Liatongus

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]

Liatongus
Liatongus militaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Oniticellini
Genus: Liatongus
Reitter, 1893

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]

  • 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:

  • 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,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[7]

References
  1. 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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