhina Hope, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhina Westwood, 1847
0SpeciesTaxom
Metacatharsius Paulian, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Milichus Péringuey, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Nitiocellus Branco, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Oniticellus Serville, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Onitis Fabricius, 18574SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 184318SpeciesTaxom
Oplostomus McLeay, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Orphnus MacLeay, 20161SpeciesTaxom
Oryctes Hellwig, 1775Coconut rhinoceros beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Pachnoda Burmeister, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Pedaria Laporte, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Pharaphodius Reitter, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Plaesiorrhina Burmeister, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Poecilophila Kolbe, 1893
0SpeciesTaxom
Popillia Leach, 1826
0SpeciesTaxom
Porphyronota Burmeister, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Proagoderus Lansberge, 19086SpeciesTaxom
Ptychodesthes Kraatz, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Pycnoschema Thomson, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Sarophorus Erichson, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Scaptocnemis Péringuey, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Sceliages Westwood, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Sisyphus Latreille, 19085SpeciesTaxom
Stephanorrhina Burmeister, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Taurhina Burmeister, 19041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Iringa Region
116 Species and 5 Subspecies
Afrodrepanus impressicollis Boheman, 1857
Anachalcos convexus Boheman, 1857
Anachalcos procerus Gerstaecker, 1871
Anisorrhina (Anisorrhina) laeviplaga Raffray, 1877
Anoplocheilus matilei Antoine & Le..., 2001
Aphodiopsis latens Bordat, 2014
Aphodius (Teuchestes) dejeani Harold, 1862
Aphodius (Trichaphodius) humilis Roth, 1851
Apocnosis striata Janson, 1877
Brachylepis werneri LaCroix, 2009
Calocolobopterus principalis Harold, 1861
Campsiura lutescens Westwood, 1874
Catharsius dux Harold, 1878
Catharsius hertli Ferreira, 1964
Catharsius platycerus Klug, 1855
Catharsius rhinoceros Klug, 1855
Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888
Chaetodermina setosa Moser, 1907
Chondrorrhina trivittata Schaum, 1841
Cinacanthus anomalipus Péringuey, 1901
Clinteroides cariosa Janson, 1877
Coenochilus calcaratus Westwood, 1874
Coenochilus calcaratus bayoni Janson, 1911
Coenochilus conradti Kolbe, 1892
Copris armiger Gillet, 1910
Copris cribricollis (Gillet, 1910)⇒ Catharsius pithecius Fabricius, 1775
Copris gilleti Kolbe, 1907
Copris humilis Gillet, 1908
Cosmiophaena pilosula Kraatz, 1899
Cyphonistes latiusculus Fairmaire, 1887
Cyptochirus decellei Simonis & Zu..., 1980
Diastellopalpus gilleti d´Orbigny, 1908
Diastellopalpus lamellicollis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Diastellopalpus monapoides Bates, 1888
Diastellopalpus quinquedens Bates, 1888
Diastellopalpus thomsoni Bates, 1888
Digitonthophagus biflagellatus Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787Brown dung beetle
Diplognatha gagates Forster, 1771
Diplognatha montana Kolbe, 1892
Dischista rufa De Geer, 1778
Entypophana njiapanda Sehnal, 2017
Eudicella loricata kiellandi Allard, V., 1985
Eudicella (Eudicella) tetraspilota Harold, 1879
Eudicella tetraspilota euthalia Bates, 1881
Eulepida nyassica Kolbe, 1894
Garreta azareus
Garreta azureus Fabricius, 1801
Garreta malleolus Kolbe, 1895
Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus sericeifrons Fairmaire, 1887
Heliocopris hamadryas Fabricius, 1775
Heliocopris hamifer Harold, 1878
Heliocopris haroldi Kolbe, 1893
Heliocopris japetus Klug, 1855
Heliocopris pirmal Fabricius, 1798
Heteroclitopus collarti Janssens, 1939
Ixodina abyssinica tanganus Endrodi, 1971
Janssensantus inexpectatus Paulian, 1976
Kheper aeratus Gerstaecker, 1871
Latodrepanus caelatus Gerstaecker, 1871
Liatongus taurus Boucomont, 1920
Liatongus testudo Lansberge, 1886
Lophodonitis minettii Moretto, 2011
Mausoleopsis amabilis Schaum, 1844
Mecynorhina (Amaurodes) passerinii Westwood, 1844Orange-Spotted Fruit Chafer
Metacatharsius simulator Balthasar, 1939
Milichus picticollis Gerstaecker, 1871
Nitiocellus collarti Janssens, 1939
Oniticellus pseudoplanatus Balthasar, 1964
Onitis artuosus Gillet, 1909
Onitis robustus Boheman, 1857
Onitis vanderkelleni Lansberge, 1886Dung beetle
Onitis viridulus (Boheman, 1857)⇒ Onitis pecuarius Lansberge, 1875
Onthophagus (Afrostrandius) plebejus Klug, 1855
Onthophagus binodulus d´Orbigny, 1913
Onthophagus calliger d´Orbigny, 1913
Onthophagus clitellarius d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873
Onthophagus impressicollis Boheman, 1860
Onthophagus insignis (Péringuey, 1896)⇒ Proagoderus fossidorsis d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus intonsus d´Orbigny, 1913
Onthophagus kavirondi (d´Orbigny, 1913)⇒ Onthophagus kavirondus d´Orbigny, 1915
Onthophagus koma Matsumura, 1937
Onthophagus lacustris Harold, 1877
Onthophagus lugubris (Fahraeus, 1857)⇒ Onthophagus lituratus Roth, 1851
Onthophagus miricornis d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus proteus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus quadricuspis d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus rufonotatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus vassei d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843
Oplostomus nigerrimus Waterhouse, 1898
Orphnus (Phornus) valeriae Frolov & Akh..., 2016
Oryctes boas Fabricius, 1775African rhinoceros beetle
Pachnoda rubriventris Moser, 1910
Pachnoda upangwana Moser, 1918
Pedaria sudrei Josso & Prév..., 2003
Pharaphodius corax Balthasar, 1937
Porphyronota hebraea Olivier, 1789
Porphyronota maculatissima Boheman, 1860
Proagoderus brucei (d´Orbigny, 1902)⇒ Onthophagus chalcostolus d´Orbigny, 1902
Proagoderus furciramus d´Orbigny, 1902
Proagoderus hemicyaneus
Proagoderus panoplus Bates, 1888
Proagoderus ramosicornis d´Orbigny, 1902
Proagoderus tricornifrons d´Orbigny, 1908
Ptychodesthes gratiosa Ancey, 1881
Sarophorus cicatricosus Péringuey, 1901
Scaptocnemis segregis Péringuey, 1901
Sceliages augias Gillet, 1908
Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818
Sisyphus crispatus Gory, 1833
Sisyphus impressipennis Lansberge, 1886
Sisyphus ocellatus Reiche, 1847
Sisyphus transvaalensis (Péringuey, 1908)⇒ Sisyphus impressipennis Lansberge, 1886
Stephanorrhina princeps Oberthür, 1880Spotted flower beetle
Taurhina polychrous marginipennis Moser, 1904

Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Iringa Region
SubfamilyAphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles
6
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers
24
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrphninae
Erichson, 1847
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyRutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
32
79
Genera
Species

Taxom



Scarabaeidae (Latreille 1802)
Scarabaeidae (Latreille 1802)


Links, sources and further information
Scarabaeidae at artfakta.se
Scarabaeidae at dyntaxa.se
Scarabaeidae at gbif.org
Scarabaeidae at irmng.org
Scarabaeidae at itis.gov