| Delopleurus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
| Tribe: | Ateuchini |
| Genus: | Delopleurus Erichson, 1847 |
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Delopleurus is a genus of dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 10 described species in Delopleurus, found in Africa and Asia. [1] [2]
These 10 species belong to the genus Delopleurus:
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