| Taxon | Garreta |
|---|---|
| Authority | Janssens, 1940[1] |
| Display parents | 2 |
| Subdivision ranks | Species |
Garreta is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae).[2][3][4] There are more than 20 described species;[5] most are African and some are from Asia.[6] They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (forest, moist savanna and upland grassland).[6]
All species are ball-rolling dung beetles.
Species
- Garreta australugens Davis & Deschodt, 2018
- Garreta azureus (Fabricius, 1801)
- Garreta basilewskyi (Balthasar, 1964)
- Garreta bechynei Pokorny & Zidek, 2018
- Garreta caffer (Fahraeus, 1857)
- Garreta crenulatus (Kolbe, 1895)
- Garreta dejeani (Castelnau, 1840)
- Garreta diffinis (Waterhouse, 1890)
- Garreta fastiditus (Harold, 1867)
- Garreta gilleti (Garreta, 1914)
- Garreta laetus (Hope, 1842)
- Garreta lugens (Fairmaire, 1891)
- Garreta malleolus (Kolbe, 1895)
- Garreta matabelensis (Janssens, 1938)
- Garreta mombelgi (Boucomont, 1929)
- Garreta morosus (Fairmaire, 1886)
- Garreta mundus (Wiedemann, 1819)
- Garreta namalugens Davis & Deschodt, 2018
- Garreta nitens (Olivier, 1789)
- Garreta nyassicus (Kolbe, 1897)
- Garreta opacus (Redtenbacher, 1848)
- Garreta ruficornis (Motschulsky, 1854)
- Garreta rutilans (Castelnau, 1840)
- Garreta smaragdifer (Walker, 1858)
- Garreta sumptuosus (Castelnau, 1840)
- Garreta sylvestris Mittal, 2011
- Garreta unicolor (Fahraeus, 1857)
- Garreta wahlbergi (Fahraeus, 1857)
References
- ^ Janssens, André (1940). "Monographie des Gymnopleurides (Coleoptera Lamellicornia)" (in French). Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique. 18: 3–73. 2.
- ^ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Search Results". Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ "Garreta - Nomen.at - animals and plants"
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ^ "Garreta - Wikispecies". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ Scholtz, Clarke H.; Davis, Adrian L. V.; Kryger, Ute (2009). Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft Pub. ISBN 978-954-642-517-1.