Liatongus
Sign in to saveLiatongus 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.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 31
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Collections
- IFIT-CP, SAM, TAMU, AM, USNM, MSU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Madagascar, India, South Africa, Thailand
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- Parent taxon
- Oniticellini
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- Liatongus vertagus (Fabricius, 1798) (4441329612).jpg
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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.
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