African Dung Beetles Online

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

• ANACHALCOS
  
  • Anachalcos cupreus Fabricius, 1775 (BMNH drawer 63)
• CATHARSIUS
  
  • Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888 (BMNH drawer 118)
• COPRIS
  
  • Copris truncatus Felsche, 1901 (BMNH drawer 134)
• DIASTELLOPALPUS
  
  • Diastellopalpus tridens Fabricius, 1781 (BMNH drawer 209)
• DIGITONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 (BMNH drawer 221)
• EUONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Euonthophagus carbonarius Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 220)
• FURCONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Furconthophagus variegatus Fabricius, 1798 (BMNH drawer 231)
• HELIOCOPRIS
  
  • Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868 (BMNH drawer 79)
  • Heliocopris dianae Hope, 1842
  • Heliocopris myrmidon Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 84)
• ONITIS
  
  • Onitis aeneus Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 180)
  • Onitis alexis Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 181)
• ONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Onthophagus bartosi Balthasar, 1966 (BMNH drawer 274)
  • Onthophagus bidens Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 269)
  • Onthophagus cornifrons Thomson, 1858 (BMNH drawer 258)
  • Onthophagus costiger d'Orbigny, 1915
  • Onthophagus ghanensis Balthasar, 1966
  • Onthophagus gradivus Balthasar, 1966
  • Onthophagus lemagneni d'Orbigny, 1902
  • Onthophagus mucronatus Thomson, 1858 (BMNH drawer 269)
  • Onthophagus semiviridis d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 264)
  • Onthophagus stehliki Balthasar, 1966
  • Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 258)
• PEDARIA
  
  • Pedaria criberrima Waterhouse, 1890 (BMNH drawer 72)
• PHALOPS
  
  • Phalops coeruleatus d'Orbigny, 1902
  • Phalops vanellus Lansberge, 1883 (BMNH drawer 207)
• PROAGODERUS
  
  • Proagoderus auratus Fabricius, 1801 (BMNH drawer 217)
  • Proagoderus praecavatus d'Orbigny, 1913
  • Proagoderus praefossus d'Orbigny, 1913