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Dung beetles found in Ethiopia
241 species of dung beetles are known to occur in Ethiopia none of which are endemic. If you are aware of other species not included here please e-mail christopherborrow@gmail.com.
- ALLOGYMNOPLEURUS
- Allogymnopleurus anthracinus Klug, 1845 (BMNH drawer 34)
- Allogymnopleurus chloris Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 34)
- Allogymnopleurus indigaceus Reiche, 1847 (BMNH drawer 34)
- Allogymnopleurus zavattarii Muller, 1941 (BMNH drawer 34.1)
- ALLOSCELUS
- Alloscelus paradoxus Boucomont, 1923 (BMNH drawer 43)
- ANACHALCOS
- Anachalcos convexus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 63)
- Anachalcos cupreus Fabricius, 1775 (BMNH drawer 63)
- Anachalcos revoili Fairmaire, 1884
- APTYCHONITIS
- Aptychonitis anomalus Gestro, 1895 (BMNH drawer 172)
- ALLOGYMNOPLEURUS
- Caccocnemus castaneus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 201)
- CACCOPHILUS
- Caccophilus corniceps d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 201)
- Caccophilus fuliginosus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 201)
- Caccophilus humilis d'Orbigny, 1902
- Caccophilus longipennis d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 202)
- Caccophilus schaedlei d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 203)
- Caccophilus viridicollis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 203)
- CATHARSIUS
- Catharsius chinai Ferreira, 1960 (BMNH drawer 115)
- Catharsius furcillatus Guerin, 1847 (BMNH drawer 117)
- Catharsius moerens Gillet, MS. (BMNH drawer 118)
- Catharsius platycerus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 115)
- Catharsius pseudovitulus Muller, 1941
- Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888 (BMNH drawer 118)
- CHIRONITIS
- Chironitis imitator Balthasar, 1963 (BMNH drawer 172)
- Chironitis lohsei Balthasar, 1968
- Chironitis muelleri Janssens, 1943
- CLEPTOCACCOBIUS
- Cleptocaccobius signaticollis d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 203)
- COPRIS
- Copris corniger Sahlberg, 1823 (BMNH drawer 134)
- Copris elphenor Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 131)
- Copris evanidus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 136)
- Copris fallaciosus Gillet, 1907 (BMNH drawer 134)
- Copris harrisi Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 134)
- Copris integer Reische, 1847 (BMNH drawer 132)
- Copris orphanus Guerin, 1847 (BMNH drawer 137)
- COPTORHINA
- Coptorhina nitidipennis Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 71)
- DIGITONTHOPHAGUS
- Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 (BMNH drawer 221)
- DREPANOCERUS
- Drepanocerus abyssinicus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 186)
- Drepanocerus bechynei Janssens, 1953
- Drepanocerus caelatus Gerstaecker, 1871 (BMNH drawer 186)
- Drepanocerus kirbyi Kirby, 1828 (BMNH drawer 186)
- Drepanocerus parallelus Raffray, 1877 (BMNH drawer 186)
- Drepanocerus schimperi Janssens, 1953
- Drepanocerus sulcicollis Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 186)
- Drepanocerus trogiformis Roth, 1851
- EUONITICELLUS
- Euoniticellus inaequalis Reiche, 1850 (BMNH drawer 190)
- Euoniticellus intermedius Reiche, 1849 (BMNH drawer 188)
- Euoniticellus nasicornis Reiche, 1849 (BMNH drawer 190)
- Euoniticellus tibatensis Kolbe, 1904 (BMNH drawer 188)
- EUONTHOPHAGUS
- Euonthophagus carbonarius Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 220)
- Euonthophagus consanguineus Muller, 1944
- FURCONTHOPHAGUS
- Furconthophagus variegatus Fabricius, 1798 (BMNH drawer 231)
- GARRETA
- Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 33.1)
- GYMNOPLEURUS
- Gymnopleurus bicolor Latreille, 1827 (BMNH drawer 36)
- Gymnopleurus foricarius Garreta, 1914 (BMNH drawer 36)
- Gymnopleurus fulgidus Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 36)
- Gymnopleurus laevicollis Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 36)
- Gymnopleurus moerens Kolbe, 1895 (BMNH drawer 38.1)
- Gymnopleurus purpureus Garreta, 1914
- Gymnopleurus reichei Waterhouse, 1890 (BMNH drawer 38.1)
- Gymnopleurus thoracicus Harold, 1868 (BMNH drawer 36)
- HELIOCOPRIS
- Heliocopris andersoni Bates, 1868
- Heliocopris antenor Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 86)
- Heliocopris beccarii Harold, 1871 (BMNH drawer 86)
- Heliocopris cuneifer Lesne, 1906
- Heliocopris densissa Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 86)
- Heliocopris dolosus Janssens, 1940
- Heliocopris gigas Linneaus, 1758 (BMNH drawer 76)
- Heliocopris hamifer Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 87)
- Heliocopris hermes Gillet, 1911 (BMNH drawer 87)
- Heliocopris neptunoides Janssens, 1940
- Heliocopris neptunus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 87)
- HETEROCLITOPUS
- Heteroclitopus zavattarii Muller, 1942
- HETERONITIS
- Heteronitis ragazzii Fairmaire, 1893
- KHEPER
- Kheper aegyptiorum Latreille, 1827 (BMNH drawer 16)
- Kheper venerabilis Harold, 1871 (BMNH drawer 17)
- LIATONGUS
- Liatongus militaris Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 194)
- Liatongus raffrayi Lansberge, 1886 (BMNH drawer 194)
- Liatongus spathulatus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 194)
- Liatongus tuberculicollis Felsche, 1909 (BMNH drawer 193)
- METACATHARSIUS
- Metacatharsius abortivus Fairmaire, 1891 (BMNH drawer 121)
- Metacatharsius brevicosta Muller, 1947
- Metacatharsius inermis Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 120)
- Metacatharsius minutus Lansberge, 1882 (BMNH drawer 120)
- Metacatharsius nubiensis Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 121)
- Metacatharsius omoensis Muller, 1941
- MILICHUS
- Milichus apicalis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 204)
- Milichus jugatus d'Orbigny, 1907
- Milichus picticollis Gerstaecker, 1871 (BMNH drawer 204)
- NEOSISYPHUS
- Neosisyphus armatus Gory, 1833 (BMNH drawer 42.3 & 42.4)
- Neosisyphus rugosus Gory, 1833 (BMNH drawer 42.3)
- Neosisyphus spinipes Thunberg, 1818 (BMNH drawer 42.3)
- Neosisyphus tibialis Raffray, 1877 (BMNH drawer 42.3)
- ODONTOLOMA
- Odontoloma metasternale d'Orbigny, 1902
- ONITIS
- Onitis abyssinicus Reiche, 1847
- Onitis aeruginosus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 184)
- Onitis aethiops Lesne, 1906
- Onitis alexis Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 181)
- Onitis archettii Janssens, 1943
- Onitis chalceus Lansberge, 1875
- Onitis consaguineus Felsche, 1911
- Onitis fabricii Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 179)
- Onitis fulmineus Janssens, 1943
- Onitis granicollis Felsche, 1907
- Onitis lycophron Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 180)
- Onitis politus Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 180)
- Onitis reichei Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 181)
- Onitis rothi Lansberge, 1875
- Onitis shoensis Reiche, 1847
- Onitis sphinx Fabricius, 1775 (BMNH drawer 181)
- Onitis spinicrus Fairmaire, 1893
- Onitis subcrenatus Kolbe, 1897 (BMNH drawer 183)
- Onitis thalassinus Lansberge, 1875
- Onitis tumidus Gillet, 1918
- Onitis uncinatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 179)
- Onitis vicinus Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 181)
- Onitis viridulus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 183)
- ONTHOPHAGUS
- Onthophagus abeillei d'Orbigny, 1897 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus abyssinicus Peringuey, 1901
- Onthophagus aeneopiceus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus aeruginosus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus aethiopicus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 272)
- Onthophagus alternans Raffray, 1877
- Onthophagus arcifer d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus bellus d'Orbigny, 1905
- Onthophagus bicolor Raffray, 1877 (BMNH drawer 226)
- Onthophagus bicallifrons d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus bidens Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 269)
- Onthophagus bifidus Reiche, 1849 (BMNH drawer 273)
- Onthophagus bituberans d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus blanchardi Harold, 1869 (BMNH drawer 257)
- Onthophagus boops d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus breviceps d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus calvus d'Orbigny, 1904
- Onthophagus carcharias Harold, 1875 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus choanicus d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus cicer Balthasar, 1964
- Onthophagus cincticollis d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus concavifrons d'Orbigny, 1904
- Onthophagus cribellum d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus curvilamina Muller, 1942
- Onthophagus cyaneiceps d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus densepunctatus Frey, 1963 (BMNH drawer 274)
- Onthophagus dinoderus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 273)
- Onthophagus discovirens d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus distichus Roth, 1851
- Onthophagus diversus Reiche, 1847 (BMNH drawer 269)
- Onthophagus excisiceps d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 270)
- Onthophagus extensicollis d'Orbigny, 1907 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus fallaciosus Raffray, 1877
- Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873 (BMNH drawer 275)
- Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus flavibasis d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus foraminosus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus furcimargo d'Orbigny, 1908
- Onthophagus ganalensis Gestro, 1895
- Onthophagus gibbus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 265)
- Onthophagus helciatus Harold, 1871 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus hirtipodex d'Orbigny, 1904
- Onthophagus imbellis d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus impunctatus d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus interruptus Raffray, 1877
- Onthophagus intonsus d'Orbigny, 1913
- Onthophagus laevissimus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus lituratus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 265)
- Onthophagus lusinganus d'Orbigny, 1905
- Onthophagus lutaticollis d'Orbigny, 1907 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus masaicus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus mocquerysi d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus niloticus Harold, 1879 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus ocellifer d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 273)
- Onthophagus parcenotatus d'Orbigny, 1913
- Onthophagus pilicollis d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus polyodon d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus posticicornis d'Orbigny, 1913
- Onthophagus pugionatus Fahraeus, 1857
- Onthophagus pullus Roth (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus quadrinodosus Fahraeus 1857 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus ragazzii d'Orbigny 1904 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus rectilamina d'Orbigny 1902
- Onthophagus rubricatus d'Orbigny 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus rufonotatus d'Orbigny 1902
- Onthophagus sansibaricus Harold 1878 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus scaber Roth 1851 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus scaberrimus d'Orbigny 1904
- Onthophagus schaufussi Harold 1867 (BMNH drawer 269)
- Onthophagus secundarius Roth 1851 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus semilaevis d'Orbigny 1913
- Onthophagus senegalensis d'Orbigny 1902 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus sidama Gestro 1895 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus stillatus d'Orbigny 1904 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus sulcipennis d'Orbigny 1902 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus teitanicus d'Orbigny 1902 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus tessulatus Harold 1871 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus trapezicornis d'Orbigny 1902 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus traversii d'Orbigny 1904
- Onthophagus vinctus Erichson 1843 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus zavattarii Muller 1947
- PEDARIA
- Pedaria alternans Waterhouse 1890 (BMNH drawer 72)
- PHALOPS
- Phalops aurifrons Fairmaire 1884 (BMNH drawer 207)
- Phalops barbicornis Lansberge 1883 (BMNH drawer 207)
- Phalops beccarii Harold 1875 (BMNH drawer 207)
- Phalops gallanus d'Orbigny 1904
- Phalops inermis Lansberge 1883 (BMNH drawer 207)
- Phalops princeps d'Orbigny 1908 (BMNH drawer 207)
- Phalops sinuaticeps d'Orbigny 1902 (BMNH drawer 206)
- Phalops smaragdinus Harold 1875 (BMNH drawer 206)
- Phalops tuberosus d'Orbigny 1905
- PROAGODERUS
- Proagoderus albicapillus d'Orbigny 1902
- Proagoderus armicollis d'Orbigny 1904 (BMNH drawer 216)
- Proagoderus atrosetosus d'Orbigny 1902 (BMNH drawer 216)
- Proagoderus auratus Fabricius 1801 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus boranus Gestro 1895
- Proagoderus bottegi Gestro 1895
- Proagoderus brucei Reiche 1849 (BMNH drawer 218)
- Proagoderus gerstaeckeri Harold 1867 (BMNH drawer 212)
- Proagoderus kachowskii Olsoufief 1900 (BMNH drawer 212)
- Proagoderus longefossus d'Orbigny 1905
- Proagoderus loricatus Klug 1855 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus mixtrifrons d'Orbigny 1911 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus negus Raffray 1882
- Proagoderus nigricornis Fairmaire 1887
- Proagoderus nuba d'Orbigny 1902
- Proagoderus porrectus Reiche 1847 (BMNH drawer 215)
- Proagoderus prostans Reiche 1847 (BMNH drawer 215)
- Proagoderus quadriarmatus Fairmaire 1892 (BMNH drawer 215)
- Proagoderus triarmatus d'Orbigny 1904 (BMNH drawer 216)
- Proagoderus versus d'Orbigny 1913
- SCARABAEOLUS
- Scarabaeolus ebenus Klug 1855 (BMNH drawer 3)
- SCARABAEUS
- Scarabaeus catenatus Gerstaecker 1871 (BMNH drawer 8)
- Scarabaeus fraterculus Kolbe 1895 (BMNH drawer 10)
- Scarabaeus isidis Castelnau 1840 (BMNH drawer 13)
- Scarabaeus planifrons Fairmaire 1884 (BMNH drawer 3)
- Scarabaeus satyrus Boheman 1860 (BMNH drawer 10 & 5)
- Scarabaeus sennaariensis Castelnau 1840 (BMNH drawer 10)
- Scarabaeus tonckeri Boucomont 1923 (BMNH drawer 9)
- SISYPHUS
- Sisyphus costatus Thunberg 1818 (BMNH drawer 40)
- Sisyphus crispatus Gory 1833 (BMNH drawer 40)
- Sisyphus ocellatus Reiche 1847 (BMNH drawer 40)
- STIPTOPODIUS
- Stiptopodius doriae Harold 1871 (BMNH drawer 70)
- TINIOCELLUS
- Tiniocellus spinipes Roth 1851 (BMNH drawer 190)
- TRICHONTHOPHAGUS
- Trichonthophagus corniculatus Reiche 1849 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Trichonthophagus juvencus Klug 1835 (BMNH drawer 259)
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