12 species of dung beetles (Miskruier) are known to occur in South Africa none of which are endemic. If you are aware of other species not included here please e-mail christopherborrow@gmail.com.
- ALLOGYMNOPLEURUS
- ANACHALCOS
- ANONYCHONITIS
- APHENGOECUS
- BOHEPILISSUS
- BYRRHIDIUM
- CACCOPHILUS
- Caccophilus anomalus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 275)
- Caccophilus discrepans Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 201)
- Caccophilus ferrugineus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 201)
- Caccophilus fuliginosus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 201)
- Caccophilus histerinus Fahraeus, 1857
- Caccophilus inconspicuus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 201)
- Caccophilus inops Peringuey, 1901
- Caccophilus nigritulus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 201)
- Caccophilus obtusus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 201)
- Caccophilus postulatus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 203)
- Caccophilus schaedlei d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 203)
- Caccophilus seminulum Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 203)
- Caccophilus viridicollis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 203)
- CATHARSIUS
- Catharsius calaharicus Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 118)
- Catharsius laticeps Boheman, 1857
- Catharsius longiceps Gillet, 1907
- Catharsius marcellus Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 116)
- Catharsius melancholicus Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 116)
- Catharsius pandion Harold, 1877
- Catharsius parafastodiosus Ferreira, 1971
- Catharsius platycerus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 115)
- Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888 (BMNH drawer 118)
- Catharsius tricornutus Degeer, 1778 (BMNH drawer 117)
- Catharsius ulysses Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 115)
- Catharsius vansoni Ferreira, 1960
- Catharsius vitulus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 117)
- CHIRONITIS
- CIRCELLIUM
- COPRIS
- Copris amyntor Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 134)
- Copris anceus Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 134)
- Copris antares Ferreira, 1958
- Copris armiger Gillet, 1910 (BMNH drawer 137)
- Copris atropolitus Gillet, 1910 (BMNH drawer 133)
- Copris caelatus Fabricius, 1794 (BMNH drawer 133)
- Copris capensis Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 134)
- Copris cassius Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 136)
- Copris cornifrons Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 137)
- 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 fidius Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 133)
- Copris gracilis Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 136)
- Copris inhalatus Quedenfeldt, 1884 (BMNH drawer 132)
- Copris jacchus Fabricius, 1775 (BMNH drawer 131)
- Copris macer Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 137)
- Copris mesacanthus Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 133)
- Copris misellus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 136)
- Copris obesus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 137)
- Copris orion Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 136)
- Copris ritsemae Harold, 1875
- Copris sexdentatus Thunberg, 1818 (BMNH drawer 131)
- Copris sphaeropterus Harold, 1877
- Copris urus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 137)
- Copris victorini Boheman, 1857
- Copris vrydaghi Ferreira, 1962 (BMNH drawer 133)
- Copris wiesei Kolbe, 1914 (BMNH drawer 137)
- COPTORHINA
- Coptorhina auspicata Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 71)
- Coptorhina barratti Waterhouse, 1876 (BMNH drawer 71)
- Coptorhina forcipata Harold, 1881
- Coptorhina gomesi Ferreira, 1954
- Coptorhina imitativus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 71)
- Coptorhina klugi Hope, 1830 (BMNH drawer 71)
- Coptorhina nanus Peringuey, 1888
- Coptorhina nitidipennis Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 71)
- Coptorhina obtusicornis Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 71)
- Coptorhina punctata Ferreira, 1954
- Coptorhina vicina Peringuey, 1901
- DELOPLEURUS
- DIGITONTHOPHAGUS
- DREPANOCERUS
- EPIRINUS
- Epirinus aeneus Wiedemann, 1823 (BMNH drawer 65)
- Epirinus asper Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 65)
- Epirinus bentoi Ferreira, 1964
- Epirinus comosus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 65)
- Epirinus flagellatus Fabricius, 1775 (BMNH drawer 65)
- Epirinus gratus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 65)
- Epirinus hilaris Peringuey, 1901
- Epirinus hopei Castelnau, 1840
- Epirinus obtusus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 65)
- Epirinus scrobiculatus Harold, 1880 (BMNH drawer 65)
- Epirinus sulcipennis Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 65)
- Epirinus validus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 65)
- Epirinus vicinus Ferrira, 1964
- EUONITICELLUS
- FURCONTHOPHAGUS
- GARRETA
- GILLETELLUS
- GYMNOPLEURUS
- GYRONOTUS
- HELIOCOPRIS
- HETEROCLITOPUS
- HETERONITIS
- HYALONTHOPHAGUS
- KHEPER
- KOLBEELLUS
- LIATONGUS
- LITOCOPRIS
- MACRODERES
- Macroderes arrowi Janssens, 1939
- Macroderes bias Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 73)
- Macroderes dubius Peringuey, 1901
- Macroderes fornicatus Sharp, 1880 (BMNH drawer 73)
- Macroderes greeni Kirby, 1818 (BMNH drawer 73)
- Macroderes mutilatus Kolbe, 1908
- Macroderes nitidus Harold, 1877
- Macroderes pilula Sharp, 1880
- Macroderes politulus Borre Preudhomme De, (BMNH drawer 73)
- Macroderes spectabilis Peringuey, 1901
- Macroderes undulatus Borre Preudhomme De, (BMNH drawer 73)
- Macroderes westwoodi Borre Preudhomme De,
- METACATHARSIUS
- Metacatharsius dentinum Ferreira, 1964 (BMNH drawer 121)
- Metacatharsius exiguiformis Ferreira, 1964 (BMNH drawer 121)
- Metacatharsius exiguus Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 121)
- Metacatharsius latifrons Harold, 1868 (BMNH drawer 120)
- Metacatharsius marani Balthasar, 1940 (BMNH drawer 120)
- Metacatharsius opacus Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 120)
- Metacatharsius pseudoopacus Ferreira, 1965 (BMNH drawer 120)
- Metacatharsius pumilioniformis Ferreira, 1964 (BMNH drawer 121)
- Metacatharsius pumilionis Wallengren, 1881
- Metacatharsius transvaalensis Balthasar, 1968
- Metacatharsius troglodytes Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 121)
- Metacatharsius zuluanus Balthasar, 1965
- MILICHUS
- NEONITIS
- NEOSISYPHUS
- ODONTOLOMA
- ONITICELLUS
- ONITIS
- Onitis alexis Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 181)
- Onitis aygulus Fabricius, 1781 (BMNH drawer 181)
- Onitis caffer Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 180)
- Onitis curvipes Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 179)
- Onitis deceptor Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 179)
- Onitis fabricii Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 179)
- Onitis licitus Peringuey, 1901
- Onitis minutus Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 184)
- Onitis obenbergeri Balthasar, 1942 (BMNH drawer 185)
- Onitis pecuarius Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 183)
- Onitis perbrincki Ferreira, 1958
- Onitis perpunctatus Balthasar, 1963 (BMNH drawer 185)
- Onitis picticollis Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 183)
- Onitis rothi Lansberge, 1875
- Onitis sulcipennis Felsche, 1907 (BMNH drawer 184)
- Onitis uncinatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 179)
- Onitis vicinus Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 181)
- Onitis viridulus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 183)
- ONTHOPHAGUS
- Onthophagus absyrtus Balthasar, 1946
- Onthophagus acutus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 273)
- Onthophagus aequepubens d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus aeruginosus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus albipennis Peringuey, 1908 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus albipodex d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus apiciosus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus asperulus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus beiranus Peringuey, 1908 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus biconifer d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus binodis Thunberg, 1818 (BMNH drawer 257)
- Onthophagus bovinus Peringuey, 1892 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus bubalus Harold, 1867 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus caffrarius d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus cinctipennis Quedenfeldt, 1884 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus cineraceus d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus confertus Peringuey, 1908 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus coptorhinoides Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 257)
- Onthophagus cribripennis d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 265)
- Onthophagus croesulus Bates, 1888 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus cupricollis Peringuey, 1888 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus cyaneoniger d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus declivicollis d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus dedecor Wallengr., 1881
- Onthophagus depressus Harold, 1871 (BMNH drawer 286)
- Onthophagus deterrens Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus discretus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus dispar Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus ebenus Peringuey, 1888 (BMNH drawer 270)
- Onthophagus flavimargo d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus fritschi d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus fugitivus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 272)
- Onthophagus gibber d'Orbigny, 1905
- Onthophagus giraffa Hausm., 1807 (BMNH drawer 265)
- Onthophagus granulifer Harold, 1886 (BMNH drawer 270)
- Onthophagus granulum d'Orbigny, 1904
- Onthophagus graphicus Wallengr., 1881 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus hyaena Fabricius, 1804 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus immundus Boheman, 1858 (BMNH drawer 273)
- Onthophagus insignis Peringuey, 1896 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus insulsus Peringuey, 1901
- Onthophagus interstitialis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus lamnifer d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 272)
- Onthophagus leucopygus Harold, 1867 (BMNH drawer 269)
- Onthophagus lugens Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus lugubris Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 265)
- Onthophagus marshalli d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus merus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 272)
- Onthophagus minutus Hausm., 1807 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus modestus Harold, 1862 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus monodon Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus nanus Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus naso Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus nudus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus obtusicornis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 265)
- Onthophagus obtusus Peringuey, 1900 (BMNH drawer 265)
- Onthophagus pallidipennis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus parumnotatus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus pauxillus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus pilosus Fahraeus, 1857
- Onthophagus pinguis Gerstaecker, 1871 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus plebejus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 257)
- Onthophagus probus Peringuey, 1900 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus pugionatus Fahraeus, 1857
- Onthophagus pullus Roth, (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus pusio Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 274)
- Onthophagus quadraticeps Harold, 1867 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus quadricallosus d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus quadrinodosus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus rasipennis d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus rufovirens d'Orbigny, 1904
- Onthophagus scapularis d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus semiflavus Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus setosus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus signatus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus simoni d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus stenocercus Harold, 1867
- Onthophagus subplanus d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus sugillatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 272)
- Onthophagus suturalis Peringuey, 1888 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus talpa Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 275)
- Onthophagus temporalis d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 272)
- Onthophagus trinodosus Fahraeus, 1857
- Onthophagus ursinus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus variolosus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus ventrosus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus vigens Peringuey, 1900
- Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus xanthopygus d'Orbigny, 1908
- PACHYLOMERUS
- PACHYSOMA
- PARACOPRIS
- PEDARIA
- PHALOPS
- PINACOTARSUS
- PROAGODERUS
- Proagoderus aciculatus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 218)
- Proagoderus aureiceps d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus bicallosus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus dives Harold, 1877 (BMNH drawer 218)
- Proagoderus furcifer Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 212)
- Proagoderus lanista Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 216)
- Proagoderus loricatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus pyramidalis Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 215)
- Proagoderus rangifer Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 212)
- Proagoderus rectefurcatus Fairmaire, 1891 (BMNH drawer 215)
- Proagoderus sapphirinus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus tersidorsis d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 216)
- PSEUDOEPIRINUS
- SAROPHORUS
- SCARABAEOLUS
- Scarabaeolus canaliculatus Fairmaire, 1888 (BMNH drawer 12)
- Scarabaeolus clanceyi Ferreira, 1954 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeolus damarensis Janssens, 1940 (BMNH drawer 2)
- Scarabaeolus ebenus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 3)
- Scarabaeolus flavicornis Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeolus inoportunus Ferreira, 1953 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeolus inquisitus Peringuey, 1908 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeolus intricatus Fabricius, 1801 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeolus pabulator Peringuey, 1908 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeolus parvulus Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 1)
- SCARABAEUS
- Scarabaeus alienus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 9)
- Scarabaeus anderseni Waterhouse, 1890 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeus basuto Zur Strassen, 1962 (BMNH drawer 3)
- Scarabaeus bohemani Harold, 1868 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeus caffer Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 7)
- Scarabaeus cognatus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 9)
- Scarabaeus convexus Hausmann, 1807 (BMNH drawer 2)
- Scarabaeus deludens Zur Strassen, 1961 (BMNH drawer 10)
- Scarabaeus fritschi Harold, 1868 (BMNH drawer 2)
- Scarabaeus funebris Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 3)
- Scarabaeus galenus Westwood, 1844 (BMNH drawer 8)
- Scarabaeus goryi Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 11)
- Scarabaeus heqvisti Zur Strassen, 1962 (BMNH drawer 3)
- Scarabaeus hottentorum Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 2)
- Scarabaeus interstitialis Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 2)
- Scarabaeus karrooensis Zur Strassen, 1961 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeus natalensis Zur Strassen, 1962 (BMNH drawer 3)
- Scarabaeus palemo Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeus piliventris Zur Strassen, 1962 (BMNH drawer 9)
- Scarabaeus proboscideus Guerin, 1844 (BMNH drawer 27)
- Scarabaeus rugosus Hausmann, 1807 (BMNH drawer 3)
- Scarabaeus rusticus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 2)
- Scarabaeus satyrus Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 10 & 5)
- Scarabaeus savignyi Macleay, 1821 (BMNH drawer 2)
- Scarabaeus schulzeae Ferreira, 1969
- Scarabaeus spretus Zur Strassen, 1962 (BMNH drawer 2)
- Scarabaeus suri Hausmann, 1807 (BMNH drawer 3)
- Scarabaeus vethi Lansberge, 1866 (BMNH drawer 9)
- Scarabaeus viator Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 3)
- Scarabaeus vicinus Janssens, 1940 (BMNH drawer 8)
- Scarabaeus westwoodi Harold, 1869 (BMNH drawer 8)
- Scarabaeus zambezianus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 9)
- SCELIAGES
- SISYPHUS
- SUNENAGA
- TINIOCELLUS
- TRAGISCUS
- TRICHONTHOPHAGUS
- TROPIDONITIS
- XINIDIUM