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Metacatharsius
Metacatharsius is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Coprini (subfamily Scarabaeinae) of the scarab family. It comprises more than 60 species from Africa; one is also found in Arabia, and Pakistan.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Metacatharsius opacus
speciesMetacatharsius opacus
Metacatharsius marani
speciesMetacatharsius marani
Metacatharsius troglodytes
speciesMetacatharsius troglodytes
Metacatharsius ferreirae
speciesMetacatharsius ferreirae
Metacatharsius inermis
speciesMetacatharsius inermis
Metacatharsius peleus
speciesMetacatharsius peleus
Metacatharsius exiguus
speciesMetacatharsius exiguus
Metacatharsius pumilioniformis
speciesMetacatharsius pumilioniformis
Metacatharsius transvaalensis
speciesMetacatharsius transvaalensis
Metacatharsius dentinus
speciesMetacatharsius dentinus
Metacatharsius pseudoopacus
speciesMetacatharsius pseudoopacus
Metacatharsius pumilionis
speciesMetacatharsius pumilionis
Metacatharsius zuluanus
speciesMetacatharsius zuluanus
Metacatharsius latifrons
speciesMetacatharsius latifrons
Metacatharsius exiguiformis
speciesMetacatharsius exiguiformis
Metacatharsius freyi
speciesMetacatharsius freyi
Metacatharsius anderseni
speciesMetacatharsius anderseni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 433940.