Liatongus

''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.

Gallery

Liatongus militaris 2016 11 19 6712.jpg, ''Liatongus militaris''
Liatongus femoratus Illiger, 1800 (8311187838).png, ''Liatongus femoratus''
Liatongus (s.str.) gagatinus Hope, 1831 (4385437664).jpg, ''Liatongus gagatinus''
Liatongus incurvicornis Fairmaire, 1887 (4404576164).jpg, ''Liatongus incurvicornis''
Liatongus mergacerus Hope, 1831 male (4712442634).jpg, ''Liatongus mergacerus''
Scaptodera (=Liatongus) rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1775) (4050095301).jpg, ''Liatongus rhadamistus''
Liatongus venator Fabricius, 1801 male (4607126594).jpg, ''Liatongus venator''
Liatongus vertagus (Fabricius, 1798) (4441329612).jpg, ''Liatongus vertagus''

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

References

Scarabaeinae

{{Scarabaeinae-stub