Checklist for Subfamily Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802 (Dung Beetles)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 388
4495
12408 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 385
4491
12404 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 368
4385
12052 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 234
3464
10323 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 55
803
1784 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 51
684
1481 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 7
171
407 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 7
171
407 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 157
368 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 36
146 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Nigeria
36 Genera with 146 Species #ACDEGHKMNOPST
| Allogymnopleurus Janssens, 1958 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anachalcos Hope, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caccobius Thomson, 1958 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Catharsius Hope, 1888 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Cleptocaccobius Cambefort, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copris Geoffroy, 1789 | Mexican dung beetle | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Coptorhina Hope, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyptochirus Lesne, 1828 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Delopleurus Erichson, 1939 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diastellopalpus van Lansberge, 1893 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1787 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Drepanocerus Kirby, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eodrepanus Barbero, Pal..., 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Euonthophagus Balthasar, 1959 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Garreta Janssens, 1789 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnopleurus Illiger, 1843 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Heliocopris Hope, 1893 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Heteroclitopus Péringuey, 1991 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronitis Gillet, 1942 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kheper Janssens, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Metacatharsius Paulian, 1961 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Milichus Péringuey, 1904 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Neosisyphus Müller, 1942 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Oniticellus Serville, 1840 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Onitis Fabricius, 1938 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1902 | | 32 | Species | Taxom | | Pedaria Laporte, 1890 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Phalops Erichson, 1883 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Phanaeus MacLeay, 1840 | Burrowing Dung Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacotarsus Harold, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Proagoderus Lansberge, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosaproecius Balthasar, 1884 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sisyphus Latreille, 1871 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Stiptopodius Harold, 1923 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tiniocellus Péringuey, 1895 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nigeria
146 Species and 6 Subspecies | Allogymnopleurus aeneus Harold, 1875 | | | Allogymnopleurus sericeicollis Frey, 1958 | | | Anachalcos cupreus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Caccobius auberti d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Caccobius ferrugineus Fahraeus, 1857 | | | Caccobius punctatissimus Harold, 1867 | | | Caccobius reticuliger d´Orbigny, 1904 | | | Caccobius sericeus Frey, 1958 | | | 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 | | | Cleptocaccobius convexifrons Raffray, 1877 | | | 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 | | | Cyptochirus ambiguus (Kirby, 1828) | ⇒ Drepanocerus trogiformis Roth, 1851 | | Delopleurus gilletti Janssens, 1939 | | | Diastellopalpus johnstoni Waterhouse, 1885 | | | Diastellopalpus lamellicollis Quedenfeldt, 1884 | | | Diastellopalpus murrayi Harold, 1868 | | | Diastellopalpus noctis Thomson, 1858 | | | Diastellopalpus sulciger Kolbe, 1893 | | | Digitonthophagus dilatatus Génier, 2017 | | | Digitonthophagus eucatta Génier, 2017 | | | Digitonthophagus falciger Génier, 2017 | | | Digitonthophagus fimator Génier, 2017 | | | Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | Brown dung beetle | | Drepanocerus ambiguus Kirby, 1828 | | | Drepanocerus trogiformis Roth, 1851 | | | Eodrepanus bechynei Janssens, 1953 | | | Garreta laetus laetus | | | Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789 | | | Gymnopleurus coerulescens Olivier, 1789 | | | Gymnopleurus fulgidus Olivier, 1789 | | | Gymnopleurus jacksoni Waterhouse, 1890 | | | 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 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 | | | Heteronitis pauliani Janssens, 1942 | | | Kheper festivus Harold, 1868 | | | Kheper festivus festivus | | | Metacatharsius abortivus Fairmaire, 1891 | | | Metacatharsius inermis Castelnau, 1840 | | | Metacatharsius peleus Olivier, 1789 | | | Metacatharsius tchadensis Balthasar, 1961 | | | Milichus apicalis (Fahraeus, 1857) | ⇒ Milichus rhodesianus Péringuey, 1904 | | Milichus rhodesianus Péringuey, 1904 | | | 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, 1886 | Dung 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 | | | 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 | | | 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 | | | Pinacotarsus dohrni Harold, 1875 | | | Proagoderus auratus Fabricius, 1801 | | | Proagoderus patinatus Marcus, 1917 | | | Proagoderus semiiris Thomson, 1858 | | | 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 | | | Scarabaeus goryi Castelnau, 1840 | | | 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 | | Stiptopodius doriae Harold, 1871 | | | Stiptopodius gaillardi Boucomont, 1923 | | | Stiptopodius nodieri Boucomont, 1923 | | | Tiniocellus praetermissus Branco, 2010 | | | Tiniocellus setifer Kraatz, 1895 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeinae with occurrences in Nigeria | Tribe | Ateuchini
Montreuil, 1998
| 3
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Canthonini
Péringuey, 1900
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Coprini
Kolbe, 1805
| 4
31 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Gymnopleurini
Lacordaire, 1856
| 3
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Oniticellini
d´Orbigny, 1916
| 5
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Onitini
Hope, 1837
| 2
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Onthophagini
Lacordaire, 1856
| 13
72 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Phanaeini
MacLeay, 1819
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Scarabaeini
Latreille, 1802
| 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Sisyphini
Mulsant, 1842
| 2
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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