Mesontoplatys | |
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Mesontoplatys, Botswana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Subfamily: | Aphodiinae |
Tribe: | Aphodiini |
Subtribe: | Aphodiina |
Genus: | Mesontoplatys Motschulsky, 1863 |
Mesontoplatys is a genus of dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in Mesontoplatys, found in Europe, Africa, and Asia. [1] [2]
These 27 species belong to the genus Mesontoplatys: [2]
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