Phoberus

Phoberus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Trogidae
Subfamily: Troginae
Genus:
MacLeay, 1819
Synonyms

Madagatrox Pittino, 2010

Phoberus is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of Trox before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Most beetle species in the genus live in Africa.[1][2]

It contains the following species:[3][4]

  • Phoberus aculeatus (Harold, 1872)
  • Phoberus arcuatus (Haaf, 1953)
  • Phoberus braacki (Scholtz, 1980)
  • Phoberus brincki (Haaf, 1958)
  • Phoberus bulirschi (Huchet, 2020)
  • Phoberus caffer (Harold, 1872)
  • Phoberus capensis (Scholtz, 1979)
  • Phoberus consimilis (Haaf, 1953)
  • Phoberus cyrtus (Haaf, 1953)
  • Phoberus disjunctus (Strümpher, 2016)
  • Phoberus elmariae (van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005)
  • Phoberus fascicularis (Wiedemann, 1821)
  • Phoberus fumarius (Haaf, 1953)
  • Phoberus gunki (Scholtz, 1980)
  • Phoberus herminae (Strümpher, 2016)
  • Phoberus horridus (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Phoberus levis (Haaf, 1953)
  • Phoberus lilianae (Scholtz, 1980)
  • Phoberus luridus (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Phoberus miliarius (Gmelin, 1790)
  • Phoberus montanus (Kolbe, 1891)
  • Phoberus mozalae (Strümpher & Scholtz, 2009)
  • Phoberus nama (Kolbe, 1908)
  • Phoberus nanniscus (Péringuey, 1901)
  • Phoberus nasutus (Harold, 1872)
  • Phoberus natalensis (Haaf, 1954)
  • Phoberus necopinus (Scholtz, 1986)
  • Phoberus ngomensis (van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005)
  • Phoberus nigrociliatus (Kolbe, 1904)
  • Phoberus ntlenyanae (Strümpher, 2019)
  • Phoberus nyansanus (Haaf, 1953)
  • Phoberus nyassicus (Haaf, 1953)
  • Phoberus nyikanus (Strümpher, 2017)
  • Phoberus penicillatus (Fahraeus, 1857)
  • Phoberus perrieri (Fairmaire, 1899)
  • Phoberus planicollis (Haaf, 1953)
  • Phoberus puncticollis (Haaf, 1953)
  • Phoberus pusillus (Péringuey, 1908)
  • Phoberus quadricostatus (Scholtz, 1980)
  • Phoberus ranotsaraensis (Pittino, 2010)
  • Phoberus rhyparoides (Harold, 1872)
  • Phoberus rudebecki (Haaf, 1958)
  • Phoberus squamiger (Roth, 1851)
  • Phoberus sternbergi (van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005)
  • Phoberus strigosus (Haaf, 1953)
  • Phoberus sulcatus (Thunberg, 1787)
  • Phoberus talpa (Fahraeus, 1857)
  • Phoberus youngai (Strümpher & Scholtz, 2011)

References

  1. ^ Macleay, W. S. (1819). Horae entomologicae: or, Essays on the annulose animals (PDF). Vol. 1. S. Bagster.
  2. ^ van der Merwe, Yolandi (August 2008). "Systematics of Trogidae (Coleoptera): new South African species, and a molecular phylogeny of the family" (PDF). University of Pretoria. p. 65.
  3. ^ "Phoberus". BioLib.
  4. ^ "Phoberus MacLeay, 1819". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2 January 2022.