Garreta
Sign in to saveGarreta 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).
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 28
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Collections
- SAM, NHMUK, USNM
- Recorded in
- Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Zambia
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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.
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