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Dung beetles found in Zimbabwe
12 species of dung beetles are known to occur in Zimbabwe none of which are endemic. If you are aware of other species not included here please e-mail christopherborrow@gmail.com.
- ALLOGYMNOPLEURUS
- Allogymnopleurus chloris Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 34)
- Allogymnopleurus thalassinus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 34)
- ANACHALCOS
- Anachalcos convexus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 63)
- Anachalcos procerus Gerstaecker, 1874 (BMNH drawer 64)
- CACCOBIUS
- Caccobius cavatus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 202)
- CACCOPHILUS
- Caccophilus convexifrons Raffray, 1877 (BMNH drawer 203)
- Caccophilus crassoides Boucomont, 1923 (BMNH drawer 202)
- Caccophilus discrepans Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 201)
- Caccophilus ferrugineus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 201)
- Caccophilus histerinus Fahraeus, 1857
- Caccophilus inops Peringuey, 1901
- Caccophilus ocellipennis d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 201)
- Caccophilus postulatus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 203)
- Caccophilus reticuliger d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 201)
- Caccophilus schaedlei d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 203)
- Caccophilus viridicollis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 203)
- CATHARSIUS
- Catharsius calaharicus Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 118)
- Catharsius longiceps Gillet, 1907
- Catharsius melancholicus Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 116)
- Catharsius platycerus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 115)
- Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888 (BMNH drawer 118)
- Catharsius tricornutus Degeer, 1778 (BMNH drawer 117)
- Catharsius vitulus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 117)
- COPRIS
- Copris amyntor Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 134)
- Copris armiger Gillet, 1910 (BMNH drawer 137)
- Copris atropolitus Gillet, 1910 (BMNH drawer 133)
- 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 inhalatus Quedenfeldt, 1884 (BMNH drawer 132)
- Copris insidiosus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 137)
- Copris integer Reische, 1847 (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 puncticollis Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 136)
- COPTORHINA
- Coptorhina auspicata Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 71)
- Coptorhina klugi Hope, 1830 (BMNH drawer 71)
- Coptorhina nitidipennis Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 71)
- DELOPLEURUS
- Delopleurus pullus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 69)
- DIASTELLOPALPUS
- Diastellopalpus infernalis Lansberge, 1887 (BMNH drawer 209)
- Diastellopalpus quinquedens Bates, 1888 (BMNH drawer 209)
- DIGITONTHOPHAGUS
- Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 (BMNH drawer 221)
- DREPANOCERUS
- Drepanocerus abyssinicus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 186)
- Drepanocerus impressicollis Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 186)
- Drepanocerus laticollis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 186)
- Drepanocerus marshalli Boucomont, 1921 (BMNH drawer 186)
- Drepanocerus patrizii Boucomont, 1923 (BMNH drawer 186)
- Drepanocerus sulcicollis Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 186)
- EUONITICELLUS
- Euoniticellus intermedius Reiche, 1849 (BMNH drawer 188)
- Euoniticellus triangulatus Harold, 1873 (BMNH drawer 190)
- EUONTHOPHAGUS
- Euonthophagus carbonarius Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 220)
- Euonthophagus consobrinus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 261)
- EUSAPROECIUS
- Eusaproecius optatus Peringuey, 1901
- FURCONTHOPHAGUS
- Furconthophagus variegatus Fabricius, 1798 (BMNH drawer 231)
- GARRETA
- Garreta fastiditus Harold, 1867 (BMNH drawer 32)
- Garreta malleolus Kolbe, 1895 (BMNH drawer 33)
- Garreta matabelensis Janssens, 1938 (BMNH drawer 31)
- Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 33.1)
- Garreta unicolor Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 32)
- GYMNOPLEURUS
- Gymnopleurus aenescens Wiedemann, 1821 (BMNH drawer 36 & 38.3)
- Gymnopleurus humanus Macleay, 1821 (BMNH drawer 38.1)
- Gymnopleurus ignitus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 38)
- Gymnopleurus sericeifrons Fairmaire, 1887 (BMNH drawer 37)
- Gymnopleurus thelwalli Waterhouse, 1890 (BMNH drawer 38.1)
- HELIOCOPRIS
- Heliocopris andersoni Bates, 1868
- Heliocopris antenor Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 86)
- Heliocopris atropos Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 86)
- Heliocopris biimpressus Kolbe, 1893
- Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868 (BMNH drawer 79)
- Heliocopris corniculatus Janssens, 1940
- Heliocopris faunus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 85)
- Heliocopris hamifer Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 87)
- Heliocopris japetus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 80)
- Heliocopris marshalli Peringuey, 1900 (BMNH drawer 84)
- Heliocopris neptunus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 87)
- Heliocopris pirmal Fabricius, 1798 (BMNH drawer 83)
- Heliocopris primal Fabricius, 1798
- HETEROCLITOPUS
- Heteroclitopus remipes Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 70)
- HETERONITIS
- Heteronitis castelnaui Harold, 1862 (BMNH drawer 174)
- HYALONTHOPHAGUS
- Hyalonthophagus alcedo d'Orbigny, 1913
- Hyalonthophagus alcyon Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 217)
- KHEPER
- Kheper clericus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 18)
- Kheper cupreus Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 17)
- Kheper lamarcki Macleay, 1821 (BMNH drawer 21)
- Kheper nigroaeneus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 18)
- Kheper prodigiosus Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 21)
- Kheper subaeneus Harold, 1869 (BMNH drawer 22)
- LIATONGUS
- Liatongus militaris Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 194)
- Liatongus triacanthus Boucomont, 1920
- MEGAPONEROPHILUS
- Megaponerophilus megaponerae Brauns, 1914 (BMNH drawer 204)
- METACATHARSIUS
- Metacatharsius opacus Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 120)
- Metacatharsius pumilionis Wallengren, 1881
- Metacatharsius troglodytes Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 121)
- MILICHUS
- Milichus rhodesianus Peringuey, 1904 (BMNH drawer 204)
- NEONITIS
- Neonitis rhodesiae Gillet, 1918
- NEOSISYPHUS
- Neosisyphus rubripes Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 42.3)
- Neosisyphus rugosus Gory, 1833 (BMNH drawer 42.3)
- ODONTOLOMA
- Odontoloma pauxillum Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 66)
- ONITICELLUS
- Oniticellus egregius Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 191)
- Oniticellus planatus Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 191)
- ONITIS
- Onitis aerarius Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 184)
- Onitis alexis Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 181)
- Onitis cerrutii Muller, 1948
- Onitis cryptodus Gillet, 1918 (BMNH drawer 183)
- Onitis curvipes Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 179)
- Onitis deceptor Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 179)
- Onitis gazanus Arrow, 1909 (BMNH drawer 184)
- Onitis lycophron Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 180)
- Onitis orthopus Lansberge, 1875
- Onitis pecuarius Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 183)
- Onitis perturbator Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 184)
- Onitis picticollis Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 183)
- Onitis reichei Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 181)
- Onitis retrodentatus Gillet, 1932 (BMNH drawer 183)
- Onitis sphinx Fabricius, 1775 (BMNH drawer 181)
- Onitis uncinatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 179)
- Onitis westermanni Lansberge, 1886 (BMNH drawer 184)
- ONTHOPHAGUS
- Onthophagus abruptus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 265)
- Onthophagus abyssinicus Peringuey, 1901
- Onthophagus aequatus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 269)
- Onthophagus aequepubens d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus aeruginosus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus albicomus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus albipodex d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus amoenus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus apiciosus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus asperrimus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus binodosus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus bisignatus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus calliger d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus chirindanus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus cinctipennis Quedenfeldt, 1884 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus confertus Peringuey, 1908 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus convexus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus coronatus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus cribripennis d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 265)
- Onthophagus cyaneoniger d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus decedens Peringuey, 1904
- Onthophagus dedecor Wallengr., 1881
- Onthophagus depilatus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus depressus Harold, 1871 (BMNH drawer 286)
- Onthophagus deterrens Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus dinoderus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 273)
- Onthophagus dispar Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus ditus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus ebenicolor d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus ebenus Peringuey, 1888 (BMNH drawer 270)
- Onthophagus emeritus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873 (BMNH drawer 275)
- Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus fungicola d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus granosus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 270)
- Onthophagus granulifer Harold, 1886 (BMNH drawer 270)
- Onthophagus graphicus Wallengr., 1881 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus herus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus hyaena Fabricius, 1804 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus illotus Peringuey, 1900 (BMNH drawer 257)
- Onthophagus impressicollis Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus impurus Harold, 1868 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus indigus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus ineptus Harold, 1871 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus inermicollis d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 270)
- Onthophagus insignis Peringuey, 1896 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus interstitialis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus lacustris Harold, 1877 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus lamelliger Gerstaecker, 1871 (BMNH drawer 270)
- Onthophagus laminidorsis d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus latestriatus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus leucopygus Harold, 1867 (BMNH drawer 269)
- Onthophagus lugens Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus maculosus d'Orbigny, 1908
- Onthophagus marshalli d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus merus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 272)
- Onthophagus monodon Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus naevuliger d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus nanus Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus obtusicornis Fahraeus, 1857 (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 placens Peringuey, 1904
- Onthophagus plebejus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 257)
- Onthophagus politissimus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus praestans Peringuey, 1900 (BMNH drawer 269)
- Onthophagus praetortus Peringuey, 1904 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus pugionatus Fahraeus, 1857
- Onthophagus pullus Roth, (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus quadrimaculatus Raffray, 1877 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus quadrinodosus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus rasipennis d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus rhynchophorus Peringuey, 1904 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus rubens d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus rubidus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus rufolimbatus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 270)
- Onthophagus sansibaricus Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus signatus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus simillimus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus simoni d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus simpliciceps d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus subcinctus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus suffusus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 272)
- Onthophagus sutiliceps d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus talpa Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 275)
- Onthophagus tenuigraniger d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus versutus Peringuey, 1900 (BMNH drawer 273)
- Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus virescens Harold, 1867 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus xanthopygus d'Orbigny, 1908
- PACHYLOMERUS
- Pachylomerus femoralis Kirby, 1828 (BMNH drawer 24)
- PARACOPRIS
- Paracopris ciprianii Balthasar, 1939
- Paracopris similis Balthasar, 1939
- PEDARIA
- Pedaria cylindrica Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 72)
- Pedaria rohani Boucomont, 1922
- Pedaria segregis Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 72)
- PHALOPS
- Phalops ardea Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 207)
- Phalops boschas Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 208)
- Phalops dregei Harold, 1867 (BMNH drawer 207)
- Phalops flavocinctus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 207)
- Phalops smaragdinus Harold, 1875 (BMNH drawer 206)
- PINACOTARSUS
- Pinacotarsus laevipygus Boucomont, 1923 (BMNH drawer 70)
- PROAGODERUS
- 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 gemmatus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 218)
- Proagoderus gibbiramus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 212)
- Proagoderus loricatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus marginidens d'Orbigny, 1904
- Proagoderus panoplus Bates, 1888 (BMNH drawer 215)
- 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 subextensus Kolbe, 1895 (BMNH drawer 216)
- SAROPHORUS
- Sarophorus cicatricosus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 73)
- SCARABAEOLUS
- Scarabaeolus ebenus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 3)
- Scarabaeolus intricatus Fabricius, 1801 (BMNH drawer 1)
- SCARABAEUS
- Scarabaeus bohemani Harold, 1868 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeus caffer Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 7)
- Scarabaeus deludens Zur Strassen, 1961 (BMNH drawer 10)
- Scarabaeus funebris Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 3)
- Scarabaeus galenus Westwood, 1844 (BMNH drawer 8)
- Scarabaeus goryi Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 11)
- Scarabaeus licitus Ferreira, 1954
- Scarabaeus palemo Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeus rixosus Peringuey, 1900 (BMNH drawer 27)
- Scarabaeus savignyi Macleay, 1821 (BMNH drawer 2)
- Scarabaeus westwoodi Harold, 1869 (BMNH drawer 8)
- SCELIAGES
- Sceliages difficilis Zur Strassen, 1965 (BMNH drawer 27.1)
- Sceliages gagates Shipp, 1895 (BMNH drawer 27.1)
- SISYPHUS
- Sisyphus gazanus Arrow, 1909 (BMNH drawer 40)
- Sisyphus transvaalensis Peringuey, 1908 (BMNH drawer 40 & 41)
- STIPTOPODIUS
- Stiptopodius singularis Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 70)
- TINIOCELLUS
- Tiniocellus spinipes Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 190)
- TRICHONTHOPHAGUS
- Trichonthophagus verticalis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 259)
- XINIDIUM
- Xinidium dewitzi Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 70)
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