Liatongus

Liatongus is a genus of dung beetles in the subfamily Scarabaeinae of the scarab beetle family. At least part of the upper surfaces are without hairs; the head and pronotal disc are generally sculptured; and the genae are rounded, with little or no indentation between the clypeus and the genae. Length ranges from 7.4 to 10.9 mm. Colours vary: they may be uniform brown or dull purple, or have red, white or yellow patterns on the elytra.

Distribution

Found in three regions: Afrotropical, Oriental to eastern Palearctic, and western Nearctic.

Taxonomy

There are 38-46 species; 17 are from Africa.

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Species

These 43 species belong to the genus Liatongus:

Liatongus affinis (Arrow, 1908) c g

Liatongus amitinus (Boucomont, 1921) c g

Liatongus ancorifer Kral & Rejsek, 1999 c g

Liatongus appositicornis Kral & Rejsek, 1999 c g

Liatongus arrowi (Boucomont, 1921) c g

Liatongus aterrimus (Boucomont, 1921) c g

Liatongus bucerus (Fairmaire, 1891) c g

Liatongus californicus (Horn, 1882) i c g b

Liatongus clypeocornis Scheuern, 1988 c g

Liatongus davidi (Boucomont, 1919) c g

Liatongus denticornis (Fairmaire, 1887) c g

Liatongus endroedii Balthasar, 1956 c g

Liatongus femoratus (Illiger, 1800) c g

Liatongus ferreirae Balthasar, 1964 c g

Liatongus fulvostriatus D'Orbigny, 1916 c g

Liatongus gagatinus (Hope, 1831) c g

Liatongus hastatus Kral & Rejsek, 1999 c g

Liatongus imitator Balthasar, 1938 c g

Liatongus incurvicornis (Fairmaire, 1887) c g

Liatongus indicus (Arrow, 1908) c

Liatongus interruptus (Quedenfeldt, 1884) c g

Liatongus martialis (Harold, 1879) c g

Liatongus medius (Fairmaire, 1889) c g

Liatongus mergacerus (Hope, 1831) c g

Liatongus militaris (Castelnau, 1840) c g

Liatongus minutus (Motschulsky, 1860) c

Liatongus phanaeoides (Westwood, 1839) c g

Liatongus pugionatus (Boheman, 1858) c g

Liatongus raffrayi (Lansberge, 1886) c g

Liatongus rhinoceros Arrow, 1931 c g

Liatongus rhinocerulus (Bates, 1889) c g

Liatongus schoutedeni (Boucomont, 1920) c

Liatongus sjostedti (Felsche, 1904) c g

Liatongus spathulatus (Roth, 1851) c g

Liatongus taurus (Boucomont, 1920) c g

Liatongus testudo (Lansberge, 1886) c g

Liatongus triacanthus (Boucomont, 1920) c g

Liatongus tridentatus (Boucomont, 1919) c g

Liatongus tuberculicollis (Felsche, 1909) c g

Liatongus upembanus Janssens, 1953 c g

Liatongus urus (Kolbe, 1914) c g

Liatongus venator (Fabricius, 1801) c g

Liatongus vertagus (Fabricius, 1798) c g

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

Scarabaeinae