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.

Species

These 43 species belong to the genus Liatongus:Liatongus affinis c gLiatongus amitinus c gLiatongus ancorifer Kral & Rejsek, 1999 c gLiatongus appositicornis Kral & Rejsek, 1999 c gLiatongus arrowi c gLiatongus aterrimus c gLiatongus bucerus c gLiatongus californicus i c g bLiatongus clypeocornis Scheuern, 1988 c gLiatongus davidi c gLiatongus denticornis c gLiatongus endroedii Balthasar, 1956 c gLiatongus femoratus c gLiatongus ferreirae Balthasar, 1964 c gLiatongus fulvostriatus D'Orbigny, 1916 c gLiatongus gagatinus c gLiatongus hastatus Kral & Rejsek, 1999 c gLiatongus imitator Balthasar, 1938 c gLiatongus incurvicornis c gLiatongus indicus cLiatongus interruptus c gLiatongus martialis c gLiatongus medius c gLiatongus mergacerus c gLiatongus militaris c gLiatongus minutus cLiatongus phanaeoides c gLiatongus pugionatus c gLiatongus raffrayi c gLiatongus rhinoceros Arrow, 1931 c gLiatongus rhinocerulus c gLiatongus schoutedeni cLiatongus sjostedti c gLiatongus spathulatus c gLiatongus taurus c gLiatongus testudo c gLiatongus triacanthus c gLiatongus tridentatus c gLiatongus tuberculicollis c gLiatongus upembanus Janssens, 1953 c gLiatongus urus c gLiatongus venator c gLiatongus vertagus c g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net