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Catharsius
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Species
Molossus Dung Beetle
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyScarabaeidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 138
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Collections
- USNM, SAM, ZMUC, NRM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Kenya, South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Malaysia, Zambia, Sri Lanka
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Catharsius is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Coprini (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab family.
It contains about 100 species of intermediate to large size (), black or brown, living in the tropical areas of the Old World. Tropical Africa contains about 85 species, with the remaining 15 in tropical Asia. Catharsius are typically short and convex scarabs, with horns on head and forebody of males, sometimes also of females.
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