{{short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Metacatharsius opacus 000724-2.jpg | image_caption = ''Metacatharsius opacus'' | taxon = Metacatharsius | authority = Paulian, 1939 }}
'''''Metacatharsius''''' is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Coprini (subfamily Scarabaeinae) of the scarab family.<ref name="Scholtz2009">{{cite book|last=Scholtz|first=Clarke H.|last2=Davis|first2=Adrian L. V.|last3=Kryger|first3=Ute|title=Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles|date=2009|publisher=Pensoft Pub.|location=Sofia-Moscow|isbn=978-954-642-517-1}}</ref> It comprises more than 60 species from Africa; one is also found in Arabia, and Pakistan.<ref name="Scholtz2009" />
==Habitat== These dung beetles are found mainly in savanna with deep sandy soils.<ref name="Scholtz2009" />
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==External links== *{{commons category-inline}} *{{Wikispecies-inline}} *[http://insectoid.info/insecta/coleoptera/scarabaeidae/metacatharsius_genus/ ''Metacatharsius'' in Insectoid.Info] has a list of species. <br /> {{Taxonbar|from=Q14893375}}
Category:Scarabaeidae genera Category:Coprini
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