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.

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Species

These 43 species belong to the genus Liatongus:

• Liatongus affinis <small>(Arrow, 1908)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus amitinus <small>(Boucomont, 1921)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus ancorifer <small>Kral & Rejsek, 1999</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus appositicornis <small>Kral & Rejsek, 1999</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus arrowi <small>(Boucomont, 1921)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus aterrimus <small>(Boucomont, 1921)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus bucerus <small>(Fairmaire, 1891)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus californicus <small>(Horn, 1882)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Liatongus clypeocornis <small>Scheuern, 1988</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus davidi <small>(Boucomont, 1919)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus denticornis <small>(Fairmaire, 1887)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus endroedii <small>Balthasar, 1956</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus femoratus <small>(Illiger, 1800)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus ferreirae <small>Balthasar, 1964</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus fulvostriatus <small>D'Orbigny, 1916</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus gagatinus <small>(Hope, 1831)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus hastatus <small>Kral & Rejsek, 1999</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus imitator <small>Balthasar, 1938</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus incurvicornis <small>(Fairmaire, 1887)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus indicus <small>(Arrow, 1908)</small><span style="color:gray">^c</span>
• Liatongus interruptus <small>(Quedenfeldt, 1884)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus martialis <small>(Harold, 1879)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus medius <small>(Fairmaire, 1889)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus mergacerus <small>(Hope, 1831)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus militaris <small>(Castelnau, 1840)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus minutus <small>(Motschulsky, 1860)</small><span style="color:gray">^c</span>
• Liatongus phanaeoides <small>(Westwood, 1839)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus pugionatus <small>(Boheman, 1858)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus raffrayi <small>(Lansberge, 1886)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus rhinoceros <small>Arrow, 1931</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus rhinocerulus <small>(Bates, 1889)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus schoutedeni <small>(Boucomont, 1920)</small><span style="color:gray">^c</span>
• Liatongus sjostedti <small>(Felsche, 1904)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus spathulatus <small>(Roth, 1851)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus taurus <small>(Boucomont, 1920)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus testudo <small>(Lansberge, 1886)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus triacanthus <small>(Boucomont, 1920)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus tridentatus <small>(Boucomont, 1919)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus tuberculicollis <small>(Felsche, 1909)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus upembanus <small>Janssens, 1953</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus urus <small>(Kolbe, 1914)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus venator <small>(Fabricius, 1801)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Liatongus vertagus <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

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