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Epirinus
Epirinus is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Canthonini (subfamily Scarabaeinae) of the scarab family. It comprises 29 species from southern Africa; a few species are widespread in the region, but most have limited ranges. Length ranges from 3.0 mm to 13.5 mm.
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Epirinus flagellatus
speciesEpirinus flagellatus
Epirinus aeneus
speciesEpirinus aeneus
Epirinus hilaris
speciesEpirinus hilaris
Epirinus validus
speciesEpirinus validus
Epirinus asper
speciesEpirinus asper
Epirinus striatus
speciesEpirinus striatus
Epirinus obtusus
speciesEpirinus obtusus
Epirinus mucrodentatus
speciesEpirinus mucrodentatus
Epirinus montanus
speciesEpirinus montanus
Epirinus sulcipennis
speciesEpirinus sulcipennis
Epirinus hluhluwensis
speciesEpirinus hluhluwensis
Epirinus ngomae
speciesEpirinus ngomae
Epirinus sebastiani
speciesEpirinus sebastiani
Epirinus davisi
speciesEpirinus davisi
Epirinus bentoi
speciesEpirinus bentoi
Epirinus aquilus
speciesEpirinus aquilus
Epirinus drakomontanus
speciesEpirinus drakomontanus
Epirinus granulatus
speciesEpirinus granulatus
Epirinus minimus
speciesEpirinus minimus
Epirinus pseudorugosus
speciesEpirinus pseudorugosus
Epirinus punctatus
speciesEpirinus punctatus
Epirinus pygidialus
speciesEpirinus pygidialus
Epirinus rugosus
speciesEpirinus rugosus
Epirinus scrobiculatus
speciesEpirinus scrobiculatus
Epirinus silvestris
speciesEpirinus silvestris
Epirinus relictus
speciesEpirinus relictus
Epirinus comosus
speciesEpirinus comosus
Epirinus convexus
speciesEpirinus convexus
Epirinus gratus
speciesEpirinus gratus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 376292.