12 species of dung beetles are known to occur in Tanzania none of which are endemic. If you are aware of other species not included here please e-mail christopherborrow@gmail.com.
- ALLOGYMNOPLEURUS
- ALLOSCELUS
- ANACHALCOS
- APTYCHONITIS
- CACCOPHILUS
- CATHARSIUS
- Catharsius achates Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 115)
- Catharsius alpheus Gillet, 1933 (BMNH drawer 116)
- Catharsius dux Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 113)
- Catharsius erechtheus Felsche, 1907
- Catharsius gorilla Thomson, 1858 (BMNH drawer 113)
- Catharsius hertli Ferreira, 1964
- Catharsius kolbei Felsche, 1907
- Catharsius neptunus Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 117)
- Catharsius oedipus Felsche, 1907 (BMNH drawer 116)
- Catharsius pandion Harold, 1877
- Catharsius philus Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 118)
- Catharsius platicornis Ferreira, 1960
- Catharsius satyrus Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 114)
- Catharsius scopas Felsche, 1907
- Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888 (BMNH drawer 118)
- Catharsius spectabilis Gillet, 1918 (BMNH drawer 113)
- Catharsius stuhlmanni Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 116)
- Catharsius tricornutus Degeer, 1778 (BMNH drawer 117)
- CHIRONITIS
- COPRIS
- Copris armiger Gillet, 1910 (BMNH drawer 137)
- Copris atropolitus Gillet, 1910 (BMNH drawer 133)
- Copris bootes Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 132)
- Copris brittoni Ferreira, 1962 (BMNH drawer 136)
- Copris cribricollis Gillet, 1910 (BMNH drawer 133)
- Copris diversus Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 137)
- Copris elpheneroides Felsche, 1910 (BMNH drawer 131)
- Copris elphenor Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 131)
- Copris evanidus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 136)
- Copris gilleti Kolbe, 1907
- Copris graueri Gillet, 1910
- Copris harrisi Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 134)
- Copris humilis Gillet, 1908 (BMNH drawer 136)
- Copris hybridus Gillet, 1910
- Copris insidiosus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 137)
- Copris integer Reische, 1847 (BMNH drawer 132)
- Copris interioris Kolbe, 1897 (BMNH drawer 134)
- Copris macer Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 137)
- Copris nepos Gillet, 1908 (BMNH drawer 136)
- Copris obesus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 137)
- Copris orion Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 136)
- Copris orphanus Guerin, 1847 (BMNH drawer 137)
- Copris pesudolunaris Ferreira, 1969
- Copris pseudobootes Ferreira, 1962
- Copris usambaricus Gillet, 1908 (BMNH drawer 137)
- COPTORHINA
- DIASTELLOPALPUS
- DIGITONTHOPHAGUS
- DREPANOCERUS
- EPIONITIS
- EUONITICELLUS
- EUONTHOPHAGUS
- EUSAPROECIUS
- FURCONTHOPHAGUS
- GARRETA
- GYMNOPLEURUS
- GYRONOTUS
- HELIOCOPRIS
- Heliocopris alatus Felsche, 1910 (BMNH drawer 86)
- Heliocopris anadematus Gillet, 1908
- Heliocopris biimpressus Kolbe, 1893
- Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868 (BMNH drawer 79)
- Heliocopris densissa Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 86)
- Heliocopris dolosus Janssens, 1940
- Heliocopris erycoides Felsche, 1907 (BMNH drawer 85)
- Heliocopris felschei Kolbe, 1904
- Heliocopris hunteri Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 87)
- Heliocopris japetus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 80)
- Heliocopris myrmidon Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 84)
- Heliocopris neptuniformis Felsche, 1907 (BMNH drawer 84)
- HETEROCLITOPUS
- HETERONITIS
- HYALONTHOPHAGUS
- KHEPER
- LIATONGUS
- LITOCOPRIS
- MADAPHACOSOMA
- METACATHARSIUS
- MILICHUS
- NEOSISYPHUS
- ONITICELLUS
- ONITIS
- Onitis adelphus Kolbe, 1907 (BMNH drawer 180)
- Onitis alexis Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 181)
- Onitis anthracinus Felsche, 1907 (BMNH drawer 185)
- Onitis consaguineus Felsche, 1911
- Onitis coxalis Gillet, 1918 (BMNH drawer 185)
- Onitis deceptor Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 179)
- Onitis dimidiatus Felsche, 1907
- Onitis fulmineus Janssens, 1943
- Onitis inflaticollis Felsche, 1907 (BMNH drawer 104)
- Onitis laminifer Gillet, 1909
- Onitis lobipes Felsche, 1907 (BMNH drawer 185)
- Onitis lycophron Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 180)
- Onitis malleatus Janssens, 1937
- Onitis mendax Gillet, 1918 (BMNH drawer 185)
- Onitis meyeri Kolbe, 1891
- Onitis parvulus Balthasar, 1963 (BMNH drawer 185)
- Onitis robustus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 180)
- Onitis setosus Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 184)
- Onitis similis Felsche, 1911
- Onitis sphinx Fabricius, 1775 (BMNH drawer 181)
- Onitis spinicrus Fairmaire, 1893
- Onitis subcrenatus Kolbe, 1897 (BMNH drawer 183)
- Onitis sulcipennis Felsche, 1907 (BMNH drawer 184)
- Onitis uncinatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 179)
- Onitis viridulus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 183)
- Onitis westermanni Lansberge, 1886 (BMNH drawer 184)
- ONTHOPHAGUS
- Onthophagus abyssinicus Peringuey, 1901
- Onthophagus aeruginosus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus albicomus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus amplipennis d'Orbigny, 1905
- Onthophagus apiciosus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus areolatus d'Orbigny, 1905
- Onthophagus asperatus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus aspernatus d'Orbigny, 1907
- Onthophagus asperrimus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus astigma d'Orbigny, 1904
- Onthophagus atrofasciatus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 270)
- Onthophagus bellus d'Orbigny, 1905
- Onthophagus bicristiger d'Orbigny, 1913
- Onthophagus bidens Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 269)
- Onthophagus bifidicornis d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus bifrons d'Orbigny, 1905
- Onthophagus bituberculatus Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 273)
- Onthophagus carinicollis Raffray, 1877 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus carinidorsis d'Orbigny, 1908
- Onthophagus chlorophanus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus clitellarius d'Orbigny, 1908
- Onthophagus clusifrons d'Orbigny, 1905
- Onthophagus comatulus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus conradsi Balthasar, 1937
- Onthophagus contiguicornis d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 270)
- Onthophagus cornutus Ferreira, 1971
- Onthophagus costilatus d'Orbigny, 1908
- Onthophagus creber d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus cristatus d'Orbigny, 1905
- Onthophagus debilis d'Orbigny, 1905
- Onthophagus densatus Frey, 1963
- Onthophagus dicax Balthasar, 1966
- Onthophagus dicella Bates, 1888 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus dispar Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus diversus Reiche, 1847 (BMNH drawer 269)
- Onthophagus dlabolai Balthasar, 1964
- Onthophagus ebenicolor d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus ebenus Peringuey, 1888 (BMNH drawer 270)
- Onthophagus excisiceps d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 270)
- Onthophagus falcarius Balthasar, 1966
- Onthophagus fallax d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 273)
- Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873 (BMNH drawer 275)
- Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus fossibasis d'Orbigny, 1908
- Onthophagus fossulatus d'Orbigny, 1908
- Onthophagus fulvocinctus d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus fuscivestis d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus haafi Frey, 1963
- Onthophagus herus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus impressicollis Boheman, 1860 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus impurus Harold, 1868 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus insignis Peringuey, 1896 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus jugicola d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus juncticornis d'Orbigny, 1908
- Onthophagus laceratus Gerstaecker, 1871 (BMNH drawer 273)
- Onthophagus lacustris Harold, 1877 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus laevidorsis d'Orbigny, 1907
- Onthophagus lagnyi Paulian, 1937
- Onthophagus lamelliger Gerstaecker, 1871 (BMNH drawer 270)
- Onthophagus laminidorsis d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus latestriatus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus latevittatus d'Orbigny, 1905
- Onthophagus latissimus d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus leroyi d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 268)
- Onthophagus liopterus Harold, 1880 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus longiceps d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus meruanus d'Orbigny, 1908
- Onthophagus miscellus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 269)
- Onthophagus morosus Gerstaecker, 1871
- Onthophagus nigrinus Paulian, 1937
- Onthophagus nigriventris d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 257)
- Onthophagus obtegens Harold, 1886
- Onthophagus oldius Balthasar, 1964
- Onthophagus omostigma d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 273)
- Onthophagus parcepictus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus parumnotatus Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus parvifrons d'Orbigny, 1907 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus perniger Boucomont, 1930 (BMNH drawer 275)
- Onthophagus pictipodex d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 259)
- Onthophagus plebejus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 257)
- Onthophagus plicatifrons d'Orbigny, 1908
- Onthophagus polyedrus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 265)
- Onthophagus polyodon d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 261)
- Onthophagus polystigma d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus portentosus Felsche, 1907 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus protuberans Frey, 1955 (BMNH drawer 274)
- Onthophagus pseudofimetarius Balthasar, 1946
- Onthophagus pugionatus Fahraeus, 1857
- Onthophagus pullus Roth, (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus quadrilunatus d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus quadrimaculatus Raffray, 1877 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus rubefactus d'Orbigny, 1913
- Onthophagus rubenticollis d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus rufobasalis Fairmaire, 1887 (BMNH drawer 269)
- Onthophagus rufocastaneus Fairmaire, 1887
- Onthophagus rugidorsis d'Orbingy, 1913
- Onthophagus sansibaricus Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus sculptilis Gerstaecker, 1871
- Onthophagus simoni d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus simplex Raffray, 1877 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus simpliciceps d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus snoflaki Balthasar, 1943
- Onthophagus spurcatus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus stigmosus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus stuhlmanni d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 256)
- Onthophagus subhumeralis d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus subrugosus d'Orbigny, 1905
- Onthophagus sutiliceps d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 267)
- Onthophagus taboranus d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus tanganus d'Orbigny, 1913
- Onthophagus teitanicus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 263)
- Onthophagus tenax Balthasar, 1964
- Onthophagus tonsus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 262)
- Onthophagus tricariniger d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus ukerewensis Balthasar, 1937 (BMNH drawer 275)
- Onthophagus umbilicatus d'Orbigny, 1908
- Onthophagus undaticeps d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
- Onthophagus unicarina d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 264)
- Onthophagus urus Boucomont, 1925
- Onthophagus verrucosus d'Orbigny, 1902
- Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 258)
- Onthophagus xanthopygus d'Orbigny, 1908
- PACHYLOMERUS
- PEDARIA
- PHALOPS
- Phalops ardea Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 207)
- Phalops boschas Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 208)
- Phalops flavocinctus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 207)
- Phalops glauningi Kuntzen, 1913
- Phalops guttulatus Fairmaire, 1887
- Phalops laminifrons Fairmaire, 1882 (BMNH drawer 206)
- Phalops lutatus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 208)
- Phalops sinuaticeps d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 206)
- Phalops smaragdinus Harold, 1875 (BMNH drawer 206)
- Phalops trifurcus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 207)
- Phalops tuberosus d'Orbigny, 1905
- PINACOTARSUS
- PROAGODERUS
- Proagoderus amblychromatus Marcus, 1917
- Proagoderus atriclaviger d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 216)
- Proagoderus biarmatus d'Orbigny, 1908
- Proagoderus bicallosus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus chrysopes Bates, 1888 (BMNH drawer 218)
- Proagoderus dives Harold, 1877 (BMNH drawer 218)
- Proagoderus extensus Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 216)
- Proagoderus fossidorsis d'Orbigny, 1905
- Proagoderus furciramus d'Orbigny, 1902
- Proagoderus gemmatus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 218)
- Proagoderus gerstaeckeri Harold, 1867 (BMNH drawer 212)
- Proagoderus gibbiramus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 212)
- Proagoderus hemicyaneus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 218)
- Proagoderus ignitus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 216)
- Proagoderus kilimanus Kolbe, 1891
- Proagoderus kolbei Marcus, 1921
- Proagoderus loricatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus lucasi d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus lujendae Bates, 1888 (BMNH drawer 216)
- Proagoderus mixtrifrons d'Orbigny, 1911 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus nigricornis Fairmaire, 1887
- Proagoderus panoplus Bates, 1888 (BMNH drawer 215)
- Proagoderus prostans Reiche, 1847 (BMNH drawer 215)
- Proagoderus quadricristatus d'Orbigny, 1908
- Proagoderus ramosicornis d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 212)
- Proagoderus rangifer Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 212)
- Proagoderus rectefurcatus Fairmaire, 1891 (BMNH drawer 215)
- Proagoderus sexcornutus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 215)
- Proagoderus speculicollis Quedenfeldt, 1884 (BMNH drawer 217)
- Proagoderus subextensus Kolbe, 1895 (BMNH drawer 216)
- Proagoderus tricornifrons d'Orbigny, 1908
- PSEUDOCHIRONITIS
- PSEUDOCOPRIS
- PSEUDOSAPROECIUS
- SAROPHORUS
- SCAPTOCNEMIS
- SCARABAEOLUS
- SCARABAEUS
- SISYPHUS
- TANZANOLUS
- TINIOCELLUS
- TRICHONTHOPHAGUS