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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
338
3017
6558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
336
3014
6554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
323
2967
6456
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
205
2384
5604
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
55
1080
2742
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
50
864
1958
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
7
220
741
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
7
220
741
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
200
682
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
45
285
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Senegal
45 Genera with 285 Species
#ACDEGHIJKLMNOPST
Afrodrepanus Krikken, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Allogymnopleurus Janssens, 18714SpeciesTaxom
Anachalcos Hope, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Aptychonitis Janssens, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Caccobius Thomson, 197516SpeciesTaxom
Cambefortius Branco, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Catharsius Hope, 185717SpeciesTaxom
Cheironitis van Lansberge, 17892SpeciesTaxom
Cleptocaccobius Cambefort, 19055SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1857Mexican dung beetle15SpeciesTaxom
Cyptochirus Lesne, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Diastellopalpus van Lansberge, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 20175SpeciesTaxom
Eodrepanus Barbero, Pal..., 19531SpeciesTaxom
Euoniticellus Janssens, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Euonthophagus Balthasar, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Garreta Janssens, 17893SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 18438SpeciesTaxom
Heliocopris Hope, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Heteroclitopus Péringuey, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Heteronitis Gillet, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Hyalonthophagus Palestrini &..., 19132SpeciesTaxom
Ixodina Roth, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Janssensellus Cambefort, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Kheper Janssens, 18693SpeciesTaxom
Latodrepanus Krikken, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Liatongus Reitter, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Litocopris Waterhouse, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Metacatharsius Paulian, 17896SpeciesTaxom
Milichus Péringuey, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Neosisyphus Müller, 18184SpeciesTaxom
Oniticellus Serville, 18072SpeciesTaxom
Onitis Fabricius, 187519SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 1908100SpeciesTaxom
Pedaria Laporte, 18908SpeciesTaxom
Phalops Erichson, 18837SpeciesTaxom
Pinacotarsus Harold, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Pleuronitis Lansberge, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Proagoderus Lansberge, 18299SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosaproecius Balthasar, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 17895SpeciesTaxom
Sisyphus Latreille, 181812SpeciesTaxom
Stiptopodius Harold, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Tibiodrepanus Krikken, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Tiniocellus Péringuey, 18513SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Senegal
285 Species and 9 Subspecies
Afrodrepanus marshalli Boucomont, 1921
Allogymnopleurus aeneus Harold, 1875
Allogymnopleurus olivieri Castelnau, 1840
Allogymnopleurus sagnai Nicolas & Mo..., 2002
Allogymnopleurus umbrinus Gerstaecker, 1871
Anachalcos convexus Boheman, 1857
Anachalcos cupreus Fabricius, 1775
Aptychonitis sulcicollis Harold, 1868
Caccobius anthracites d´Orbigny, 1904
Caccobius auberti d´Orbigny, 1902
Caccobius cavatus d´Orbigny, 1908
Caccobius dorsalis (Harold, 1867)⇒ Caccophilus dorsalis Harold, 1867
Caccobius ferrugineus Fahraeus, 1857
Caccobius ivorensis Cambefort, 1984
Caccobius mirabilepunctatus Cambefort, 1971
Caccobius morettoi Walter, 2014
Caccobius pentagonus d´Orbigny, 1908
Caccobius polygonus d´Orbigny, 1911
Caccobius punctatissimus Harold, 1867
Caccobius reticuliger d´Orbigny, 1904
Caccobius schreberi Linnaeus, 1767
Caccobius sericoides Balthasar, 1966
Caccobius signatipennis Harold, 1867
Caccobius villiersi Cambefort, 1975
Cambefortius bidentiger d´Orbigny, 1905
Cambefortius lamizanai Cambefort, 1983
Catharsius achates Olivier, 1789
Catharsius africanus Ferreira, 1960
Catharsius alpheus Gillet, 1932
Catharsius crassicornis Gillet, 1911
Catharsius dux Harold, 1878
Catharsius eteocles (Laporte, 1840)⇒ Catharsius alpheus Gillet, 1932
Catharsius garambae Ferreira, 1962
Catharsius gorilla Thomson, 1858
Catharsius guineensis Ferreira, 1963
Catharsius lepineyi Boucomont, 1934
Catharsius machadoi Ferreira, 1960
Catharsius phidias (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Catharsius platicornis Ferreira, 1960
Catharsius platicornis Ferreira, 1960
Catharsius pseudolycaon Ferreira, 1960
Catharsius semirubidus Fairmaire, 1891
Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888
Catharsius vitulus Boheman, 1857
Cheironitis hungaricus Herbst, 1789
Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Cleptocaccobius convexifrons Raffray, 1877
Cleptocaccobius dorbignyi Cambefort, 1984
Cleptocaccobius morettoi Josso & Prév..., 2006
Cleptocaccobius signaticollis d´Orbigny, 1902
Cleptocaccobius uniseries d´Orbigny, 1905
Copris angustus Nguyen-phung..., 1986
Copris carmelita Fabricius, 1801
Copris coriarius Gillet, 1907
Copris gazellarum Gillet, 1918
Copris integer (Reiche, 1847)⇒ Copris fallaciosus Gillet, 1907
Copris interioris Kolbe, 1897
Copris laius Harold, 1868
Copris laius laius
Copris megaceratoides Waterhouse, 1891
Copris moffartsi Gillet, 1907
Copris orion Klug, 1835
Copris orion orion
Copris punctiventris Waterhouse, 1891
Copris sinon Olivier, 1789
Copris victorini (Boheman, 1857)⇒ Copris ritsemae Harold, 1875
Cyptochirus distinctus Janssens, 1953
Diastellopalpus thomsoni Bates, 1888
Diastellopalpus tridens (Fairmaire, 1891)⇒ Diastellopalpus thomsoni Bates, 1888
Digitonthophagus eucatta Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus falciger Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus fimator Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787Brown dung beetle
Digitonthophagus sahelicus Moretto, 2017
Eodrepanus bechynei Janssens, 1953
Euoniticellus intermedius Reiche, 1848Intermediate sandy dung beetle
Euoniticellus pallens Olivier, 1789
Euoniticellus parvus Kraatz, 1895
Euonthophagus carbonarius Klug, 1855
Euonthophagus consobrinus Péringuey, 1901
Garreta diffinis Waterhouse, 1890
Garreta laetus laetus
Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus coerulescens Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus fulgidus Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus latreillei Castelnau, 1840
Gymnopleurus nyankpalaensis Endrödi, 1976
Gymnopleurus profanus (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus puncticollis (Gillet, 1909)⇒ Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843
Gymnopleurus tristis Castelnau, 1840
Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843
Heliocopris antenor (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868
Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868
Heteroclitopus freyi Ferreira, 1969
Heteronitis tridens Castelnau, 1840
Hyalonthophagus nigroviolaceus Orbigny, 1902
Hyalonthophagus pseudoalcyon Orbigny, 1913
Ixodina endroedyi Endrödi, 1976
Janssensellus bicaviventris Cambefort, 1975
Kheper cuvieri MacLeay, 1821
Kheper lamarcki MacLeay, 1821
Kheper subaeneus Harold, 1869
Latodrepanus laticollis Fahraeus, 1857
Liatongus fulvostriatus d´Orbigny, 1916
Litocopris punctiventris Waterhouse, 1891
Metacatharsius abortivus Fairmaire, 1891
Metacatharsius auberti Fairmaire, 1891
Metacatharsius ferrugineus Olivier, 1789
Metacatharsius imitator Balthasar, 1965
Metacatharsius inermis Castelnau, 1840
Metacatharsius peleus Olivier, 1789
Milichus durandi Cambefort, 1996
Milichus serratus d´Orbigny, 1907
Neosisyphus baoule Cambefort, 1984
Neosisyphus confrater Kolbe, 1914
Neosisyphus gladiator Arrow, 1927
Neosisyphus spinipes Thunberg, 1818Grey dungball roller
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 bocandei Gillet, 1911
Onitis cupreus Castelnau, 1840
Onitis gilleti Boucomont, 1933
Onitis guineensis Gillet, 1918
Onitis humerosus Pallas, 1771
Onitis laticollis Lansberge, 1875
Onitis lobi Cambefort, 1984
Onitis multidentatus Gillet, 1918
Onitis nigeriensis Ferreira, 1977
Onitis occidentalis Gillet, 1933
Onitis reichei Lansberge, 1875
Onitis senegalensis Lansberge, 1875
Onitis sibutensis Janssens, 1943
Onitis unguiculatus Olivier, 1789
Onitis violaceus (Lansberge, 1875)⇒ Onitis humerosus Pallas, 1771
Onthophagus (Digitonthophagus) gazella (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787
Onthophagus (Furconthophagus) monforti Josso & Prév..., 2006
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) maculatus Fabricius, 1801
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) margaritifer d´Orbigny, 1898
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) fracticornis (Preyssler, 1790)⇒ Onthophagus similis Scriba, 1790
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) vacca Linnaeus, 1767
Onthophagus (Proagoderus) pegesimallus Marcus, 1917
Onthophagus (Proagoderus) pseudoalcyon d´Orbigny, 1913
Onthophagus (Strandius) obliquus Olivier, 1789
Onthophagus acutus d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus altidorsis d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus antilocapra Balthasar, 1937
Onthophagus atridorsis d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus atrovirens d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus atrovittatus d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus baoule Cambefort, 1984
Onthophagus bechynei Frey, 1953
Onthophagus bidens Olivier, 1789
Onthophagus bidentatus (Drapiez, 1819)⇒ Caccobius schreberi Linnaeus, 1767
Onthophagus bimarginatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus birugifer d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus bituberculatus (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Onthophagus acutus d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus bocandei d´Orbigny, 1904
Onthophagus brevipennis d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus callosipennis Boucomont, 1930
Onthophagus carayoni Cambefort, 1986
Onthophagus carpophilus Pereira & Ha..., 1961
Onthophagus chloroderus d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus chrysoderus d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus confluens (d´Orbigny, 1902)⇒ Onthophagus vacca Linnaeus, 1767
Onthophagus cornifrons Thomson, 1858
Onthophagus cribellum d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus cupreus Harold, 1880
Onthophagus cyanochlorus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus depressipennis Cambefort, 1975
Onthophagus diadematus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus feai d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873
Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851
Onthophagus flaviclava d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus flexicornis d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus fradei Gomes Alves, 1956
Onthophagus funestus Moretto & Gé..., 2010
Onthophagus imbellis d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus juvencus Klug, 1835
Onthophagus laminosus d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus latigibber d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus lioides d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus longipilis d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus loxodontae Cambefort, 1984
Onthophagus lutaticollis d´Orbigny, 1907
Onthophagus micros d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus miles d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus mocquerysi d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus mucronatus (Thomson, 1858)⇒ Pseudosaproecius validicornis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Onthophagus mucronifer d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus nigriceps Raffray, 1877
Onthophagus nigripennis d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus nigroviolaceus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus niokolokoba Moretto, 2007
Onthophagus nitidifrons d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus nodieri d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus notatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus obliguus
Onthophagus ochreatus d´Orbigny, 1897
Onthophagus paravinctus Tagliaferri ..., 2012
Onthophagus parcepilosus Balthasar, 1966
Onthophagus parenthesis Boucomont, 1913
Onthophagus picatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus proximus d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus puberulus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus pullus (Roth, 1851)⇒ Onthophagus parenthesis Boucomont, 1913
Onthophagus quiproquo Moretto & Gé..., 2010
Onthophagus reticulatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus rotundibasis d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus rougonorum Cambefort, 1984
Onthophagus rufonotatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus sanguineus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus sellatulus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus semivirescens d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus senegalensis d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus serienotatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus sinuosus d´Orbigny, 1913
Onthophagus stehliki Balthasar, 1966
Onthophagus subulifer d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus tersipennis d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus thomsoni Bates, 1888
Onthophagus tonsus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus transcaspicus Koenig, 1888Gazella scarab
Onthophagus triacanthus Castelnau, 1840
Onthophagus trinominatus Goidanich, 1926
Onthophagus tripartitus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus ulula Balthasar, 1966
Onthophagus variegatus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873
Onthophagus vestitus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843
Onthophagus viridiaereus d´Orbigny, 1908
Onthophagus viridicatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus vultuosus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus waterloti d´Orbigny, 1908
Pedaria criberrima Waterhouse, 1890
Pedaria estellae Josso & Prév..., 2006
Pedaria genieri Josso & Prév..., 2003
Pedaria humana Cambefort, 1982
Pedaria intermedia Boucomont, 1922
Pedaria nigra Laporte, 1832
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 sulcatus Lansberge, 1883
Phalops vanellus Lansberge, 1883
Pinacotarsus dohrni Harold, 1875
Pleuronitis boucomonti Janssens, 1937
Pleuronitis fulgidus Castelnau, 1840
Proagoderus atrosetosus d´Orbigny, 1902
Proagoderus auratus Fabricius, 1801
Proagoderus cavidorsis d´Orbigny, 1902
Proagoderus colmanti d´Orbigny, 1908
Proagoderus freyi Moretto, 2004
Proagoderus harpax Fabricius, 1801
Proagoderus laticollis Klug, 1835
Proagoderus patinatus Marcus, 1917
Proagoderus rarus Guérin-Mén..., 1829
Pseudosaproecius comatus d´Orbigny, 1902
Pseudosaproecius portentosus Felsche, 1907
Pseudosaproecius validicornis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Scarabaeus brahminus Castelnau, 1840
Scarabaeus gangeticus Castelnau, 1840
Scarabaeus goryi Castelnau, 1840
Scarabaeus jalof Castelnau, 1840
Scarabaeus palemo Olivier, 1789
Sisyphus africanus occidentalis Montreuil, 2017
Sisyphus arboreus Walter, 1982
Sisyphus armatus (Gory, 1833)⇒ Neosisyphus confrater Kolbe, 1914
Sisyphus baoule Cambefort, 1984
Sisyphus caffer goryi Harold, 1859
Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818
Sisyphus crispatus Gory, 1833
Sisyphus crispatus crispatus
Sisyphus gladiator (Arrow, 1927)⇒ Neosisyphus gladiator Arrow, 1927
Sisyphus goryi (Harold, 1859)⇒ Sisyphus caffer goryi Harold, 1859
Sisyphus lobi Cambefort, 1984
Sisyphus spinipes (Thunberg, 1818)⇒ Neosisyphus spinipes Thunberg, 1818
Stiptopodius gaillardi Boucomont, 1923
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 Senegal
TribeAteuchini
Montreuil, 1998
1
8
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCanthonini
Péringuey, 1900
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCoprini
Kolbe, 1805
5
39
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeGymnopleurini
Lacordaire, 1856
3
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOniticellini
d´Orbigny, 1916
10
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOnitini
Hope, 1837
6
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOnthophagini
Lacordaire, 1856
15
158
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeScarabaeini
Latreille, 1802
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeSisyphini
Mulsant, 1842
2
15
Genera
Species

Taxom



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