African Dung Beetles Online

12 species of dung beetles are known to occur in Uganda 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)
• ANACHALCOS
  
  • Anachalcos convexus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 63)
  • Anachalcos cupreus Fabricius, 1775 (BMNH drawer 63)
  • Anachalcos procerus Gerstaecker, 1874 (BMNH drawer 64)
• CATHARSIUS
  
  • Catharsius brutus Harold, 1880
  • Catharsius dux Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 113)
  • Catharsius moerens Gillet, MS. (BMNH drawer 118)
  • Catharsius neptunus Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 117)
  • Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888 (BMNH drawer 118)
  • Catharsius stuhlmanni Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 116)
  • Catharsius ugandicus Gillet, 1918
  • Catharsius ulysses Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 115)
• CHIRONITIS
  
  • Chironitis lohsei Balthasar, 1968
• COPRIS
  
  • Copris amabile Ferreira, 1959
  • Copris carmelita Fabricius, 1801 (BMNH drawer 134)
  • Copris evanidus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 136)
  • Copris fallaciosus Gillet, 1907 (BMNH drawer 134)
  • Copris gazellarum Gillet, 1918 (BMNH drawer 133)
  • Copris harrisi Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 134)
  • Copris insidiosus Peringuey, 1901 (BMNH drawer 137)
  • Copris integer Reische, 1847 (BMNH drawer 132)
  • Copris interioris Kolbe, 1897 (BMNH drawer 134)
  • 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)
• DIASTELLOPALPUS
  
  • Diastellopalpus infernalis Lansberge, 1887 (BMNH drawer 209)
  • Diastellopalpus laevibasis d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 209)
  • Diastellopalpus lamellicollis Quedenfeldt, 1884 (BMNH drawer 209)
  • Diastellopalpus semirubidus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 210)
  • Diastellopalpus sulciger Kolbe, 1893 (BMNH drawer 210)
• DIGITONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 (BMNH drawer 221)
• EUONITICELLUS
  
  • Euoniticellus intermedius Reiche, 1849 (BMNH drawer 188)
  • Euoniticellus nasicornis Reiche, 1849 (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 sericeifrons Fairmaire, 1887 (BMNH drawer 37)
• HELIOCOPRIS
  
  • Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868 (BMNH drawer 79)
  • Heliocopris dolosus Janssens, 1940
  • Heliocopris felschei Kolbe, 1904
  • Heliocopris hamifer Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 87)
  • Heliocopris quinqueangulatus Janssens, 1940
• HETEROCLITOPUS
  
  • Heteroclitopus burgeoni Boucomont, 1926
• HYALONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Hyalonthophagus viridiceps d'Orbigny, 1910
• LIATONGUS
  
  • Liatongus arrowi Boucomont, 1921 (BMNH drawer 194)
  • Liatongus aterrimus Boucomont, 1921
  • Liatongus fulvostriatus d'Orbigny, 1916 (BMNH drawer 194)
  • Liatongus militaris Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 194)
  • Liatongus sjostedti Felsche, 1904 (BMNH drawer 194)
• LITOCOPRIS
  
  • Litocopris muticus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 137)
  • Litocopris punctiventris Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 137)
• MILICHUS
  
  • Milichus apicalis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 204)
• NEOSISYPHUS
  
  • Neosisyphus armatus Gory, 1833 (BMNH drawer 42.3 & 42.4)
  • Neosisyphus basilewskyi Haff, (BMNH drawer 42.4)
  • Neosisyphus spinipes Thunberg, 1818 (BMNH drawer 42.3)
• ONITICELLUS
  
  • Oniticellus planatus Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 191)
• ONITIS
  
  • Onitis alexis Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 181)
  • Onitis consaguineus Felsche, 1911
  • Onitis cryptodus Gillet, 1918 (BMNH drawer 183)
  • Onitis monstrosus Felsche, 1910 (BMNH drawer 184)
  • Onitis robustus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 180)
  • Onitis sphinx Fabricius, 1775 (BMNH drawer 181)
  • Onitis subcrenatus Kolbe, 1897 (BMNH drawer 183)
  • Onitis uncinatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 179)
  • Onitis viridulus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 183)
• ONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Onthophagus aeneoniger d'Orbigny, 1913
  • Onthophagus babaulti d'Orbigny, 1915 (BMNH drawer 257)
  • Onthophagus bimarginatus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
  • Onthophagus biplagiatus Thomson, 1858 (BMNH drawer 263)
  • Onthophagus deflexus d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 266)
  • Onthophagus denticulatus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 268)
  • Onthophagus excisiceps d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 270)
  • Onthophagus helciatus Harold, 1871 (BMNH drawer 266)
  • Onthophagus horrens d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 263)
  • Onthophagus inermicollis d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 270)
  • Onthophagus jugicola d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 262)
  • Onthophagus julianae Paulian, 1937
  • Onthophagus laeviceps d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 267)
  • Onthophagus latepunctatus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 275)
  • Onthophagus lemekensis d'Orbigny, 1915 (BMNH drawer 274)
  • Onthophagus metalliger d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 275)
  • Onthophagus misellus d'Orbigny, 1907 (BMNH drawer 256)
  • Onthophagus nudatus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 256)
  • Onthophagus orthocerus Thomson, 1958 (BMNH drawer 264)
  • Onthophagus perniger Boucomont, 1930 (BMNH drawer 275)
  • Onthophagus picatus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 261)
  • Onthophagus pseudosellatus Balthasar, 1964
  • Onthophagus pugionatus Fahraeus, 1857
  • Onthophagus rufaticollis d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 269)
  • Onthophagus rufobasalis Fairmaire, 1887 (BMNH drawer 269)
  • Onthophagus rufonotatus d'Orbigny, 1902
  • Onthophagus rugosissimus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 275)
  • Onthophagus sulcipennis d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 261)
  • Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843 (BMNH drawer 258)
• PHALOPS
  
  • Phalops fimbriatus Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 206)
  • Phalops vanellus Lansberge, 1883 (BMNH drawer 207)
• PROAGODERUS
  
  • Proagoderus auratus Fabricius, 1801 (BMNH drawer 217)
  • Proagoderus elgoni d'Orbigny, 1915 (BMNH drawer 215)
  • Proagoderus loricatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 217)
  • Proagoderus multicornis d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 215)
  • Proagoderus pegesimallus Marcus, 1917
  • Proagoderus porrectus Reiche, 1847 (BMNH drawer 215)
  • Proagoderus rarus Guerin, 1829 (BMNH drawer 212)
  • Proagoderus subextensus Kolbe, 1895 (BMNH drawer 216)
• SCARABAEUS
  
  • Scarabaeus confusus Muller, 1942 (BMNH drawer 2)
  • Scarabaeus goryi Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 11)
• SISYPHUS
  
  • Sisyphus gazanus Arrow, 1909 (BMNH drawer 40)
• STIPTOPODIUS
  
  • Stiptopodius doriae Harold, 1871 (BMNH drawer 70)
• TINIOCELLUS
  
  • Tiniocellus spinipes Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 190)
• TRAGISCUS
  
  • Tragiscus dimidiatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 194)
• TRICHONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Trichonthophagus juvencus Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 259)
  • Trichonthophagus quadricuspis d'Orbigny, 1908 (BMNH drawer 259)