Liatongus is a genus of dung beetles in the subfamily Scarabaeinae of the scarab beetle family. 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.
Distribution Found in three regions: Afrotropical, Oriental to eastern Palearctic, and western Nearctic.
Taxonomy There are 38-46 species; 17 are from Africa.
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Species These 43 species belong to the genus Liatongus:
Liatongus affinis (Arrow, 1908) c g Liatongus amitinus (Boucomont, 1921) c g Liatongus ancorifer Kral & Rejsek, 1999 c g Liatongus appositicornis Kral & Rejsek, 1999 c g Liatongus arrowi (Boucomont, 1921) c g Liatongus aterrimus (Boucomont, 1921) c g Liatongus bucerus (Fairmaire, 1891) c g Liatongus californicus (Horn, 1882) i c g b Liatongus clypeocornis Scheuern, 1988 c g Liatongus davidi (Boucomont, 1919) c g Liatongus denticornis (Fairmaire, 1887) c g Liatongus endroedii Balthasar, 1956 c g Liatongus femoratus (Illiger, 1800) c g Liatongus ferreirae Balthasar, 1964 c g Liatongus fulvostriatus D'Orbigny, 1916 c g Liatongus gagatinus (Hope, 1831) c g Liatongus hastatus Kral & Rejsek, 1999 c g Liatongus imitator Balthasar, 1938 c g Liatongus incurvicornis (Fairmaire, 1887) c g Liatongus indicus (Arrow, 1908) c Liatongus interruptus (Quedenfeldt, 1884) c g Liatongus martialis (Harold, 1879) c g Liatongus medius (Fairmaire, 1889) c g Liatongus mergacerus (Hope, 1831) c g Liatongus militaris (Castelnau, 1840) c g Liatongus minutus (Motschulsky, 1860) c Liatongus phanaeoides (Westwood, 1839) c g Liatongus pugionatus (Boheman, 1858) c g Liatongus raffrayi (Lansberge, 1886) c g Liatongus rhinoceros Arrow, 1931 c g Liatongus rhinocerulus (Bates, 1889) c g Liatongus schoutedeni (Boucomont, 1920) c Liatongus sjostedti (Felsche, 1904) c g Liatongus spathulatus (Roth, 1851) c g Liatongus taurus (Boucomont, 1920) c g Liatongus testudo (Lansberge, 1886) c g Liatongus triacanthus (Boucomont, 1920) c g Liatongus tridentatus (Boucomont, 1919) c g Liatongus tuberculicollis (Felsche, 1909) c g Liatongus upembanus Janssens, 1953 c g Liatongus urus (Kolbe, 1914) c g Liatongus venator (Fabricius, 1801) c g Liatongus vertagus (Fabricius, 1798) c g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
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