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Checklist for Subfamily Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802 (Dung Beetles)
and region Ghana (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
3683
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
216
2958
8177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
51
831
2114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
48
764
1943
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
7
225
651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
7
225
651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
200
570
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
33
160
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ghana
33 Genera with 160 Species
#ACDEGHIKMNOPST
Allogymnopleurus Janssens, 19734SpeciesTaxom
Anachalcos Hope, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Caccobius Thomson, 18674SpeciesTaxom
Cambefortius Branco, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Catharsius Hope, 18884SpeciesTaxom
Cheironitis van Lansberge, 17892SpeciesTaxom
Cleptocaccobius Cambefort, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1901Mexican dung beetle13SpeciesTaxom
Diastellopalpus van Lansberge, 18913SpeciesTaxom
Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 17874SpeciesTaxom
Eodrepanus Barbero, Pal..., 19531SpeciesTaxom
Euoniticellus Janssens, 18734SpeciesTaxom
Garreta Janssens, 17893SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 18439SpeciesTaxom
Heliocopris Hope, 18936SpeciesTaxom
Heteronitis Gillet, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Ixodina Roth, 19764SpeciesTaxom
Kheper Janssens, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Metacatharsius Paulian, 17892SpeciesTaxom
Milichus Péringuey, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Neosisyphus Müller, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Oniticellus Serville, 18072SpeciesTaxom
Onitis Fabricius, 187511SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 184344SpeciesTaxom
Pedaria Laporte, 19226SpeciesTaxom
Phalops Erichson, 18833SpeciesTaxom
Proagoderus Lansberge, 18834SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosaproecius Balthasar, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Sisyphus Latreille, 197313SpeciesTaxom
Stiptopodius Harold, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Tibiodrepanus Krikken, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Tiniocellus Péringuey, 18513SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
160 Species and 10 Subspecies
Allogymnopleurus aeneus Harold, 1875
Allogymnopleurus olivieri Castelnau, 1840
Allogymnopleurus umbrinus Gerstaecker, 1871
Allogymnopleurus youngai Endrödi, 1973
Anachalcos cupreus Fabricius, 1775
Caccobius cavatus d´Orbigny, 1908
Caccobius genierorum Walter, 2014
Caccobius ivorensis Cambefort, 1984
Caccobius punctatissimus Harold, 1867
Cambefortius bidentiger d´Orbigny, 1905
Catharsius achates Olivier, 1789
Catharsius eteocles (Laporte, 1840)⇒ Catharsius alpheus Gillet, 1932
Catharsius pseudolycaon Ferreira, 1960
Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888
Cheironitis hungaricus Herbst, 1789
Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Cleptocaccobius clementi Cambefort, 1971
Copris carmelita Fabricius, 1801
Copris coriarius Gillet, 1907
Copris fallaciosus Gillet, 1907Kenyan dung beetle
Copris integer (Reiche, 1847)⇒ Copris fallaciosus Gillet, 1907
Copris interioris Kolbe, 1897
Copris laius Harold, 1868
Copris laius laius
Copris megaceratoides Waterhouse, 1891
Copris orion orion
Copris phungae Cambefort, 1992
Copris renwarti Nguyen-phung..., 1986
Copris sinon Olivier, 1789
Copris truncatus Felsche, 1901
Diastellopalpus noctis Thomson, 1858
Diastellopalpus thomsoni Bates, 1888
Diastellopalpus tridens (Fairmaire, 1891)⇒ Diastellopalpus thomsoni Bates, 1888
Digitonthophagus dilatatus Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus falciger Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus fimator Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787Brown dung beetle
Eodrepanus bechynei Janssens, 1953
Euoniticellus intermedius Reiche, 1848Intermediate sandy dung beetle
Euoniticellus nasicornis Reiche, 1849
Euoniticellus parvus Kraatz, 1895
Euoniticellus triangulatus Harold, 1873
Garreta crenulatus Kolbe, 1895
Garreta laetus laetus
Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus aenescens Wiedemann, 1821
Gymnopleurus coerulescens Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus foricarius Garreta, 1914
Gymnopleurus fulgidus Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus nyankpalaensis Endrödi, 1976
Gymnopleurus particolor Davis, 1986
Gymnopleurus profanus (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus puncticollis (Gillet, 1909)⇒ Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843
Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843
Heliocopris antenor (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868
Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868
Heliocopris dianae (Hope, 1842)⇒ Heliocopris mutabilis Kolbe, 1893
Heliocopris eryx eryx
Heliocopris mutabilis Kolbe, 1893
Heliocopris myrmidon Kolbe, 1893
Heteronitis pauliani Janssens, 1942
Ixodina abyssinica abyssinica
Ixodina bos Endrödi, 1976
Ixodina endroedyi Endrödi, 1976
Ixodina szunyoghyi occidentalis Endrödi, 1976
Kheper subaeneus Harold, 1869
Metacatharsius abortivus Fairmaire, 1891
Metacatharsius peleus Olivier, 1789
Milichus inaequalis Boucomont, 1928
Neosisyphus angulicollis Felsche, 1909
Oniticellus formosus (Chevrolat, 1830)⇒ Oniticellus pictus Hausmann, 1807
Oniticellus pictus Hausmann, 1807
Onitis aeneus Lansberge, 1875
Onitis affinis Felsche, 1911
Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835)⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Onitis alexis alexis
Onitis aygulus Fabricius, 1781
Onitis cupreus Castelnau, 1840
Onitis fulgidus (Klug, 1855)⇒ Pleuronitis fulgidus Castelnau, 1840
Onitis lobi Cambefort, 1984
Onitis reichei Lansberge, 1875
Onitis sphinx Fabricius, 1775
Onitis violaceus (Lansberge, 1875)⇒ Onitis humerosus Pallas, 1771
Onthophagus (Proagoderus) pegesimallus Marcus, 1917
Onthophagus (Strandius) obliquus Olivier, 1789
Onthophagus anomalicollis Frey, 1973
Onthophagus ashanticola Frey, 1973
Onthophagus bartosi Balthasar, 1966
Onthophagus bidens Olivier, 1789
Onthophagus bimarginatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus cornifrons Thomson, 1858
Onthophagus costiger d´Orbigny, 1915
Onthophagus cupreus Harold, 1880
Onthophagus cyanochlorus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus denudatus endroedii Frey, 1973
Onthophagus depilis d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus epilamprus Bates, 1888
Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851
Onthophagus flaviclava d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus flexicornis d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus funestus Moretto & Gé..., 2010
Onthophagus ghanensis Balthasar, 1966
Onthophagus jonathani Moretto & Gé..., 2020
Onthophagus juvencus Klug, 1835
Onthophagus kindianus Frey, 1953
Onthophagus lamtoensis Cambefort, 1984
Onthophagus latestriatus d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus latigibber d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus liberianus Lansberge, 1883
Onthophagus mankonoensis (Balthasar, 1966)⇒ Onthophagus mocquerysi d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus maxwellianus Moretto, 2013
Onthophagus mocquerysi d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus mucronatus (Thomson, 1858)⇒ Pseudosaproecius validicornis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Onthophagus nigriceps Raffray, 1877
Onthophagus notatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus paravinctus Tagliaferri ..., 2012
Onthophagus pullus (Roth, 1851)⇒ Onthophagus parenthesis Boucomont, 1913
Onthophagus rectorispauliani Cambefort, 1980
Onthophagus rhyncophorus
Onthophagus rufopygus Frey, 1957
Onthophagus rugosipennis Frey, 1973
Onthophagus stehliki Balthasar, 1966
Onthophagus triacanthus Castelnau, 1840
Onthophagus trinominatus Goidanich, 1926
Onthophagus ugoi Moretto & Gé..., 2020
Onthophagus variegatus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873
Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843
Pedaria coprinarum Cambefort, 1982
Pedaria criberrima Waterhouse, 1890
Pedaria fernandezi Cambefort, 1982
Pedaria renwarti Cambefort, 1982
Pedaria reticulata Josso & Prév..., 2015
Pedaria rohani Boucomont, 1922
Phalops barbicornis Lansberge, 1883
Phalops iphis Olivier, 1789
Phalops vanellus Lansberge, 1883
Proagoderus auratus Fabricius, 1801
Proagoderus cometes Bates, 1888
Proagoderus patinatus Marcus, 1917
Proagoderus ritsemai Lansberge, 1883
Pseudosaproecius portentosus Felsche, 1907
Pseudosaproecius validicornis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Scarabaeus gangeticus Castelnau, 1840
Scarabaeus goryi Castelnau, 1840
Sisyphus angulicollis (Felsche, 1909)⇒ Neosisyphus angulicollis Felsche, 1909
Sisyphus arboreus Walter, 1982
Sisyphus armatus (Gory, 1833)⇒ Neosisyphus confrater Kolbe, 1914
Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818
Sisyphus crispatus crispatus
Sisyphus gladiator (Arrow, 1927)⇒ Neosisyphus gladiator Arrow, 1927
Sisyphus goryi (Harold, 1859)⇒ Sisyphus caffer goryi Harold, 1859
Sisyphus latus (Boucomont, 1928)⇒ Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818
Sisyphus ocellatus Reiche, 1847
Sisyphus paschalidisae Cambefort, 1984
Sisyphus seminulum (Gerstaecker, 1871)⇒ Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818
Sisyphus spinipes (Thunberg, 1818)⇒ Neosisyphus spinipes Thunberg, 1818
Sisyphus youngai Endrödi, 1973
Stiptopodius nodieri Boucomont, 1923
Tibiodrepanus sulcicollis Castelnau, 1840
Tiniocellus praetermissus Branco, 2010
Tiniocellus setifer Kraatz, 1895
Tiniocellus spinipes Roth, 1851

Subnodes of Scarabaeinae with occurrences in Ghana
TribeAteuchini
Montreuil, 1998
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCanthonini
Péringuey, 1900
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCoprini
Kolbe, 1805
4
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeGymnopleurini
Lacordaire, 1856
3
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOniticellini
d´Orbigny, 1916
6
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOnitini
Hope, 1837
3
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOnthophagini
Lacordaire, 1856
11
68
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeScarabaeini
Latreille, 1802
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeSisyphini
Mulsant, 1842
2
14
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Scarabaeinae at artfakta.se
Scarabaeinae at dyntaxa.se
Scarabaeinae at itis.gov