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Subfamily: Coprinae (scarabs or dung beetles)
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> Polyphaga > Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
> Family: Scarabaeidae
Some tribes that occur in southern Africa
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Tribe Coprini. Catharsius tricornutus, Three-horned Dung Beetle,
26mm.
[image by M. Picker & C.
Griffiths ©, from Field Guide to Insects of South Africa,
used with permission]. |
Tribe Coprini. Copris mesacanthus, Nursing Dung Beetle, 17mm.
[image by M. Picker & C.
Griffiths ©, from Field Guide to Insects of South Africa,
used with permission]. |
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Tribe Onitini. Heteronitis castelnaui, Grooved Dung Beetle, 28mm.
[image by M. Picker & C.
Griffiths ©, from Field Guide to Insects of South Africa,
used with permission]. |
Tribe Onitini. Onitis alexis, Bronze Dung Beetle, 16mm.
[image by M. Picker & C.
Griffiths ©, from Field Guide to Insects of South Africa,
used with permission]. |
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