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Checklist for Subfamily Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802 (Dung Beetles)
and region Free State (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
283
1882
3253
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
282
1879
3243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
265
1827
3170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
163
1308
2273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
39
413
714
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
35
347
621
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
5
135
359
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
5
135
359
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
124
317
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
37
178
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Free State
37 Genera with 178 Species
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Allogymnopleurus Janssens, 18553SpeciesTaxom
Caccobius Thomson, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Catharsius Hope, 18575SpeciesTaxom
Cheironitis van Lansberge, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Cleptocaccobius Cambefort, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1875Mexican dung beetle18SpeciesTaxom
Coptorhina Hope, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Drepanocerus Kirby, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Eodrepanus Barbero, Pal..., 19011SpeciesTaxom
Epirinus Reiche, 19017SpeciesTaxom
Euoniticellus Janssens, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Euonthophagus Balthasar, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Garreta Janssens, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 18434SpeciesTaxom
Heliocopris Hope, 17985SpeciesTaxom
Kheper Janssens, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Liatongus Reitter, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Litocopris Waterhouse, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Metacatharsius Paulian, 18575SpeciesTaxom
Neonitis Péringuey, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Neosisyphus Müller, 18187SpeciesTaxom
Odontoloma Boheman, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Oniticellus Serville, 18403SpeciesTaxom
Onitis Fabricius, 185713SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 184343SpeciesTaxom
Pachylomera Griffith & P..., 18281SpeciesTaxom
Pedaria Laporte, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Phalops Erichson, 18675SpeciesTaxom
Proagoderus Lansberge, 18554SpeciesTaxom
Sarophorus Erichson, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 194020SpeciesTaxom
Sceliages Westwood, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Sisyphus Latreille, 18188SpeciesTaxom
Stiptopodius Harold, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Tiniocellus Péringuey, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Xinidium Harold, 18691SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Free State
178 Species and 4 Subspecies
Allogymnopleurus consocius Péringuey, 1901
Allogymnopleurus splendidus Bertoloni, 1849
Allogymnopleurus thalassinus Klug, 1855
Caccobius ferrugineus Fahraeus, 1857
Caccobius histerinus Fahraeus, 1857
Caccobius obtusus Fahraeus, 1857
Catharsius marcellus Kolbe, 1893
Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888
Catharsius tricornutus DeGeer, 1778
Catharsius ulysses Boheman, 1857
Catharsius vitulus Boheman, 1857
Cheironitis hoplosternus Harold, 1868
Cheironitis scabrosus Fabricius, 1776
Cleptocaccobius viridicollis Fahraeus, 1857
Copris antares Bacescu & Ca..., 1947
Copris caelatus Fabricius, 1794
Copris cassius Péringuey, 1901
Copris cornifrons Boheman, 1860
Copris corniger (Sahlberg, 1823)⇒ Onthophagus taurus Schreber, 1759
Copris denticulatus Nguyen-phung, 1988
Copris elphenor Klug, 1855
Copris evanidus Klug, 1855
Copris fallaciosus Gillet, 1907Kenyan dung beetle
Copris fidius Olivier, 1789
Copris inhalatus Quedenfeldt, 1884
Copris inhalatus perturbator Péringuey, 1901
Copris jacchoides Nguyen-phung..., 1987
Copris jacchus Lang, 1971
Copris mesacanthus Harold, 1878
Copris mesacanthus transvaalensis Nguyen-phung, 1988
Copris obesus Boheman, 1857
Copris ritsemae Harold, 1875
Coptorhina excavata Frolov, Akhm..., 2008
Coptorhina klugii Hope, 1833
Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787Brown dung beetle
Drepanocerus kirbyi Kirby, 1828
Drepanocerus patrizii Boucomont, 1923
Eodrepanus fastiditus Péringuey, 1901
Epirinus asper Péringuey, 1901
Epirinus flagellatus Fabricius, 1775
Epirinus gratus Péringuey, 1901
Epirinus obtusus Boheman, 1857
Epirinus striatus Scholtz & Ho..., 1987
Epirinus sulcipennis Boheman, 1857
Epirinus validus Péringuey, 1901
Euoniticellus africanus Harold, 1873Greater sandy dung beetle
Euoniticellus triangulatus Harold, 1873
Euonthophagus carbonarius Klug, 1855
Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789
Garreta unicolor Fahraeus, 1857
Gymnopleurus aenescens Wiedemann, 1821
Gymnopleurus humanus MacLeay, 1821
Gymnopleurus leei Fabricius, 1792
Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843
Heliocopris andersoni Bates, 1868
Heliocopris faunus Boheman, 1857
Heliocopris hamadryas Fabricius, 1775
Heliocopris neptunus Boheman, 1857
Heliocopris pirmal Fabricius, 1798
Kheper lamarcki MacLeay, 1821
Kheper nigroaeneus Boheman, 1857
Liatongus militaris Castelnau, 1840Yellow Shouldered Dung Beetle
Litocopris simplex Harold, 1869
Metacatharsius latifrons Harold, 1868
Metacatharsius marani Balthasar, 1940
Metacatharsius pumilionis Wallengren, 1881
Metacatharsius pusio Kolbe, 1908
Metacatharsius troglodytes (Boheman, 1857)⇒ Metacatharsius anderseni Waterhouse, 1891
Neonitis nigritiae Gillet, 1918
Neosisyphus barbarossa Wiedemann, 1823
Neosisyphus calcaratus Klug, 1855
Neosisyphus macrorubrus Paschalidis, 1974
Neosisyphus rubripes Péringuey, 1901
Neosisyphus rubrus Paschalidis, 1974
Neosisyphus rugosus Gory, 1833
Neosisyphus spinipes Thunberg, 1818Grey dungball roller
Odontoloma louwi Howden & Sch..., 1987
Odontoloma sculpturatum Harold, 1868
Oniticellus formosus (Chevrolat, 1830)⇒ Oniticellus pictus Hausmann, 1807
Oniticellus pictus Hausmann, 1807
Oniticellus planatus Castelnau, 1840
Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835)⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Onitis alexis alexis
Onitis aygulus Fabricius, 1781
Onitis caffer Boheman, 1857
Onitis confusus Boheman, 1860
Onitis curvipes Lansberge, 1875
Onitis parainflaticollis Ferreira, 1977
Onitis pecuarius Lansberge, 1875
Onitis perpunctatus Balthasar, 1963
Onitis picticollis Boheman, 1857
Onitis tortuosus Houston, 1983
Onitis uncinatus Klug, 1855
Onitis viridulus (Boheman, 1857)⇒ Onitis pecuarius Lansberge, 1875
Onthophagus (Afrostrandius) plebejus Klug, 1855
Onthophagus (Proagoderus) pegesimallus Marcus, 1917
Onthophagus absyrtus Balthasar, 1946
Onthophagus aeruginosus Roth, 1851
Onthophagus binodis Thunberg, 1818Humpbacked Dung Beetle
Onthophagus bovinus Péringuey, 1892
Onthophagus cyaneoniger d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus deterrens Péringuey, 1901
Onthophagus ebenus Péringuey, 1888
Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851
Onthophagus flavimargo d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus fritschi d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus granulifer (Harold, 1886)⇒ Onthophagus ponticus Harold, 1883
Onthophagus hyaena Fabricius, 1801
Onthophagus impressicollis Boheman, 1860
Onthophagus incisus Harold, 1877
Onthophagus interstitialis (Fahraeus, 1857)⇒ Euonthophagus carbonarius Klug, 1855
Onthophagus lamnifer d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus leucopygus (Harold, 1867)⇒ Onthophagus albipodex d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus lugens (Fahraeus, 1857)⇒ Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851
Onthophagus lugubris (Fahraeus, 1857)⇒ Onthophagus lituratus Roth, 1851
Onthophagus modestus Harold, 1862
Onthophagus monodon Fahraeus, 1857
Onthophagus naso Fahraeus, 1857
Onthophagus obtusicornis (Fahraeus, 1857)⇒ Onthophagus marginalis przewalski Kabakov, 2006
Onthophagus obtutus Péringuey, 1901
Onthophagus pallidipennis (Fahraeus, 1857)⇒ Onthophagus rasipennis d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus parumnotatus Fahraeus, 1857
Onthophagus peringueyi Shipp, 1895
Onthophagus pilosus (Fahraeus, 1857)⇒ Onthophagus echinus Boucomont, 1914
Onthophagus pugionatus Fahraeus, 1857
Onthophagus pullus (Roth, 1851)⇒ Onthophagus parenthesis Boucomont, 1913
Onthophagus quadraticeps Harold, 1867
Onthophagus rasipennis d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus rubens d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus setosus Fahraeus, 1857
Onthophagus stellio Erichson, 1843
Onthophagus sugillatus Klug, 1855
Onthophagus suturalis (Péringuey, 1888)⇒ Onthophagus trituber Wiedemann, 1823
Onthophagus variegatus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873
Onthophagus variolosus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus verticalis (Fahraeus, 1857)⇒ Onthophagus praedatus Harold, 1862
Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843
Pachylomera femoralis Kirby, 1828
Pedaria picea Fahraeus, 1857
Phalops bubalus Harold, 1867
Phalops dregei Harold, 1867
Phalops flavocinctus Klug, 1855
Phalops rufosignatus (Lansberge, 1885)⇒ Phalops dregei Harold, 1867
Phalops wittei Harold, 1867
Proagoderus brucei brucei
Proagoderus chalcostolus d´Orbigny, 1902
Proagoderus lanista Castelnau, 1840
Proagoderus loricatus Klug, 1855
Sarophorus costatus Fahraeus, 1857
Scarabaeus ambiguus (Boheman, 1857)⇒ Gnorimus variabilis Linnaeus, 1758
Scarabaeus anderseni Waterhouse, 1890
Scarabaeus basuto zur Strassen, 1962
Scarabaeus bohemani Harold, 1868
Scarabaeus costatus Wiedemann, 1823
Scarabaeus flavicornis Boheman, 1860
Scarabaeus fritschi Harold, 1868
Scarabaeus funebris Boheman, 1857
Scarabaeus galenus Westwood, 1847
Scarabaeus goryi Castelnau, 1840
Scarabaeus heqvisti zur Strassen, 1962
Scarabaeus inguisitus
Scarabaeus inoportunus Ferreira, 1953
Scarabaeus inquisitus Péringuey, 1908
Scarabaeus interstitialis Boheman, 1857
Scarabaeus intricatus Fabricius, 1801
Scarabaeus karrooensis zur Strassen, 1961
Scarabaeus pabulator Péringuey, 1908
Scarabaeus viator Péringuey, 1901
Scarabaeus vicinus (Janssens, 1940)⇒ Lucanus cervus Linnaeus, 1758
Sceliages adamastor Lepeletier &..., 1828
Sisyphus barbarossa (Wiedemann, 1823)⇒ Neosisyphus spinipes Thunberg, 1818
Sisyphus caffer Boheman, 1857
Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818
Sisyphus crispatus Gory, 1833
Sisyphus goryi (Harold, 1859)⇒ Sisyphus caffer goryi Harold, 1859
Sisyphus macrorubrus (Paschalidis, 1974)⇒ Neosisyphus macrorubrus Paschalidis, 1974
Sisyphus rubrus (Paschalidis, 1974)⇒ Neosisyphus rubrus Paschalidis, 1974
Sisyphus spinipes (Thunberg, 1818)⇒ Neosisyphus spinipes Thunberg, 1818
Stiptopodius patrizii Boucomont, 1923
Tiniocellus eurypygus Branco, 2010
Xinidium dentilabris Harold, 1869

Subnodes of Scarabaeinae with occurrences in Free State
TribeAteuchini
Montreuil, 1998
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCanthonini
Péringuey, 1900
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCoprini
Kolbe, 1805
6
33
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeGymnopleurini
Lacordaire, 1856
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOniticellini
d´Orbigny, 1916
6
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOnitini
Hope, 1837
3
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOnthophagini
Lacordaire, 1856
8
59
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeScarabaeini
Latreille, 1802
4
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeSisyphini
Mulsant, 1842
2
15
Genera
Species

Taxom



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