''Garreta'' is a genus of
dung beetles (subfamily
Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family (
Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species;
most are African and some are from Asia.
They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (forest, moist savanna and upland grassland).
All species are ball-rolling dung beetles.
Species
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Garreta australugens''
Davis & Deschodt, 2018
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Garreta azureus''
(Fabricius, 1801)
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Garreta basilewskyi''
(Balthasar, 1964)
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Garreta bechynei''
Pokorny & Zidek, 2018
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Garreta caffer''
(Fahraeus, 1857)
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Garreta crenulatus''
(Kolbe, 1895)
* ''
Garreta dejeani''
(Castelnau, 1840)
* ''
Garreta diffinis''
(Waterhouse, 1890)
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Garreta fastiditus
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (f ...
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(Harold, 1867)
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Garreta gilleti
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (f ...
''
(Garreta, 1914)
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Garreta laetus''
(Hope, 1842)
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Garreta lugens''
(Fairmaire, 1891)
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Garreta malleolus''
(Kolbe, 1895)
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Garreta matabelensis
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (fo ...
''
(Janssens, 1938)
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Garreta mombelgi''
(Boucomont, 1929)
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Garreta morosus
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (f ...
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(Fairmaire, 1886)
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Garreta mundus
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (fo ...
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(Wiedemann, 1819)
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Garreta namalugens
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (fo ...
''
Davis & Deschodt, 2018
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Garreta nitens
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (fo ...
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(Olivier, 1789)
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Garreta nyassicus
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (fo ...
''
(Kolbe, 1897)
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Garreta opacus
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (fo ...
''
(Redtenbacher, 1848)
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Garreta ruficornis
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (fo ...
''
(Motschulsky, 1854)
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Garreta rutilans
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (fo ...
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(Castelnau, 1840)
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Garreta smaragdifer
''Garreta smaragdifer'' is a species of dung beetle
Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night.
Many dung beetles, known as ''rollers'', roll dung into round ...
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(Walker, 1858)
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Garreta sumptuosus
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (fo ...
''
(Castelnau, 1840)
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Garreta sylvestris
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (fo ...
''
Mittal, 2011
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Garreta unicolor
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (fo ...
''
(Fahraeus, 1857)
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Garreta wahlbergi
''Garreta'' is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family ( Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (fo ...
''
(Fahraeus, 1857)
Gallery
Garreta unicolor 000244-2.jpg, ''Garreta unicolor'' rolling a ball of rhinoceros dung in Ithala Game Reserve
Ithala Game Reserve is situated in 290 km2 of rugged, mountainous thornveld, about 400 km north of Durban, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is one of the youngest game parks in South Africa. The altitude varies from 400 m ...
Garreta nitens 246-1 2016 01 01.jpg, ''Garreta nitens''
References
Scarabaeinae
{{Scarabaeinae-stub