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Dung beetles found in Namibia
160 species of dung beetles are known to occur in Namibia XX of which are endemic. If you are aware of other species not included here please e-mail christopherborrow@gmail.com.
- ANACHALCOS
- Anachalcos convexus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 63)
- CACCOPHILUS
- Caccophilus ferrugineus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 201)
- Caccophilus viridicollis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 203)
- CATHARSIUS
- Catharsius bradshawi Lansberge, 1887 (BMNH drawer 114)
- Catharsius calaharicus Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 118)
- Catharsius dux Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 113)
- Catharsius heros Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 114)
- 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)
- CHIRONITIS
- Chironitis indicus Lansberge, 1875
- Chironitis scabrosus Fabricius, 1776 (BMNH drawer 172)
- COPRIS
- Copris elphenor Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 131)
- Copris fallaciosus Gillet, 1907 (BMNH drawer 134)
- Copris fallax Felsche, 1910
- Copris gracilis Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 136)
- Copris inhalatus Quedenfeldt, 1884 (BMNH drawer 132)
- Copris jacchus Fabricius, 1775 (BMNH drawer 131)
- Copris laioides Boucomont, 1932 (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 orion Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 136)
- Copris subsidens Peringuey, 1900 (BMNH drawer 134)
- COPTORHINA
- Coptorhina auspicata Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 71)
- DIGITONTHOPHAGUS
- Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 (BMNH drawer 221)
- DREPANOCERUS
- Drepanocerus kirbyi Kirby, 1828 (BMNH drawer 186)
- Drepanocerus patrizii Boucomont, 1923 (BMNH drawer 186)
- EUONITICELLUS
- Euoniticellus intermedius Reiche, 1849 (BMNH drawer 188)
- EUONTHOPHAGUS
- Euonthophagus carbonarius Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 220)
- FURCONTHOPHAGUS
- Furconthophagus variegatus Fabricius, 1798 (BMNH drawer 231)
- GARRETA
- Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 33.1)
- GYMNOPLEURUS
- Gymnopleurus aenescens Wiedemann, 1821 (BMNH drawer 36 & 38.3)
- Gymnopleurus asperrimus Felsche, 1909 (BMNH drawer 38.2)
- Gymnopleurus ignitus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 38)
- Gymnopleurus imitator Balthasar, 1963
- Gymnopleurus sericatus Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 38)
- Gymnopleurus sericeifrons Fairmaire, 1887 (BMNH drawer 37)
- Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 37)
- HELIOCOPRIS
- Heliocopris andersoni Bates, 1868
- Heliocopris atropos Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 86)
- Heliocopris biimpressus Kolbe, 1893
- Heliocopris faunus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 85)
- Heliocopris japetus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 80)
- Heliocopris pirmal Fabricius, 1798 (BMNH drawer 83)
- Heliocopris primal Fabricius, 1798
- HETERONITIS
- Heteronitis audens Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 172)
- Heteronitis castelnaui Harold, 1862 (BMNH drawer 174)
- KHEPER
- Kheper cupreus Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 17)
- Kheper lamarcki Macleay, 1821 (BMNH drawer 21)
- Kheper prodigiosus Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 21)
- LIATONGUS
- Liatongus militaris Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 194)
- MACRODERES
- Macroderes pristinus Sharp, 1880
- METACATHARSIUS
- Metacatharsius dentinum Ferreira, 1964 (BMNH drawer 121)
- Metacatharsius exiguiformis Ferreira, 1964 (BMNH drawer 121)
- Metacatharsius exiguus Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 121)
- Metacatharsius ferreirae Ferreira, 1962
- Metacatharsius latifrons Harold, 1868 (BMNH drawer 120)
- Metacatharsius marani Balthasar, 1940 (BMNH drawer 120)
- Metacatharsius opacus Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 120)
- Metacatharsius pumilioniformis Ferreira, 1964 (BMNH drawer 121)
- Metacatharsius pumilionis Wallengren, 1881
- Metacatharsius pusio Kolbe, 1908
- Metacatharsius troglodytes Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 121)
- MILICHUS
- Milichus apicalis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 204)
- ODONTOLOMA
- Odontoloma metasternale d'Orbigny, 1902
- ONITIS
- Onitis aerarius Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 184)
- Onitis alexis Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 181)
- Onitis curvipes Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 179)
- Onitis deceptor Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 179)
- Onitis laminifer Gillet, 1909
- Onitis mniszechi Lansberge, 1875
- Onitis robustus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 180)
- Onitis uncinatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 179)
- Onitis viridulus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 183)
- Onitis westermanni Lansberge, 1886 (BMNH drawer 184)
- ONTHOPHAGUS
- Onthophagus acutus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 273)
- Onthophagus aequepubens d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus aeruginosus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus anomalipes d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus asimilis Peringuey, 1901
- Onthophagus asperrimus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus axillaris Boheman, 1860
- Onthophagus bayeri Balthasar, 1942
- Onthophagus bovinus Peringuey, 1892 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus burchelli d'Orbigny, 1908
- Onthophagus dispar Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus ebenicolor d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus gnu Frey, 1955
- Onthophagus importunus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus impressicollis Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus marshalli d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus nanus Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus obtusicornis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 265)
- Onthophagus ochropygus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 272)
- Onthophagus phalopsides Frey, 1955 (BMNH drawer 275)
- 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 rubens d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus semiflavus Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus semigraniger d'Orbigny, 1905
- Onthophagus senscens Peringuey, 1908
- Onthophagus signatus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus stellio Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 272)
- Onthophagus suffusus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 272)
- Onthophagus sugillatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 272)
- Onthophagus talpa Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 275)
- Onthophagus tricorniger Boheman, 1860
- Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus vylderi d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 267)
- PACHYLOMERUS
- Pachylomerus femoralis Kirby, 1828 (BMNH drawer 24)
- PACHYSOMA
- Pachysoma denticollis Peringuey, 1888 (BMNH drawer 26)
- Pachysoma fitzsimonsi Ferreira, 1953 (BMNH drawer 26)
- Pachysoma gariepinus Ferreira, 1953 (BMNH drawer 26)
- Pachysoma rodriguesi Ferreira, 1953 (BMNH drawer 26.1)
- Pachysoma rotundigenus Felsche, 1907 (BMNH drawer 26.1)
- Pachysoma schinzi Fairmaire, 1888 (BMNH drawer 26.1)
- Pachysoma valeflorae Ferreira, 1953 (BMNH drawer 26.1)
- PEDARIA
- Pedaria picea Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 72)
- PHALOPS
- Phalops densegranosus d'Orbingny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 207)
- Phalops euplynes Bates, 1888 (BMNH drawer 207)
- Phalops flavocinctus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 207)
- Phalops prasinus Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 208)
- Phalops pyroides d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 206)
- Phalops wittei Harold, 1867 (BMNH drawer 208)
- PROAGODERUS
- Proagoderus aureiceps d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus bicallosus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus gibbiramus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 212)
- Proagoderus marginidens d'Orbigny, 1904
- Proagoderus plato Bates, 1888
- Proagoderus rangifer Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 212)
- Proagoderus sapphirinus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus unidens Quedenfeldt, 1884 (BMNH drawer 249)
- SCARABAEOLUS
- Scarabaeolus canaliculatus Fairmaire, 1888 (BMNH drawer 12)
- 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 intricatus Fabricius, 1801 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeolus lucidulus Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 12)
- Scarabaeolus parvulus Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeolus rubripennis Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 2)
- Scarabaeolus vansoni Ferreira, 1958 (BMNH drawer 1)
- SCARABAEUS
- Scarabaeus bohemani Harold, 1868 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeus cognatus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 9)
- Scarabaeus fritschi Harold, 1868 (BMNH drawer 2)
- Scarabaeus goryi Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 11)
- Scarabaeus hottentorum Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 2)
- Scarabaeus palemo Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 1)
- Scarabaeus plausibilis Peringuey, 1892 (BMNH drawer 8)
- Scarabaeus proboscideus Guerin, 1844 (BMNH drawer 27)
- Scarabaeus satyrus Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 10 & 5)
- Scarabaeus savignyi Macleay, 1821 (BMNH drawer 2)
- Scarabaeus sulcipennis Quedenfeldt, 1888 (BMNH drawer 8)
- Scarabaeus zambezianus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 9)
- TRICHONTHOPHAGUS
- Trichonthophagus verticalis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 259)
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