African Dung Beetles Online

20 species of dung beetles are known to occur in Egypt none of which are endemic. If you are aware of other species not included here please e-mail christopherborrow@gmail.com.

Both Kheper aegyptorum (Latreille, 1827) and Scarabaeus sacer (Linnaeus, 1758) played the roll of 'sacrid' Scarab in Ancient Egypt, the change in species possibly reflecting changes in the distributions of the two species caused by climate change (Cooter & Barclay, 2006).

• CATHARSIUS
  
  • Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888 (BMNH drawer 118)
• DIGITONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 (BMNH drawer 221)
• EREMONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Eremonthophagus sticticus Harold, 1867 (BMNH drawer 226)
• EUONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Euonthophagus carbonarius Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 220)
  • Euonthophagus maindroni d'Orbigny, 1897 (BMNH drawer 220)
• FURCONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Furconthophagus variegatus Fabricius, 1798 (BMNH drawer 231)
• GYMNOPLEURUS
  
  • Gymnopleurus aeruginosus Harold, 1867 (BMNH drawer 38.1)
  • Gymnopleurus thoracicus Harold, 1868 (BMNH drawer 36)
• HELIOCOPRIS
  
  • Heliocopris gigas Linneaus, 1758 (BMNH drawer 76)
• KHEPER
  
  • Kheper aegyptiorum Latreille, 1827 (BMNH drawer 16)
• MICRONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Micronthophagus melanocephalus Klug, 1845 (BMNH drawer 226)
• ONITIS
  
  • Onitis alexis Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 181)
• ONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Onthophagus bicristatus d'Orbigny, 1905
  • Onthophagus bituberculatus Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 273)
  • Onthophagus nitidulus Klug, 1845 (BMNH drawer 231)
  • Onthophagus sellatus Klug, 1845 (BMNH drawer 231)
  • Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 258)
• PALAEONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Palaeonthophagus nebulosus Reiche, 1864 (BMNH drawer 225)
• SCARABAEUS
  
  • Scarabaeus cristatus Fabricius, 1775 (BMNH drawer 9)
  • Scarabaeus sacer Linnaeus, 1758 (BMNH drawer 15)