Liatongus

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Liatongus
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Liatongus militaris
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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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]

Species

These 43 species belong to the genus Liatongus:

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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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