Ablaberoides

Ablaberoides
Ablaberoides aeneus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Ablaberoides Blanchard, 1850 [1] [2]
Species
About 36 species (see text)
Synonyms [1]
Bielliana Baraud, 1980 Holoschiza Lansberge, 1886

Ablaberoides is a genus of beetles within the family Scarabaeidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It occurs in Africa ^[2] and the Arabian Peninsula. ^[4]

Species

There are 36 recognized species: ^[1]

• Ablaberoides abyssinicus (Brenske, 1902)
• Ablaberoides aeneus Blanchard, 1850
• Ablaberoides breviusculus (Fåhraeus, 1857)
• Ablaberoides cognatus Péringuey, 1904
• Ablaberoides crassus (Fåhraeus, 1857)
• Ablaberoides decedens Péringuey, 1904
• Ablaberoides dentilabris (Lansberge, 1886)
• Ablaberoides dhofarensis Ahrens, 2000
• Ablaberoides ditissimus Péringuey, 1904
• Ablaberoides emeritus Péringuey, 1904
• Ablaberoides fahraei Péringuey, 1904
• Ablaberoides flavipennis (Fåhraeus, 1857)
• Ablaberoides fuliginosus (Thunberg, 1818)
• Ablaberoides gabonensis (Brenske, 1902)
• Ablaberoides haafi Frey, 1975
• Ablaberoides kapiriensis Moser, 1916
• Ablaberoides kochi Frey, 1975
• Ablaberoides laetulus Péringuey, 1904
• Ablaberoides lembanus Moser, 1916
• Ablaberoides loangoana (Brenske, 1902)
• Ablaberoides loangwanus Moser, 1918
• Ablaberoides maynei Burgeon, 1943
• Ablaberoides namaquanus Péringuey, 1904
• Ablaberoides naviauxi (Baraud, 1980)
• Ablaberoides nigrobrunnea (Brenske, 1902)
• Ablaberoides nitidulus Moser, 1916
• Ablaberoides ominosus Péringuey, 1904
• Ablaberoides pauper Péringuey, 1904
• Ablaberoides pavoninus Péringuey, 1904
• Ablaberoides quadrisignatus (Quedenfeldt, 1884)
• Ablaberoides quasitus Péringuey, 1904
• Ablaberoides rufovittatus (Péringuey, 1892)
• Ablaberoides schwetzi Moser, 1924
• Ablaberoides tardus Péringuey, 1904
• Ablaberoides tenellus (Fåhraeus, 1857)
• Ablaberoides testaceus (Fåhraeus, 1857)

BioLib treats Antitrochalus Brenske, 1902 and Trochaloserica Brenske, 1900 as synonyms of Ablaberoides and consequently lists a larger number of species (41) ^[3] than included above.

References

1. "Ablaberoides Blanchard, 1850". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
2. "Ablaberoides Blanchard, 1850". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
3. "Ablaberoides Blanchard, 1850". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
4. Ahrens, Dirk (2000). "Sericinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae) of Arabia". Fauna of Arabia. 18: 177–210.