Checklist of Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
for Lesotho (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 288
1975
3826 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 287
1972
3822 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 273
1944
3787 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 164
1390
2777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 35
458
1067 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 32
410
976 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 3
70
144 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 3
70
144 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 66
125 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Lesotho
66 Genera with 125 Species
| Acrossus Mulsant, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Adoretus Laporte, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aganocrossus Reitter, 1862 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anisonyx Latreille, 1908 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Anisorrhina Westwood, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplocheilus MacLeay, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aphodius Hellwig, 1862 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Asthenopholis Brenske, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atrichelaphinis Kraatz, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camenta Erichson, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Campulipus Kirby, 1827 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catharsius Hope, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cinacanthus Schmidt, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copris Geoffroy, 1901 | Mexican dung beetle | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Coptorhina Hope, 1833 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cymophorus Kirby, 1827 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtothyrea Kolbe, 1850 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Diathermus Kraatz, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dichelus Lepeletier &..., 1828 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicronorhina Hope Westwood, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dischista Burmeister, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dyspilophora Kraatz, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epirinus Reiche, 1901 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Eriesthis Dejean, 1844 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Euoniticellus Janssens, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Frankenbergerius | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Garreta Janssens, 1857 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathocera Kirby, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gnorimus Le Peletier ..., 1758 | Chafer | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnopleurus Illiger, 1792 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochelus Burmeister, 1959 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heteroclita Burmeister, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronychus Seidlitz, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucocelis Burmeister, 1850 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Mesontoplatys Motschulsky, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neosisyphus Müller, 1914 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Odontoloma Boheman, 1901 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oniticellus Serville, 1825 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onitis Fabricius, 1963 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1843 | | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Oryctes Hellwig, 1775 | Coconut rhinoceros beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxythyrea Mulsant, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachnoda Burmeister, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachycnema Lepeletier &..., 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parateuchus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parelaphinis | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pegylis Erichson, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pentodontoschema Péringuey, 1847 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Phalops Erichson, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pharaphodius Reitter, 1842 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Popillia Leach, 1787 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Raceloma J.Thomson, 2004 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Rhabdotis Burmeister, 1791 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeolus Balthasar, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1789 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Sceliages Westwood, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Serica MacLeay, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sisyphus Latreille, 1908 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Sparrmannia Laporte de C..., 1855 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stripsipher Gory & Perch..., 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Temnorhynchus Hope, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theotimius Huchet, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichaphodius Schmidt, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichostetha Burmeister, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xinidium Harold, 1993 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Lesotho
125 Species and 7 Subspecies | Acrossus luridus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Adoretus (Adoretus) cribrosus Harold, 1869 | Maize chafer | | Aganocrossus fugitivus Péringuey, 1901 | | | Aganocrossus urostigma Harold, 1862 | | | Anisonyx badiitibialis Schein, 1959 | | | Anisonyx brincki Schein, 1959 | | | Anisonyx brincki brincki | | | Anisonyx sesuto Péringuey, 1908 | | | Anisorrhina algoensis Westwood, 1842 | | | Anoplocheilus figuratus Boheman, 1857 | | | Anoplocheilus globosus Schoch, 1897 | | | Aphodius (Aganocrossus) urostigma Harold, 1862 | | | Aphodius (Aphodobius) misellus (Boheman, 1857) | ⇒ Trichaphodius misellus Boheman, 1857 | | Aphodius (Nialus) lividus (Olivier, 1789) | ⇒ Acrossus luridus Fabricius, 1775 | | Aphodius dubiosus Péringuey, 1901 | | | Aphodius lucidus (Dejean, 1862) | ⇒ Pharaphodius marginellus Fabricius, 1781 | | Asthenopholis minor Brenske, 1898 | | | Atrichelaphinis tigrina Olivier, 1789 | | | Cinacanthus anomalipus Péringuey, 1901 | | | Copris caelatus Fabricius, 1794 | | | Copris capensis Waterhouse, 1891 | | | Copris corniger (Sahlberg, 1823) | ⇒ Onthophagus taurus Schreber, 1759 | | Copris jacchoides Nguyen-phung..., 1987 | | | Copris jacchus Lang, 1971 | | | Copris obesus Boheman, 1857 | | | Copris ritsemae Harold, 1875 | | | Copris subsidens Péringuey, 1901 | | | Coptorhina excavata Frolov, Akhm..., 2008 | | | Coptorhina klugi Hope, 1833 | | | Coptorhina klugii Hope, 1833 | | | Cyrtothyrea marginalis Swartz, 1817 | | | Cyrtothyrea testaceoguttata Blanchard, 1850 | | | Diathermus globosus Schoch, 1897 | | | Dicronorhina derbyana derbyana | | | Dischista rufa De Geer, 1778 | | | Epirinus drakomontanus Scholtz & Ho..., 1987 | | | Epirinus flagellatus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Epirinus muellerae Deschodt & D..., 2019 | | | Epirinus sulcipennis Boheman, 1857 | | | Epirinus validus Péringuey, 1901 | | | Eriesthis albofasciata Dombrow, 1997 | | | Eriesthis decora Péringuey, 1902 | | | Eriesthis guttata Burmeister, 1844 | | | Eriesthis oberprieleri Dombrow, 1997 | | | Eriesthis oberprieteri | | | Eriesthis semihirta Burmeister, 1844 | | | Eriesthis vestita Burmeister, 1844 | | | Euoniticellus africanus Harold, 1873 | Greater sandy dung beetle | | Frankenbergerius barratti Waterhouse, 1876 | | | Garreta fastiditus Harold, 1867 | | | Garreta unicolor Fahraeus, 1857 | | | Gnathocera hirta Burmeister, 1842 | | | Gnorimus variabilis Linnaeus, 1758 | Variable Chafer | | Gymnopleurus leei Fabricius, 1792 | | | Heterochelus defector Péringuey, 1908 | | | Heterochelus guillarmodi Schein, 1959 | | | Heteroclita raeuperi Schaum, 1841 | | | Heteronychus arator Fabricius, 1775 | African black beetle | | Labarrus lividus Olivier, 1789 | Scarab beetle | | Leucocelis adspersa Fabricius, 1801 | | | Leucocelis adspersa adspersa | | | Leucocelis haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1775 | | | Leucocelis niveoguttata Blanchard, 1850 | | | Mesontoplatys dorsalis Klug, 1855 | | | Neosisyphus barbarossa Wiedemann, 1823 | | | Neosisyphus calcaratus Klug, 1855 | | | Neosisyphus confrater Kolbe, 1914 | | | Odontoloma obscurum Howden & Sch..., 1987 | | | Odontoloma pygidiale Péringuey, 1901 | | | Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835) | ⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789 | | Onitis caffer Boheman, 1857 | | | Onitis crenatus Reiche, 1847 | | | Onitis parainflaticollis Ferreira, 1977 | | | Onitis perpunctatus Balthasar, 1963 | | | Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taurus Schreber, 1759 | Bull Headed Dung Beetle | | Onthophagus (Proagoderus) brucei Reiche, 1847 | | | Onthophagus (Proagoderus) pegesimallus Marcus, 1917 | | | Onthophagus binodis Thunberg, 1818 | Humpbacked Dung Beetle | | Onthophagus brutus Arrow, 1931 | | | Onthophagus deterrens Péringuey, 1901 | | | Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873 | | | Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851 | | | Onthophagus hyaena Fabricius, 1801 | | | Onthophagus lugubris (Fahraeus, 1857) | ⇒ Onthophagus lituratus Roth, 1851 | | Onthophagus obtutus Péringuey, 1901 | | | Onthophagus pilosus (Fahraeus, 1857) | ⇒ Onthophagus echinus Boucomont, 1914 | | Onthophagus rubens d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus setosus Fahraeus, 1857 | | | Onthophagus sugillatus Klug, 1855 | | | Onthophagus variegatus (Fabricius, 1798) | ⇒ Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873 | | Onthophagus vigens Péringuey, 1901 | | | Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843 | | | Oryctes boas Fabricius, 1775 | African rhinoceros beetle | | Pachycnema crassipes (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Hoplocnemis spectabilis Péringuey, 1902 | | Parateuchus palemo Olivier, 1789 | | | Parelaphinis moesta Gory & Perch..., 1833 | | | Pegylis vittata Fahraeus, 1857 | | | Pentodontoschema capicola Péringuey, 1901 | | | Pentodontoschema deceptor Péringuey, 1901 | | | Pentodontoschema nireum Burmeister, 1847 | | | Phalops bubalus Harold, 1867 | | | Pharaphodius marginellus Fabricius, 1781 | | | Pharaphodius russatus Erichson, 1842 | | | Popillia bipunctata (Fabricius, 1787) | ⇒ Popillia biguttata Wiedemann, 1821 | | Raceloma jansoni Distant, 1897 | | | Raceloma jansoni jansoni | | | Raceloma jansoni stobbiai Holm & Peris..., 2004 | | | Rhabdotis aulica Fabricius, 1781 | Emerald fruit chafer | | Rhabdotis aulica aulica Fabricius, 1791 | | | Scarabaeolus bohemani Harold, 1868 | | | Scarabaeus ambiguus (Boheman, 1857) | ⇒ Gnorimus variabilis Linnaeus, 1758 | | Scarabaeus basuto zur Strassen, 1962 | | | Scarabaeus bohemani Harold, 1868 | | | Scarabaeus natalensis zur Strassen, 1962 | | | Scarabaeus palemo Olivier, 1789 | | | Serica acontia Dawson, 1933 | | | Sisyphus barbarossa (Wiedemann, 1823) | ⇒ Neosisyphus spinipes Thunberg, 1818 | | Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818 | | | Sisyphus crispatus Gory, 1833 | | | Sisyphus impressipennis Lansberge, 1886 | | | Sisyphus rubripes (Boheman, 1857) | ⇒ Neosisyphus confrater Kolbe, 1914 | | Sisyphus rugosus (Roth, 1851) | ⇒ Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818 | | Sisyphus transvaalensis (Péringuey, 1908) | ⇒ Sisyphus impressipennis Lansberge, 1886 | | Sparrmannia flavofasciata Burmeister, 1855 | | | Stripsipher jansoni Péringuey, 1908 | | | Temnorhynchus retusus Fabricius, 1781 | Plate-faced beetle | | Theotimius gravis Péringuey, 1901 | | | Trichaphodius misellus Boheman, 1857 | | | Trichostetha fascicularis prunipennis Burmeister, 1842 | | | Xinidium howdeni Cambefort, 1993 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Lesotho | Subfamily | Aphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles | 8
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers | 21
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Chironinae
Blanchard, 1845
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles | 4
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 10
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Rutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 18
63 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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