''Phoberus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

hide beetle Trogidae, sometimes called hide beetles, is a family of beetles with a distinctive warty or bumpy appearance. Found worldwide, the family includes about 300 species contained in four or five genera. Trogids range in length from 2 to 20 mm. Thei ...

in the subfamily

Troginae ''Troginae'' is a subfamily of beetles in the family Trogidae which includes extant species and extinct beetle species from the Lower Cretaceous. The subfamily contains the following genera: * Glyptotrox Nikolajev, 2016 *Paratrox Nikolajev, 2009 ...

. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is

monophyletic In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...

, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Most beetle species in the genus live in Africa. It contains the following species: : Phoberus aculeatus (Harold, 1872) : Phoberus arcuatus (Haaf, 1953) : Phoberus braacki (Scholtz, 1980) : Phoberus brincki (Haaf, 1958) :

Phoberus bulirschi ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mo ...

(Huchet, 2020) : Phoberus caffer (Harold, 1872) : Phoberus capensis (Scholtz, 1979) : Phoberus consimilis (Haaf, 1953) :

Phoberus cyrtus ''Phoberus cyrtus'' is a species of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae discovered by Erwin Haaf in 1953. Taxonomy Taxonomically, ''P. cyrtus'' was initially placed in the subgenus ''Trox (Phoberus)''. When ''Phoberus'' was elevated to a ful ...

(Haaf, 1953) : Phoberus disjunctus (Strümpher, 2016) : Phoberus elmariae (van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005) :

Phoberus fascicularis ''Phoberus fascicularis'' is a species of hide beetle Trogidae, sometimes called hide beetles, is a family of beetles with a distinctive warty or bumpy appearance. Found worldwide, the family includes about 300 species contained in four or f ...

(Wiedemann, 1821) : Phoberus fumarius (Haaf, 1953) :

Phoberus gunki ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is ...

(Scholtz, 1980) : Phoberus herminae (Strümpher, 2016) :

Phoberus horridus ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mo ...

(Fabricius, 1775) :

Phoberus levis ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mo ...

(Haaf, 1953) :

Phoberus lilianae ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mo ...

(Scholtz, 1980) :

Phoberus luridus ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mo ...

(Fabricius, 1781) :

Phoberus miliarius ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mo ...

(Gmelin, 1790) :

Phoberus montanus ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mo ...

(Kolbe, 1891) :

Phoberus mozalae ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mo ...

(Strümpher & Scholtz, 2009) :

Phoberus nama ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mo ...

(Kolbe, 1908) :

Phoberus nanniscus ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mo ...

(Péringuey, 1901) :

Phoberus nasutus ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mo ...

(Harold, 1872) :

Phoberus natalensis ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mo ...

(Haaf, 1954) :

Phoberus necopinus ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mo ...

(Scholtz, 1986) : Phoberus ngomensis (van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005) : Phoberus nigrociliatus (Kolbe, 1904) : Phoberus ntlenyanae (Strümpher, 2019) : Phoberus nyansanus (Haaf, 1953) : Phoberus nyassicus (Haaf, 1953) : Phoberus nyikanus (Strümpher, 2017) : Phoberus penicillatus (Fahraeus, 1857) :

Phoberus perrieri ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mo ...

(Fairmaire, 1899) : Phoberus planicollis (Haaf, 1953) : Phoberus puncticollis (Haaf, 1953) : Phoberus pusillus (Péringuey, 1908) : Phoberus quadricostatus (Scholtz, 1980) : Phoberus ranotsaraensis (Pittino, 2010) : Phoberus rhyparoides (Harold, 1872) : Phoberus rudebecki (Haaf, 1958) : Phoberus squamiger (Roth, 1851) :

Phoberus sternbergi ''Phoberus sternbergi'' is a species of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae discovered by the scientists van de Merwe and Scholtz in 2005. Like with many other beetle species, ''P. sternbergi'' has not been observed again after its discovery, ...

(van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005) : Phoberus strigosus (Haaf, 1953) : Phoberus sulcatus (Thunberg, 1787) :

Phoberus talpa ''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mos ...

(Fahraeus, 1857) : Phoberus youngai (Strümpher & Scholtz, 2011)

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