Liatongus

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Liatongus
CSIRO ScienceImage 11382 Dung beetle Liatongus militaris.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Oniticellini
Genus: Liatongus
Reitter, 1893

Liatongus is a genus of dung beetles in the subfamily Scarabaeinae of the scarab beetle family.[1][2] 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.[1]

Distribution[]

Found in three regions: Afrotropical, Oriental to eastern Palearctic, and western Nearctic.[1]

Taxonomy[]

There are 38-46 species; 17 are from Africa.[1][3]

Gallery[]

  • Liatongus militaris

  • Liatongus femoratus

  • Liatongus gagatinus

  • Liatongus incurvicornis

  • Liatongus mergacerus

  • Liatongus rhadamistus

  • Liatongus venator

  • Liatongus vertagus

Species[]

These 43 species belong to the genus Liatongus:

  • (Arrow, 1908) c g
  • (Boucomont, 1921) c g
  • Kral & Rejsek, 1999 c g
  • Kral & Rejsek, 1999 c g
  • (Boucomont, 1921) c g
  • (Boucomont, 1921) c g
  • (Fairmaire, 1891) c g
  • Liatongus californicus (Horn, 1882) i c g b
  • Scheuern, 1988 c g
  • (Boucomont, 1919) c g
  • (Fairmaire, 1887) c g
  • Balthasar, 1956 c g
  • (Illiger, 1800) c g
  • Balthasar, 1964 c g
  • D'Orbigny, 1916 c g
  • (Hope, 1831) c g
  • Kral & Rejsek, 1999 c g
  • Balthasar, 1938 c g
  • (Fairmaire, 1887) c g
  • (Arrow, 1908) c
  • (Quedenfeldt, 1884) c g
  • (Harold, 1879) c g
  • (Fairmaire, 1889) c g
  • (Hope, 1831) c g
  • (Castelnau, 1840) c g
  • (Motschulsky, 1860) c
  • (Westwood, 1839) c g
  • (Boheman, 1858) c g
  • (Lansberge, 1886) c g
  • Arrow, 1931 c g
  • (Bates, 1889) c g
  • (Boucomont, 1920) c
  • (Felsche, 1904) c g
  • (Roth, 1851) c g
  • (Boucomont, 1920) c g
  • (Lansberge, 1886) c g
  • (Boucomont, 1920) c g
  • (Boucomont, 1919) c g
  • (Felsche, 1909) c g
  • Janssens, 1953 c g
  • (Kolbe, 1914) c g
  • (Fabricius, 1801) c g
  • (Fabricius, 1798) c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Davis, Adrian L.V.; Frolov, Andrey V.; Scholtz, Clarke H. (2008). The African dung beetle genera (1st ed.). Pretoria: Protea Book House. p. 237. ISBN 9781869192440.
  2. ^ Philips, T. Keith (11 April 2016). "Phylogeny of the Oniticellini and Onthophagini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from morphological evidence". ZooKeys (579): 9–57. doi:10.3897/zookeys.579.6183. PMC 4829968. PMID 27110200.
  3. ^ "Liatongus - Wikispecies". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Liatongus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. ^ "Browse Liatongus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  6. ^ "Liatongus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  7. ^ "Liatongus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.


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