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Checklist for Subfamily Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802 (Dung Beetles)
and region Angola (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
393
4119
10535
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
391
4115
10530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
377
4038
10288
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
3217
8675
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
58
1343
3728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
54
1161
3003
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
9
257
852
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
9
257
852
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
232
787
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
45
315
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Angola
45 Genera with 315 Species
#ACDEFGHKLMNOPST
Anachalcos Hope, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Caccobius Thomson, 19054SpeciesTaxom
Canthidium Erichson, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Catharsius Hope, 177819SpeciesTaxom
Copridaspidus Bloucomont, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1962Mexican dung beetle18SpeciesTaxom
Coptorhina Hope, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Delopleurus Erichson, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Diastellopalpus van Lansberge, 18915SpeciesTaxom
Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 20173SpeciesTaxom
Drepanocerus Kirby, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Euoniticellus Janssens, 18733SpeciesTaxom
Euonthophagus Balthasar, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Frankenbergerius1SpeciesTaxom
Garreta Janssens, 17894SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 18437SpeciesTaxom
Heliocopris Hope, 187814SpeciesTaxom
Heteronitis Gillet, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Hyalonthophagus Palestrini &..., 18551SpeciesTaxom
Kheper Janssens, 18869SpeciesTaxom
Latodrepanus Krikken, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Liatongus Reitter, 18864SpeciesTaxom
Metacatharsius Paulian, 18576SpeciesTaxom
Milichus Péringuey, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Mimonthophagus Balthasar, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Neosisyphus Müller, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Oniticellus Serville, 18403SpeciesTaxom
Onitis Fabricius, 185723SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 1927102SpeciesTaxom
Pachylomera Griffith & P..., 18281SpeciesTaxom
Paraphytus Harold, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Pedaria Laporte, 189012SpeciesTaxom
Phalops Erichson, 200311SpeciesTaxom
Platyonitis Janssens, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Pleuronitis Lansberge, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Proagoderus Lansberge, 188415SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocopris Ferreira, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosaproecius Balthasar, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Sarophorus Erichson, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 190115SpeciesTaxom
Sceliages Westwood, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Sisyphus Latreille, 201812SpeciesTaxom
Stiptopodius Harold, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Tibiodrepanus Krikken, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Tiniocellus Péringuey, 18512SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Angola
315 Species and 8 Subspecies
Anachalcos convexus Boheman, 1857
Anachalcos cupreus Fabricius, 1775
Caccobius discrepans Péringuey, 1901
Caccobius ferrugineus Fahraeus, 1857
Caccobius nigritulus Klug, 1855
Caccobius semiaeneus d´Orbigny, 1905
Canthidium smaragdinum Harold, 1867
Catharsius alpheus Gillet, 1932
Catharsius bellus Gillet, 1918
Catharsius belus Gillet, 1918
Catharsius biconifer Felsche, 1907
Catharsius cassius Kolbe, 1893
Catharsius dux Harold, 1878
Catharsius erechtheus Felsche, 1907
Catharsius eteocles (Laporte, 1840)⇒ Catharsius alpheus Gillet, 1932
Catharsius fastidiosus Thomson, 1858
Catharsius gorilla Thomson, 1858
Catharsius gorilloides Felsche, 1907
Catharsius heros Boheman, 1860
Catharsius longiceps Gillet, 1907
Catharsius machadoi Ferreira, 1960
Catharsius melancholicus (Boheman, 1860)⇒ Catharsius longiceps Gillet, 1907
Catharsius pandion Harold, 1877
Catharsius satyrus Kolbe, 1893
Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888
Catharsius tricornutus DeGeer, 1778
Copridaspidus peregrinus Harold, 1878
Copris bovinus Gillet, 1908
Copris cassius Péringuey, 1901
Copris coriarius Gillet, 1907
Copris davisi Nguyen-phung..., 1986
Copris draco Arrow, 1906
Copris elphenor Klug, 1855
Copris evanidus Klug, 1855
Copris gracilis Waterhouse, 1891
Copris inhalatus Quedenfeldt, 1884
Copris inhalatus inhalatus
Copris macer Péringuey, 1901
Copris mesacanthus Harold, 1878
Copris mesacanthus mesacanthus
Copris orion Klug, 1835
Copris orion orion
Copris orphanus (Guérin-Ménev..., 1847)⇒ Copris evanidus Klug, 1855
Copris puncticollis Boheman, 1857
Copris vilhenai Ferreira, 1962
Coptorhina angolensis Arrow, 1906
Coptorhina nitidipennis Boheman, 1857
Delopleurus pullus Boheman, 1857
Diastellopalpus hassoni Moretto, 1999
Diastellopalpus infernalis Lansberge, 1887
Diastellopalpus lamellicollis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Diastellopalpus thomsoni Bates, 1888
Diastellopalpus tridens (Fairmaire, 1891)⇒ Diastellopalpus thomsoni Bates, 1888
Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787Brown dung beetle
Digitonthophagus namaquensis Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus viridicollis Génier, 2017
Drepanocerus kirbyi Kirby, 1828
Euoniticellus intermedius Reiche, 1848Intermediate sandy dung beetle
Euoniticellus nasicornis Reiche, 1849
Euoniticellus triangulatus Harold, 1873
Euonthophagus carbonarius Klug, 1855
Frankenbergerius armatus Boheman, 1857
Garreta azureus Fabricius, 1801
Garreta caffer Fahraeus, 1857
Garreta laetus olivaceus Quedenfeldt, 1884
Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus aenescens Wiedemann, 1821
Gymnopleurus andreaei Ferreira, 1954
Gymnopleurus coerulescens Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus humanus MacLeay, 1821
Gymnopleurus ignitus Klug, 1855
Gymnopleurus pumilus (Reiche, 1847)⇒ Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843
Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843
Heliocopris andersoni Bates, 1868
Heliocopris antenor (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868
Heliocopris atropos Boheman, 1860
Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868
Heliocopris faunus Boheman, 1857
Heliocopris fonsecai Ferreira, 1967
Heliocopris hamadryas Fabricius, 1775
Heliocopris haroldi Kolbe, 1893
Heliocopris hunteri Waterhouse, 1891
Heliocopris japetus Klug, 1855
Heliocopris kolbei Felsche, 1901
Heliocopris pauliani Janssens, 1939
Heliocopris pirmal Fabricius, 1798
Heliocopris samson Harold, 1878
Heteronitis castelnaui Harold, 1862
Hyalonthophagus alcyon Klug, 1855
Kheper cuvieri MacLeay, 1821
Kheper festivus festivus
Kheper intermedius Gillet, 1909
Kheper lamarcki MacLeay, 1821
Kheper paganus Harold, 1878
Kheper prodigiosus Erichson, 1843
Kheper subaeneus Harold, 1869
Kheper vanderkelleni Lansberge, 1886
Kheper vethi Lansberge, 1886
Latodrepanus laticollis Fahraeus, 1857
Liatongus fulvostriatus d´Orbigny, 1916
Liatongus interruptus (Quedenfeldt, 1884)⇒ Liatongus fulvostriatus d´Orbigny, 1916
Liatongus militaris Castelnau, 1840Yellow Shouldered Dung Beetle
Liatongus testudo Lansberge, 1886
Metacatharsius anderseni Waterhouse, 1891
Metacatharsius dentinum Ferreira, 1964
Metacatharsius exiguus Boheman, 1860
Metacatharsius ferreirae Balthasar, 1965
Metacatharsius opacus Waterhouse, 1891
Metacatharsius troglodytes (Boheman, 1857)⇒ Metacatharsius anderseni Waterhouse, 1891
Milichus apicalis (Fahraeus, 1857)⇒ Milichus rhodesianus Péringuey, 1904
Milichus rhodesianus Péringuey, 1904
Mimonthophagus anomalus Klug, 1855
Neosisyphus rugosus Gory, 1833
Oniticellus formosus (Chevrolat, 1830)⇒ Oniticellus pictus Hausmann, 1807
Oniticellus pictus Hausmann, 1807
Oniticellus planatus Castelnau, 1840
Onitis abyssinicus (Reiche, 1847)⇒ Onitis lycophron Klug, 1855
Onitis adriani Ferreira, 1976
Onitis aerarius Harold, 1878
Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835)⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Onitis alexis alexis
Onitis camiadeianus Josso & Mont..., 2017
Onitis crenatus Reiche, 1847
Onitis cryptodus Gillet, 1918
Onitis cupreus Castelnau, 1840
Onitis curvipes Lansberge, 1875
Onitis deceptor Péringuey, 1901
Onitis fabricii Roth, 1851
Onitis fulgidus (Klug, 1855)⇒ Pleuronitis fulgidus Castelnau, 1840
Onitis lycophron Klug, 1855
Onitis obscurus Lansberge, 1886
Onitis orthopus Lansberge, 1875
Onitis robustus Boheman, 1857
Onitis setosus Lansberge, 1875
Onitis sphinx Fabricius, 1775
Onitis tortuosus Houston, 1983
Onitis uncinatus Klug, 1855
Onitis vanderkelleni Lansberge, 1886Dung beetle
Onitis viridulus (Boheman, 1857)⇒ Onitis pecuarius Lansberge, 1875
Onthophagus (Afrostrandius) granulipennis (Lansberge, 1886)⇒ Onthophagus ater Waterhouse, 1875
Onthophagus (Afrostrandius) plebejus Klug, 1855
Onthophagus (Digitonthophagus) gazella (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) eulaminicornis Pittino, 2006
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) fracticornis (Preyssler, 1790)⇒ Onthophagus similis Scriba, 1790
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) ponticus Harold, 1883
Onthophagus (Paleonthophagus) similis Scriba, 1790
Onthophagus (Phanaeomorphus) ater Waterhouse, 1875
Onthophagus (Proagoderus) fossidorsis d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus (Proagoderus) pegesimallus Marcus, 1917
Onthophagus aegrotus Balthasar, 1967
Onthophagus aeruginosus Roth, 1851
Onthophagus aethiopicus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus africanus Lansberge, 1886
Onthophagus albipodex d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus angolensis Paulian, 1937
Onthophagus anomalipes d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus apiciosus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus axillaris (Boheman, 1860)⇒ Onthophagus criniger d´Orbigny, 1904
Onthophagus benguellianus Paulian, 1937
Onthophagus bicarinatus Gomes Alves, 1944
Onthophagus bicavifrons d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus bidens Olivier, 1789
Onthophagus biplagiatus Thomson, 1858
Onthophagus cancer Lansberge, 1886
Onthophagus chalcostolus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus cinctipennis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Onthophagus clitellarius d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus colasi Paulian, 1937
Onthophagus cornifrons Thomson, 1858
Onthophagus crassicollis Boucomont, 1913
Onthophagus criniger d´Orbigny, 1904
Onthophagus dispar Péringuey, 1901
Onthophagus duvivieri d´Orbigny, 1904
Onthophagus fallax d´Orbigny, 1913
Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851
Onthophagus flavolimbatus Klug, 1855
Onthophagus foliaceus Lansberge, 1886Scarab beetle
Onthophagus foliiceps Quedenfeldt, 1884
Onthophagus fungus Josso, 2022
Onthophagus furcatoides (Lansberge, 1886)⇒ Onthophagus neofurcatus Goidanich, 1926
Onthophagus furculifer d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus georgwerneri Josso, 2022
Onthophagus gibbus d´Orbigny, 1913
Onthophagus gonopygus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus grandidorsis d´Orbigny, 1913
Onthophagus granulifer (Harold, 1886)⇒ Onthophagus ponticus Harold, 1883
Onthophagus granulifrons Frey, 1961
Onthophagus guttatus (Boheman, 1860)⇒ Onthophagus quadrilunatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus herus Péringuey, 1901
Onthophagus humpatensis Lansberge, 1886
Onthophagus illotus Péringuey, 1901
Onthophagus imbellis d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus importunus Péringuey, 1901
Onthophagus impressicollis Boheman, 1860
Onthophagus insignis (Péringuey, 1896)⇒ Proagoderus fossidorsis d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus jugicola d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus laeviceps d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus lamelliger (Gerstaecker, 1871)⇒ Onthophagus ochropygus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus laminicornis (Lansberge, 1886)⇒ Onthophagus eulaminicornis Pittino, 2006
Onthophagus marginipennis Josso, 2018
Onthophagus mediofuscatus d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus monardi (Boucomont, 1936)⇒ Onthophagus monardiellus Frey, 1963
Onthophagus monardiellus Frey, 1963
Onthophagus nanus (Harold, 1878)⇒ Onthophagus waterhousei Gillet, 1927
Onthophagus neofurcatus Goidanich, 1926
Onthophagus nigrivestis (d´Orbigny, 1902)⇒ Onthophagus laeviceps d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus ochropygus d´Orbigny, 1902Common snipe fly
Onthophagus parcenotatus d´Orbigny, 1913
Onthophagus parumnotatus Fahraeus, 1857
Onthophagus paucigranosus Lansberge, 1886
Onthophagus placens Péringuey, 1904
Onthophagus probus Péringuey, 1901
Onthophagus proximus d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus pugionatus Fahraeus, 1857
Onthophagus quadrilunatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus quadrinodosus Fahraeus, 1857
Onthophagus rhinocerus (Gomes Alves, 1944)⇒ Onthophagus nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Onthophagus rubricatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus rufonotatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus sansibaricus Harold, 1878
Onthophagus schaufussi Harold, 1867
Onthophagus sellatus Klug, 1845
Onthophagus semiflavus (Boheman, 1860)⇒ Onthophagus flavolimbatus Klug, 1855
Onthophagus seminitens d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus semivestitus Paulian, 1937
Onthophagus setosus Fahraeus, 1857
Onthophagus signatus Fahraeus, 1857
Onthophagus simplex Raffray, 1877
Onthophagus stellio Erichson, 1843
Onthophagus suffusus Klug, 1855
Onthophagus sumptuosus Paulian, 1937
Onthophagus testaceoviolaceus Paulian, 1937
Onthophagus thomsoni Bates, 1888
Onthophagus tonsus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus transcaspicus Koenig, 1888Gazella scarab
Onthophagus tripartitus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus variegranosus d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus vesanus Balthasar, 1967
Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843
Onthophagus waterhousei Gillet, 1927
Pachylomera femoralis Kirby, 1828
Paraphytus africanus Boucomont, 1923
Pedaria angolana Boucomont, 1922
Pedaria conformis Péringuey, 1901
Pedaria criberrima Waterhouse, 1890
Pedaria cylindrica Fahraeus, 1857
Pedaria decorsei (Boucomont, 1922)⇒ Pedaria taylori Waterhouse, 1890
Pedaria granulosa Ferreira, 1962
Pedaria montreuili Josso & Prév..., 2015
Pedaria ovata Boucomont, 1922
Pedaria rohani Boucomont, 1922
Pedaria segregis Péringuey, 1901
Pedaria spinosa Boucomont, 1922
Pedaria tuberculigera Waterhouse, 1890
Phalops ardea Klug, 1855
Phalops beccarii Harold, 1875
Phalops boschas Klug, 1855
Phalops dregei Harold, 1867
Phalops lutatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Phalops pauliani Barbero & Pa..., 2003
Phalops plancus Erichson, 1843
Phalops prasinus (Erichson, 1843)⇒ Phalops beccarii Harold, 1875
Phalops rufosignatus (Lansberge, 1885)⇒ Phalops dregei Harold, 1867
Phalops wittei Harold, 1867
Phalops zuninoi Barbero & Pa..., 2003
Platyonitis bicuariensis Ferreira, 1976
Pleuronitis fulgidus Castelnau, 1840
Proagoderus bicallosus Klug, 1855
Proagoderus brucei (d´Orbigny, 1902)⇒ Onthophagus chalcostolus d´Orbigny, 1902
Proagoderus brucei brucei
Proagoderus cyanopterus d´Orbigny, 1905
Proagoderus fossidorsis d´Orbigny, 1905
Proagoderus marginidens d´Orbigny, 1904
Proagoderus panoplus Bates, 1888
Proagoderus praedentatus d´Orbigny, 1904
Proagoderus rasidorsis d´Orbigny, 1905
Proagoderus sapphirinus (Péringuey, 1901)⇒ Onthophagus aureiceps d´Orbigny, 1902
Proagoderus speculatus d´Orbigny, 1908
Proagoderus speculicollis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Proagoderus subextensus Kolbe, 1895
Proagoderus trianguliceps d´Orbigny, 1905
Proagoderus unidens Quedenfeldt, 1884
Pseudocopris lunaticeps Gillet, 1910
Pseudocopris tubericollis Felsche, 1910
Pseudosaproecius cylindroides d´Orbigny, 1908
Pseudosaproecius validicornis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Sarophorus angolensis Frolov, 2004
Scarabaeus cancer Arrow, 1919
Scarabaeus flavicornis Boheman, 1860
Scarabaeus gilleti Janssens, 1940
Scarabaeus goryi Castelnau, 1840
Scarabaeus janssensi Balthasar, 1940
Scarabaeus knobeli Ferreira, 1958
Scarabaeus laevigatus (Kolbe, 1887)⇒ Scarabaeus goryi Castelnau, 1840
Scarabaeus obsoletepunctatus Balthasar, 1940
Scarabaeus palemo Olivier, 1789
Scarabaeus plausibilis Péringuey, 1892
Scarabaeus poggei Waterhouse, 1890
Scarabaeus proboscideus Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Scarabaeus profanus Fabricius, 1792
Scarabaeus sulcipennis Quedenfeldt, 1888
Scarabaeus zambesianus Péringuey, 1901
Sceliages augias Gillet, 1908
Sisyphus alveatus Boucomont, 1935
Sisyphus biarmatus Felsche, 1909
Sisyphus bicuariensis Daniel & Davis, 2018
Sisyphus crispatus Gory, 1833
Sisyphus crispatus crispatus
Sisyphus felschei Montreuil, 2015
Sisyphus goryi (Harold, 1859)⇒ Sisyphus caffer goryi Harold, 1859
Sisyphus impressipennis Lansberge, 1886
Sisyphus manni Montreuil, 2015
Sisyphus seminulum (Gerstaecker, 1871)⇒ Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818
Sisyphus splendidus Montreuil, 2015
Sisyphus tembyi Daniel & Davis, 2018
Stiptopodius muellerae Daniel & Des..., 2020
Stiptopodius singularis Péringuey, 1901
Tibiodrepanus sulcicollis Castelnau, 1840
Tiniocellus dolosus Branco, 2010
Tiniocellus spinipes Roth, 1851

Subnodes of Scarabaeinae with occurrences in Angola
TribeAteuchini
Montreuil, 1998
5
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCanthonini
Péringuey, 1900
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCoprini
Kolbe, 1805
7
58
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeGymnopleurini
Lacordaire, 1856
2
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOniticellini
d´Orbigny, 1916
7
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOnitini
Hope, 1837
4
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOnthophagini
Lacordaire, 1856
12
148
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeScarabaeini
Latreille, 1802
4
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeSisyphini
Mulsant, 1842
2
12
Genera
Species

Taxom



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