African Dung Beetles Online

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

• ANACHALCOS
  
  • Anachalcos aurescens Bates, 1888 (BMNH drawer 64)
  • Anachalcos procerus Gerstaecker, 1874 (BMNH drawer 64)
• CACCOPHILUS
  
  • Caccophilus callosifrons d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 201)
  • Caccophilus reticuliger d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 201)
• CATHARSIUS
  
  • Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888 (BMNH drawer 118)
• COPRIS
  
  • Copris carmelita Fabricius, 1801 (BMNH drawer 134)
  • Copris harrisi Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 134)
  • Copris simillimus Felsche, 1910
• COPTORHINA
  
  • Coptorhina africana Hope, 1830
• DIASTELLOPALPUS
  
  • Diastellopalpus pluton d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 210)
  • Diastellopalpus tridens Fabricius, 1781 (BMNH drawer 209)
• DIGITONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 (BMNH drawer 221)
• EUONITICELLUS
  
  • Euoniticellus parvus Kraatz, 1895 (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)
• HELIOCOPRIS
  
  • Heliocopris antenor Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 86)
• ONITIS
  
  • Onitis aeneus Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 180)
  • Onitis alexis Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 181)
  • Onitis reichei Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 181)
• ONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Onthophagus altidorsis d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 268)
  • Onthophagus atridorsis d'Orbigny, 1902
  • Onthophagus bidens Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 269)
  • Onthophagus bimarginatus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
  • Onthophagus chloroderus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 264)
  • Onthophagus cinctifrons d'Orbigny, 1902
  • Onthophagus cornifrons Thomson, 1858 (BMNH drawer 258)
  • Onthophagus cribellum d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 256)
  • Onthophagus curtipilis d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 269)
  • Onthophagus cyanochlorus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 269)
  • Onthophagus feai d'Orbigny, 1905
  • Onthophagus flaviclava d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 273)
  • Onthophagus gradivus Balthasar, 1966
  • Onthophagus hilaris d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 263)
  • Onthophagus intermixtus d'Orbigny, 1902
  • Onthophagus latigibber d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
  • Onthophagus mimus d'Orbigny, 1913
  • Onthophagus minutissimus d'Orbigny, 1908
  • Onthophagus mocquerysi d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 267)
  • Onthophagus mucronatus Thomson, 1858 (BMNH drawer 269)
  • Onthophagus picatus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 261)
  • Onthophagus pseudoaeneus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 263)
  • Onthophagus reticulatus d'Orbigny, 1802 (BMNH drawer 258)
  • Onthophagus rufonotatus d'Orbigny, 1902
  • Onthophagus sellatulus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 231)
  • Onthophagus sinuosus d'Orbigny, 1913
  • Onthophagus subsulcatus d'Orbigny, 1908
  • Onthophagus tenuistriatus d'Orbigny, 1905
  • Onthophagus triimpressus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 261)
  • Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 258)
  • Onthophagus vultuosus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 267)
• PROAGODERUS
  
  • Proagoderus fastosus d'Orbigny, 1913
  • Proagoderus praecavatus d'Orbigny, 1913
  • Proagoderus praefossus d'Orbigny, 1913
• PSEUDOSAPROECIUS
  
  • Pseudosaproecius comatus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 70)
  • Pseudosaproecius validicornis Quedenfeldt, 1884 (BMNH drawer 70)