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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
388
4495
12408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
385
4491
12404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
368
4385
12052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
234
3464
10323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
55
803
1784
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
51
684
1481
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
7
171
407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
7
171
407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
157
368
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nigeria
157 Genera with 368 Species
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Adoretus Laporte, 19138SpeciesTaxom
Aganocrossus Reitter, 20132SpeciesTaxom
Alissonotum Arrow, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Alleucosma Schenkling, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Allogymnopleurus Janssens, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Anachalcos Hope, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Anartioschiza Kolbe, 19135SpeciesTaxom
Anelaphinis Kolbe, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Anomala Samouelle, 1925Shining Leaf Chafer16SpeciesTaxom
Aphodius Hellwig, 18605SpeciesTaxom
Aphodobius Péringuey, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Apogonia Melichar, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Arielina Rossi, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Asthenorhina Westwood, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Ataenius Harold, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Augosoma Burmeister, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Aulacoserica Brenske, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Autoserica Brenske, 1974Garden beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Bodilus Mulsant & Rey, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Caccobius Thomson, 19585SpeciesTaxom
Calamosternus Motschulsky, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Calocolobopterus1SpeciesTaxom
Calometopus Blanchard, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Catharsius Hope, 188812SpeciesTaxom
Cerhomalus Quedenfeldt, 20211SpeciesTaxom
Chalconotus Reiche, 19384SpeciesTaxom
Charadronota Burmeister, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Chelorrhina Hope, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Chiron MacLeay, 20194SpeciesTaxom
Chlorocala Kirby & Spence, 01SpeciesTaxom
Chondrorrhina Kraatz, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Clastocnemis Burmeister &..., 02SpeciesTaxom
Cleptocaccobius Cambefort, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Comythovalgus Kolbe, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1789Mexican dung beetle8SpeciesTaxom
Coptorhina Hope, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Corythoderus Klug, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Cotalpa Burmeister, 1844
0SpeciesTaxom
Craterocyphus Schmidt, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Cyphonistes Burmeister, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Cyptochirus Lesne, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtotrochalus Brenske, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Delopleurus Erichson, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Diastellopalpus van Lansberge, 18935SpeciesTaxom
Dicronorhina Hope Westwood, 03SpeciesTaxom
Dicronorrhina Burmeister, 17733SpeciesTaxom
Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 17875SpeciesTaxom
Diphrontis Gerstaecker, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Diplognatha Gory & Perch..., 18423SpeciesTaxom
Drepanocerus Kirby, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Dudleyellus1SpeciesTaxom
Dymusia Burmeister, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Empecamenta Brenske, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Eodrepanus Barbero, Pal..., 19531SpeciesTaxom
Esymus Mulsant & Rey, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Eudicella White, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Eulepida Kolbe, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Euonthophagus Balthasar, 1959
0SpeciesTaxom
Euphoresia büttneri Bre..., 19012SpeciesTaxom
Fornasinius Bertoloni, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Gametoides1SpeciesTaxom
Garreta Janssens, 17892SpeciesTaxom
Gnathocera Kirby, 20065SpeciesTaxom
Gnatholabis Erichson, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Goliathus Lamarck, 1835Goliath beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Grammopyga Kolbe, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 18435SpeciesTaxom
Hamonthophagus1SpeciesTaxom
Heliocopris Hope, 18938SpeciesTaxom
Heteroclitopus Péringuey, 19912SpeciesTaxom
Heteroligus Kolbe, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Heteronitis Gillet, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Heteronychus Seidlitz, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Hoplia Illiger, 1775Monkey Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Hybocamenta Brenske, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Incala Thomson, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Isoplia Burmeister, 1855
0SpeciesTaxom
Jossonthophagus1SpeciesTaxom
Kheper Janssens, 02SpeciesTaxom
Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Leucocelis Burmeister, 01SpeciesTaxom
Lorditomaeus Péringuey, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Maladera Mulsant, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Marmylida Thomson, 01SpeciesTaxom
Mausoleopsis Lansberge, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Mecynorhina Hope, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Megalleucosma Antoine, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Megateloides Landin, 03SpeciesTaxom
Mendidaphodius Reitter, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Mesontoplatys Motschulsky, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Metacatharsius Paulian, 19614SpeciesTaxom
Metallopseudinca Valck Lucassen, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Milichus Péringuey, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Myodermum Burmeister &..., 18171SpeciesTaxom
Nannopopillia Kolbe, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Neocolobopterus Landin, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Neosisyphus Müller, 1942
0SpeciesTaxom
Notocaulus Quedenfeldt, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Oniticellus Serville, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Onitis Fabricius, 19389SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 190232SpeciesTaxom
Oplostomus McLeay, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Orphnus MacLeay, 20161SpeciesTaxom
Oryctes Hellwig, 1905Coconut rhinoceros beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Pachnoda Burmeister, 014SpeciesTaxom
Paracotalpa Ohaus, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Paradidactylia Balthasar, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Paranelaphinis1SpeciesTaxom
Parateuchus1SpeciesTaxom
Pedaria Laporte, 18907SpeciesTaxom
Pegylis Erichson, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Phalops Erichson, 18837SpeciesTaxom
Phanaeus MacLeay, 1840Burrowing Dung Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Pharaphodius Reitter, 18424SpeciesTaxom
Phonotaenia Kraatz, 18743SpeciesTaxom
Phyllognathus Eschscholtz, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Pilinurgus Burmeister, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Pinacotarsus Harold, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Platygenia MacLeay, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Polybaphes Kirby, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Polystalactica Kraatz, 18784SpeciesTaxom
Popillia Leach, 20064SpeciesTaxom
Prionoryctes Arrow, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Proagoderus Lansberge, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Prodoretus Brenske, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Protaetia Burmeister, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudinca Kraatz, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopharaphodius Bordat, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosaproecius Balthasar, 18847SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosyrichthus Péringuey, 02SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotrochalus Quedenfeldt, 18832SpeciesTaxom
Pycnoschema Thomson, 18849SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdotis Burmeister, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Rhizoplatys Westwood, 03SpeciesTaxom
Rhyparus Westwood, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Rhyssemus Mulsant, 19729SpeciesTaxom
Ruteloryctes Arrow, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Saprosites Redtenbacher, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Schizonycha Dejean, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Sisyphus Latreille, 18714SpeciesTaxom
Stephanorrhina Burmeister, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Stiptopodius Harold, 19233SpeciesTaxom
Stripsipher Gory & Perch..., 18851SpeciesTaxom
Telochilus Krikken, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Temnorhynchus Hope, 19057SpeciesTaxom
Tephraea Burmeister, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Tiaronthophagus Roggero, Mor..., 19572SpeciesTaxom
Tiniocellus Péringuey, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Tmesorrhina Westwood, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Trichaphodioides Paulian, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Trichaphodius Schmidt, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Trichiorhyssemus Clouët, 19763SpeciesTaxom
Triodontella Reitter, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Trochalus Laporte, 19603SpeciesTaxom
Xeloma Kraatz, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Xenodorus Brême, 18011SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
368 Species and 45 Subspecies
Adoretus (Adoretus) cylindricus Frey, 1970
Adoretus (Adoretus) goergeni Limbourg, 2012
Adoretus (Adoretus) interruptus Benderitter, 1921
Adoretus (Adoretus) nyassicus Machatschke, 1964
Adoretus (Adoretus) simulatus Benderitter, 1927
Adoretus (Adoretus) umbilicatus Ohaus, 1913
Adoretus (Gemadoretus) clypeatus Burmeister, 1844
Adoretus sudanicus Ohaus, 1913
Aganocrossus hutteri Petrovitz, 1973
Aganocrossus rudolfpetrovitzi Bordat, 2013
Alissonotum africanum Endrödi, 1974
Alleucosma viridula Kraatz, 1880
Allogymnopleurus aeneus Harold, 1875
Allogymnopleurus sericeicollis Frey, 1958
Anachalcos cupreus Fabricius, 1775
Anartioschiza calabarica Moser, 1913
Anartioschiza garambensis Decelle, 1975
Anartioschiza medleri Decelle, 1975
Anartioschiza persquamosa Burgeon, 1946
Anartioschiza setosella Moser, 1913
Anelaphinis maritima Moser, 1914
Anomala balduina Ohaus, 1925
Anomala denuda Arrow, 1899
Anomala disparilis Arrow, 1899
Anomala distinguenda Blanchard, 1851
Anomala dossidea Ohaus, 1925
Anomala drusilla Ohaus, 1925
Anomala goergeni Limbourg, 2005
Anomala gualberta Ohaus, 1925
Anomala mesocnemis Ohaus, 1902
Anomala nigrosulcata Candeze, 1869
Anomala palleopyga bonosa Ohaus, 1925
Anomala praetendinosa Ohaus, 1925
Anomala pubifera Machatschke, 1969
Anomala ruginosa Ohaus, 1925
Anomala tibialis Schaeffer, 1906Padre island tibial scarab
Anomala vitticollis phrixa Ohaus, 1925
Aphodius (Aphodius) fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758Common dung beetle
Aphodius (Calocolobopterus) senegalensis (Klug, 1835)⇒ Calocolobopterus senegalensis Klug, 1835
Aphodius (Pseudagolius) bicolor (Dallatorre, 1879)⇒ Aphodius fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758
Aphodius (Pseudopharaphodius) anthrax Gerstaecker, 1871
Aphodius maculicollis (Montrouzier, 1860)⇒ Labarrus lividus Olivier, 1789
Aphodobius erugatus Harold, 1871
Apogonia nitidula Thomson, 1858
Apogonia virescens Duvivier, 1891
Arielina strigifrons Moser, 1911
Asthenorhina buchholzi Gerstaecker, 1882
Ataenius indutus Petrovitz, 1961
Augosoma centaurus Fabricius, 1775Centaurus beetle
Aulacoserica brenskei Frey, 1968
Autoserica opaca Moser, 1924
Autoserica politzari Frey, 1974
Bodilus gregarius Harold, 1871
Caccobius auberti d´Orbigny, 1902
Caccobius ferrugineus Fahraeus, 1857
Caccobius punctatissimus Harold, 1867
Caccobius reticuliger d´Orbigny, 1904
Caccobius sericeus Frey, 1958
Calamosternus ciliaticollis Petrovitz, 1973
Calocolobopterus senegalensis Klug, 1835
Calometopus lineosus Ricchiardi, 2001
Catharsius achates Olivier, 1789
Catharsius africanus Ferreira, 1960
Catharsius crassicornis Gillet, 1911
Catharsius dux Harold, 1878
Catharsius gorilla Thomson, 1858
Catharsius guineensis Ferreira, 1963
Catharsius oedipus Felsche, 1907
Catharsius phidias (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Catharsius platicornis Ferreira, 1960
Catharsius platicornis Ferreira, 1960
Catharsius polynices Kolbe, 1893
Catharsius pseudolycaon Ferreira, 1960
Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888
Cerhomalus petrovitzi Frolov & Akh..., 2021
Chalconotus aurescens Bates, 1888
Chalconotus convexus (Boheman, 1857)⇒ Anachalcos convexus Boheman, 1857
Chalconotus cupreus Fabricius, 1775
Chalconotus suturalis Janssens, 1938
Charadronota leprieuri (Burmeister, 1842)⇒ Charadronota quadrisignata Gory & Perch..., 1833
Chelorrhina kraatzi (Moser, 1905)⇒ Mecynorhina kraatzi Moser, 1905
Chiron demirei Huchet, 2019
Chiron elegans Huchet, 2020
Chiron lucifer Huchet, 2019
Chiron mariannae Huchet, 2019
Chlorocala smaragdina smaragdina
Chondrorrhina abbreviata Fabricius, 1792
Clastocnemis distinctus Antoine, 2005
Clastocnemis quadrimaculatus quadrimaculatus
Cleptocaccobius convexifrons Raffray, 1877
Comythovalgus aemulus Kolbe, 1897
Copris bidens (Pfeffer, 1888)⇒ Liatongus femoratus Illiger, 1800
Copris coriarius Gillet, 1907
Copris gazellarum Gillet, 1918
Copris gladiator Arrow, 1933
Copris interioris Kolbe, 1897
Copris laius Harold, 1868
Copris megaceratoides Waterhouse, 1891
Copris sinon Olivier, 1789
Coptorhina nitidipennis Boheman, 1857
Corythoderus (Corythoderus) loripes Klug, 1845
Craterocyphus abscissus Petrovitz, 1958
Cyphonistes tuberculifrons Quedenfeldt, 1884
Cyphonistes vallatus guineensis Paulian, 1954
Cyptochirus ambiguus (Kirby, 1828)⇒ Drepanocerus trogiformis Roth, 1851
Cyrtotrochalus opacus Brenske, 1902
Delopleurus gilletti Janssens, 1939
Diastellopalpus johnstoni Waterhouse, 1885
Diastellopalpus lamellicollis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Diastellopalpus murrayi Harold, 1868
Diastellopalpus noctis Thomson, 1858
Diastellopalpus sulciger Kolbe, 1893
Dicronorhina cavifrons (Westwood, 1841)⇒ Dicronorrhina cavifrons Westwood, 1841
Dicronorhina johnstoni (Waterhouse, 1902)⇒ Dicronorrhina micans Drury, 1773
Dicronorhina micans micans
Dicronorrhina cavifrons Westwood, 1841
Dicronorrhina johnstoni Waterhouse, 1902
Dicronorrhina micans Drury, 1773
Digitonthophagus dilatatus Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus eucatta 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 Forster, 1771
Diplognatha gagates holoserica Bainbridge, 1842
Diplognatha gagates holosericea Bainbridge, 1842
Drepanocerus ambiguus Kirby, 1828
Drepanocerus trogiformis Roth, 1851
Dudleyellus nigripennis Petrovitz, 1958
Dymusia romyae Beinhundner, 2013
Empecamenta calabarica Moser, 1921
Eodrepanus bechynei Janssens, 1953
Esymus pusillus Herbst, 1789
Eudicella aurata (Westwood, 1841)⇒ Cyprolais aurata Westwood, 1841
Eudicella daphnis Buquet, 1835
Eulepida savagei Hope, 1842
Euphoresia candezei Brenske, 1900
Euphoresia warriensis Brenske, 1901
Fornasinius aureosparsa Neervoort Va..., 1890
Fornasinius aureosparsus van de Poll, 1890
Gametoides sanguinolenta sanguinolenta Olivier, 1789
Garreta laetus laetus
Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789
Gnathocera sericinitens Bates, 1884
Gnathocera trivittata afzelii Swartz, 1817
Gnathocera trivittata costata Ancey, 1883
Gnathocera trivittata trivittata
Gnathocera varians antoinei Beinhundner, 2006
Gnatholabis suturalis Laporte de C..., 1840
Gnatholabis viridipennis Ohaus, 1897
Goliathus cacicus Olivier, 1789
Goliathus goliatus Linnaeus, 1771Common Goliath Beetle
Goliathus goliatus goliatus
Goliathus regius Klug, 1835Royal Goliath Beetle
Grammopyga cincticollis Hope, 1842
Gymnopleurus coerulescens Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus fulgidus Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus jacksoni Waterhouse, 1890
Gymnopleurus puncticollis (Gillet, 1909)⇒ Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843
Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843
Hamonthophagus bituberculatus Olivier, 1789
Heliocopris antenor (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868
Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868
Heliocopris eryx (Fabricius, 1801)⇒ Heliocopris neptunus Boheman, 1857
Heliocopris eryx mutabilis (Kolbe, 1895)⇒ Heliocopris mutabilis Kolbe, 1893
Heliocopris hamadryas Fabricius, 1775
Heliocopris myrmidon Kolbe, 1893
Heliocopris neptunus Boheman, 1857
Heliocopris staudingeri Kolbe, 1893
Heteroclitopus annamariae Branco, 1991
Heteroclitopus schulzei Branco, 1991
Heteroligus appius Burmeister, 1847
Heteroligus meles Billberg, 1815Yam beetle
Heteronitis pauliani Janssens, 1942
Heteronychus mosambicus Péringuey, 1908
Heteronychus parumpunctatus Burmeister, 1847
Hoplia philanthus philanthus Fuesslin, 1775
Hybocamenta brevicornis Moser, 1914
Incala calabarina Westwood, 1874
Jossonthophagus atrovittatus Orbigny, 1908
Kheper festivus Harold, 1868
Kheper festivus festivus
Labarrus lividus Olivier, 1789Scarab beetle
Leucocelis nitidula nitidula
Lorditomaeus invenustus Schmidt, 1908
Maladera opaca Frey, 1975
Marmylida marginella marginella
Mausoleopsis amabilis ruteri Antoine, 1989
Mecynorhina kraatzi Moser, 1905
Megalleucosma maritima Moser, 1914
Megateloides dimidiatus Roth, 1851
Megateloides dimidiatus diadimitus Petrovitz, 1962
Megateloides dimidiatus dimidiatus
Mendidaphodius weidholzi Petrovitz, 1964
Mesontoplatys simplicius Petrovitz, 1974
Metacatharsius abortivus Fairmaire, 1891
Metacatharsius inermis Castelnau, 1840
Metacatharsius peleus Olivier, 1789
Metacatharsius tchadensis Balthasar, 1961
Metallopseudinca auberti Fairmaire, 1895
Milichus apicalis (Fahraeus, 1857)⇒ Milichus rhodesianus Péringuey, 1904
Milichus rhodesianus Péringuey, 1904
Myodermum alutaceum Afzelius, 1817
Nannopopillia moffartsi Ohaus, 1901
Neocolobopterus maculicollis Reiche, 1847
Notocaulus nigropiceus Quedenfeldt, 1884
Oniticellus formosus (Chevrolat, 1830)⇒ Oniticellus pictus Hausmann, 1807
Oniticellus planatus Castelnau, 1840
Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835)⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Onitis alexis alexis
Onitis humerosus Pallas, 1771
Onitis nigeriensis Ferreira, 1977
Onitis occidentalis Gillet, 1933
Onitis reichei Lansberge, 1875
Onitis vanderkelleni Lansberge, 1886Dung beetle
Onitis violaceus (Lansberge, 1875)⇒ Onitis humerosus Pallas, 1771
Onitis wittei Janssens, 1938
Onthophagus (Afrostrandius) adspersus d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus (Strandius) obliquus Olivier, 1789
Onthophagus acutus d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus adornatus d´Orbigny, 1904
Onthophagus bidens Olivier, 1789
Onthophagus bituberculatus (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Onthophagus acutus d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus cornifrons Thomson, 1858
Onthophagus cupreus Harold, 1880
Onthophagus dilutus d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus eburneus d´Orbigny, 1913
Onthophagus enuguensis Frey, 1975
Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851
Onthophagus flaviclava d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus laeviceps d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus lioides d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus mankonoensis (Balthasar, 1966)⇒ Onthophagus mocquerysi d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus mirifrons d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus mocquerysi d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus mucronatus (Thomson, 1858)⇒ Pseudosaproecius validicornis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Onthophagus nigerianus d´Orbigny, 1913
Onthophagus ophtalmicus Frey, 1958
Onthophagus paravinctus Tagliaferri ..., 2012
Onthophagus pullus (Roth, 1851)⇒ Onthophagus parenthesis Boucomont, 1913
Onthophagus reticulatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus rufopygus Frey, 1957
Onthophagus sellatus Klug, 1845
Onthophagus semichalcites d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus triacanthus Castelnau, 1840
Onthophagus trinominatus Goidanich, 1926
Onthophagus umbratus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843
Onthophagus viridicatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Oplostomus fuligineus Olivier, 1789
Orphnus renaudi Frolov & Akh..., 2016
Oryctes boas Fabricius, 1775African rhinoceros beetle
Oryctes gigas Castelnau, 1840
Oryctes monoceros Olivier, 1789African rhinoceros beetle
Oryctes owariensis (Palisot de B..., 1807)⇒ Oryctes gigas Castelnau, 1840
Oryctes sjoestedti Kolbe, 1905
Pachnoda bax Gory & Perch..., 1833
Pachnoda cordata Drury, 1773
Pachnoda cordata camerounensis Rigout, 1984
Pachnoda cordata cordata Drury, 1773
Pachnoda cordata tigris Herbst, 1790
Pachnoda interrupta (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Pachnoda cordata tigris Herbst, 1790
Pachnoda lamottei pseudocincticollis Rigout, 1992
Pachnoda marginata Drury, 1773Central African fruit chafer
Pachnoda marginata aurantia Herbst, 1790
Pachnoda rectangularis Vuillet, 1911
Pachnoda rectangularis rectangularis
Pachnoda rufomarginata Burmeister, 1842
Pachnoda vuilleti Bourgoin, 1914
Pachnoda vuilleti vuilleti
Paradidactylia montana (Clement, 1958)⇒ Paradidactylia pierreclementi Dellacasa, 1988
Paranelaphinis signata Antoine, 1988
Parateuchus palemo Olivier, 1789
Pedaria coprinarum Cambefort, 1982
Pedaria criberrima Waterhouse, 1890
Pedaria durandi Paulian, Cam..., 1982
Pedaria fernandezi Cambefort, 1982
Pedaria humana Cambefort, 1982
Pedaria renwarti Cambefort, 1982
Pedaria tuberculigera Waterhouse, 1890
Pegylis uelensis Burgeon, 1946
Phalops barbicornis Lansberge, 1883
Phalops batesi Koenike, 1892
Phalops batesi batesi
Phalops fimbriatus Klug, 1835
Phalops iphis Olivier, 1789
Phalops princeps d´Orbigny, 1908
Phalops vanellus Lansberge, 1883
Phanaeus tridens Castelnau, 1840
Pharaphodius corax Balthasar, 1937
Pharaphodius discolor Erichson, 1859
Pharaphodius guineensis Klug, 1835
Pharaphodius russatus Erichson, 1842
Phonotaenia aequinoctialis Olivier, 1789
Phonotaenia balteata zanzibarica Raffray, 1877
Phonotaenia nigriceps Westwood, 1874
Phyllognathus burmeisteri Arrow, 1911
Phyllognathus degener (Fairmaire, 1891)⇒ Phyllognathus burmeisteri Arrow, 1911
Pilinurgus drumonti Rojkoff, 2012
Pinacotarsus dohrni Harold, 1875
Platygenia barbata Afzelius, 1817
Polybaphes balteata De Geer, 1778
Polystalactica punctulata Olivier, 1789
Polystalactica punctulata punctulata
Polystalactica punctulata schultzei Schein, 1958
Polystalactica stellata Harold, 1878
Popillia bipunctata (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Popillia biguttata Wiedemann, 1821
Popillia callipyga Dohrn, 1876
Popillia dorsigera Newman, 1838
Popillia medleri Limbourg, 2006
Prionoryctes breviusculus Arrow, 1911
Prionoryctes capreolus Quedenfeldt, 1884
Prionoryctes rufopiceus Arrow, 1911
Proagoderus auratus Fabricius, 1801
Proagoderus patinatus Marcus, 1917
Proagoderus semiiris Thomson, 1858
Prodoretus clipealis Ohaus, 1913
Pseudinca admixtus (Hope, 1842)⇒ Pseudinca incoides Thomson, 1860
Pseudinca macgillavryi Valck Lucassen, 1933
Pseudopharaphodius apicesetosus Clement, 1969
Pseudosaproecius baraudi Branco, 1995
Pseudosaproecius bateke Cambefort & ..., 1977
Pseudosaproecius comatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Pseudosaproecius cylindroides d´Orbigny, 1908
Pseudosaproecius ocellatus Frey, 1958
Pseudosaproecius portentosus Felsche, 1907
Pseudosaproecius validicornis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Pseudosyrichthus senegalensis Castelnau, 1840
Pseudosyrichthus senegalensis senegalensis
Pseudotrochalus calabaricus Moser, 1917
Pseudotrochalus concolor Kolbe, 1883
Pycnoschema armatum Thomson, 1859
Pycnoschema diversum Péringuey, 1901
Pycnoschema diversum diversum
Pycnoschema lacordairei Thomson, 1859
Pycnoschema operculatum Thomson, 1859
Pycnoschema operculatum camerunum Kolbe, 1908
Pycnoschema operculatum operculatum
Pycnoschema scrofa Harold, 1880
Pycnoschema subulatum Quedenfeldt, 1884
Rhabdotis pontyi Vuillet, 1911
Rhizoplatys cribarius Westwood, 1841
Rhizoplatys mucronatus Pallisot de ..., 1805
Rhizoplatys mucronatus mucronatus
Rhyparus occidentalis Paulian, 1990
Rhyssemus archambaulti Benard, 1929
Rhyssemus carinatipennis Péringuey, 1901
Rhyssemus gestroi Clouët, 1901
Rhyssemus granosus (Klug & Erichson, 1842)⇒ Rhyssemus granulosus Ballion, 1871
Rhyssemus granulosus Ballion, 1871
Rhyssemus infidus Pittino, 1984
Rhyssemus keisseri Benard, 1910
Rhyssemus ritsemae Clouët, 1901
Rhyssemus senegalensis Petrovitz, 1972
Ruteloryctes morio Fabricius, 1798
Saprosites punctiventris Petrovitz, 1961
Scarabaeus goryi Castelnau, 1840
Schizonycha crenata Gyllenhal, 1817
Sisyphus africanus orientalis Montreuil, 2017
Sisyphus crispatus Gory, 1833
Sisyphus goryi (Harold, 1859)⇒ Sisyphus caffer goryi Harold, 1859
Sisyphus seminulum (Gerstaecker, 1871)⇒ Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818
Stephanorrhina guttata Olivier, 1789Spotted Flower Beetle
Stephanorrhina julia Waterhouse, 1879
Stiptopodius doriae Harold, 1871
Stiptopodius gaillardi Boucomont, 1923
Stiptopodius nodieri Boucomont, 1923
Stripsipher morulus Janson, 1885
Telochilus freyi Krikken, 1975
Temnorhynchus cribratus Bates, 1884
Temnorhynchus cribratus cribratus
Temnorhynchus cribratus freyi Endrödi, 1961
Temnorhynchus flavipennis Arrow, 1937
Temnorhynchus luna luna
Temnorhynchus repandus Burmeister, 1847
Temnorhynchus rugatus Kolbe, 1905
Tephraea undulata Kolbe, 1892
Tiaronthophagus chrysoderus Orbigny, 1905
Tiaronthophagus rufopygus Frey, 1957
Tiniocellus praetermissus Branco, 2010
Tiniocellus setifer Kraatz, 1895
Tmesorrhina iris Fabricius, 1781
Tmesorrhina iris camerunica Nonfried, 1892
Trichaphodioides schaumi Harold, 1859
Trichaphodius flavus Endrödi, 1955
Trichiorhyssemus decorsei Benard, 1914
Trichiorhyssemus longetarsalis Benard, 1921
Trichiorhyssemus occidentalis Endrödi, 1976
Triodontella robusta Arrow, 1925
Trochalus gibbus Fabricius, 1781
Trochalus globulus Moser, 1918
Trochalus nigerianus Frey, 1960
Xeloma burmeisteri Arrow, 1941
Xenodorus janus Fabricius, 1801

Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Nigeria
SubfamilyAphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles
28
49
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SubfamilyCetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers
46
69
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SubfamilyDynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles
14
34
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SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
16
26
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SubfamilyOrphninae
Erichson, 1847
2
2
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Species

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SubfamilyRutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers
9
32
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SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
36
146
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SubfamilyTrichiinae
Fleming, 1821
1
1
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Species

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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