African Dung Beetles Online

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

• ALLOGYMNOPLEURUS
  
  • Allogymnopleurus alluaudi Garreta, 1914 (BMNH drawer 34.1)
  • Allogymnopleurus sexdentatus Balthasar, 1963 (BMNH drawer 34.1)
• CACCOPHILUS
  
  • Caccophilus discrepans Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 201)
  • Caccophilus obtusus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 201)
  • Caccophilus reticuliger d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 201)
• CATHARSIUS
  
  • Catharsius neptunus Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 117)
  • Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888 (BMNH drawer 118)
• CHIRONITIS
  
  • Chironitis lohsei Balthasar, 1968
• COPRIS
  
  • Copris insidiosus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 137)
  • Copris integer Reische, 1847 (BMNH drawer 132)
  • Copris moffartsi Gillet, 1907 (BMNH drawer 133)
  • Copris nepos Gillet, 1908 (BMNH drawer 136)
  • Copris orion Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 136)
  • Copris orphanus Guerin, 1847 (BMNH drawer 137)
  • Copris wiesei Kolbe, 1914 (BMNH drawer 137)
• CYPTOCHIRUS
  
  • Cyptochirus distinctus Janssens, 1953
• DIASTELLOPALPUS
  
  • Diastellopalpus basilobatus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 210)
  • Diastellopalpus johnstoni Waterhouse, 1885 (BMNH drawer 210)
• DIGITONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 (BMNH drawer 221)
• DREPANOCERUS
  
  • Drepanocerus abyssinicus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 186)
  • Drepanocerus kirbyi Kirby, 1828 (BMNH drawer 186)
  • Drepanocerus marshalli Boucomont, 1921 (BMNH drawer 186)
  • Drepanocerus parallelus Raffray, 1877 (BMNH drawer 186)
  • Drepanocerus sulcicollis Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 186)
• EUONITICELLUS
  
  • Euoniticellus intermedius Reiche, 1849 (BMNH drawer 188)
  • Euoniticellus nasicornis Reiche, 1849 (BMNH drawer 190)
  • Euoniticellus triangulatus Harold, 1873 (BMNH drawer 190)
• EUONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Euonthophagus carbonarius Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 220)
• FURCONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Furconthophagus variegatus Fabricius, 1798 (BMNH drawer 231)
• GARRETA
  
  • Garreta malleolus Kolbe, 1895 (BMNH drawer 33)
• GYMNOPLEURUS
  
  • Gymnopleurus ruandensis Janssens, 1938
  • Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 37)
• HELIOCOPRIS
  
  • Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868 (BMNH drawer 79)
  • Heliocopris dolosus Janssens, 1940
  • Heliocopris felschei Kolbe, 1904
  • Heliocopris japetus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 80)
  • Heliocopris myrmidon Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 84)
  • Heliocopris sylvanus Gillet, 1925
• HETERONITIS
  
  • Heteronitis castelnaui Harold, 1862 (BMNH drawer 174)
• LIATONGUS
  
  • Liatongus arrowi Boucomont, 1921 (BMNH drawer 194)
  • Liatongus fulvostriatus d'Orbigny, 1916 (BMNH drawer 194)
  • Liatongus militaris Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 194)
  • Liatongus schoutedeni Boucomont, 1920
  • Liatongus spathulatus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 194)
  • Liatongus urus Kolbe, 1914
• LITOCOPRIS
  
  • Litocopris muticus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 137)
  • Litocopris punctiventris Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 137)
  • Litocopris ruandanus Balthasar, 1961
• MILICHUS
  
  • Milichus apicalis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 204)
  • Milichus picticollis Gerstaecker, 1871 (BMNH drawer 204)
  • Milichus rhodesianus Peringuey, 1904 (BMNH drawer 204)
• NEOSISYPHUS
  
  • Neosisyphus rugosus Gory, 1833 (BMNH drawer 42.3)
• ONITICELLUS
  
  • Oniticellus pictus Hausmann, 1807 (BMNH drawer 191)
  • Oniticellus planatus Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 191)
  • Oniticellus pseudoplanatus Balthasar, 1964
• ONITIS
  
  • Onitis adelphus Kolbe, 1907 (BMNH drawer 180)
  • Onitis aeneomicans Gillet, 1918 (BMNH drawer 184)
  • Onitis aerarius Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 184)
  • Onitis alexis Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 181)
  • Onitis insulanus Kolbe, 1914
  • Onitis laminifer Gillet, 1909
  • Onitis nemoralis Gillet, 1932 (BMNH drawer 183)
  • Onitis reichei Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 181)
  • Onitis robustus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 180)
  • Onitis subcrenatus Kolbe, 1897 (BMNH drawer 183)
  • Onitis sulcipennis Felsche, 1907 (BMNH drawer 184)
  • Onitis uncinatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 179)
  • Onitis vanderkelleni Lansberge, 1886 (BMNH drawer 183)
  • Onitis viridulus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 183)
• ONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Onthophagus aeruginosus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 256)
  • Onthophagus jugicola d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 262)
  • Onthophagus latestriatus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 258)
  • Onthophagus nigriventris d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 257)
  • Onthophagus parcepictus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 263)
  • Onthophagus parumnotatus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 263)
  • Onthophagus pullus Roth, (BMNH drawer 262)
  • Onthophagus rufonotatus d'Orbigny, 1902
  • Onthophagus sansibaricus Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 263)
  • Onthophagus sericeicollis Boucomont, 1928 (BMNH drawer 275)
  • Onthophagus simplex Raffray, 1877 (BMNH drawer 262)
  • Onthophagus subocellatus d'Orbigny, 1905
  • Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 258)
• PEDARIA
  
  • Pedaria armata Raffray, 1877 (BMNH drawer 72)
  • Pedaria intermedia Boucomont, 1922 (BMNH drawer 72)
  • Pedaria spinosa Boucomont, 1922 (BMNH drawer 72)
  • Pedaria taylori Waterhouse, 1890 (BMNH drawer 72)
  • Pedaria tuberculigera Waterhouse, 1890 (BMNH drawer 72)
• PROAGODERUS
  
  • Proagoderus auratus Fabricius, 1801 (BMNH drawer 217)
  • Proagoderus speculicollis Quedenfeldt, 1884 (BMNH drawer 217)
• TINIOCELLUS
  
  • Tiniocellus spinipes Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 190)
• TRICHONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Trichonthophagus juvencus Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 259)
  • Trichonthophagus quadricuspis d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 259)