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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Aphodiinae |
| Tribe: | Aphodiini |
| Subtribe: | Aphodiina |
| Genus: | Mesontoplatys Motschulsky, 1863 |
Mesontoplatys is a genus of dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in Mesontoplatys, found in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Species
These 27 species belong to the genus Mesontoplatys:
- Mesontoplatys arabicus (Harold, 1875) (Palaearctic, Afrotropics)
- Mesontoplatys bolzi (Petrovitz, 1967) (Afrotropics)
- Mesontoplatys dorsalis (Klug, 1855) (Africa, Asia, Europe)
- Mesontoplatys durandi (Petrovitz, 1973) (Senegal)
- Mesontoplatys effetus (Kolbe, 1908) (Afrotropics)
- Mesontoplatys indorsalis (Endrödi, 1960) (Afrotropics)
- Mesontoplatys malzyi (Paulian, 1939) (Mauretania, Niger)
- Mesontoplatys maoensis (Endrödi, 1964) (Chad)
- Mesontoplatys marlieri (Endrödi, 1960) (Afrotropics)
- Mesontoplatys mbaoensis (Petrovitz, 1969) (Senegal)
- Mesontoplatys mungo (Balthasar, 1946) (South Asia)
- Mesontoplatys offensus (Petrovitz, 1967) (Tanzania)
- Mesontoplatys ovamboensis (Petrovitz, 1962) (South Africa)
- Mesontoplatys parvulus (Harold, 1871) (Africa, Asia, Europe)
- Mesontoplatys politipennis (Müller, 1941) (Afrotropics)
- Mesontoplatys probes (Péringuey, 1901) (Afrotropics)
- Mesontoplatys remedellii (Müller, 1941) (Afrotropics)
- Mesontoplatys rougoni (Petrovitz, 1974) (Afrotropics)
- Mesontoplatys rubrus (Bordat, 1992) (Kenya)
- Mesontoplatys rufolaterus Motschulsky, 1863 (South Asia, Afrotropics)
- Mesontoplatys scutatus (Petrovitz, 1961) (India)
- Mesontoplatys simplicipennis (Petrovitz, 1972) (Afrotropics)
- Mesontoplatys simplicius (Petrovitz, 1974) (Afrotropics)
- Mesontoplatys sunantae (Stebnicka, 1982) (Thailand)
- Mesontoplatys triangularis (Schmidt, 1907) (South Africa)
- Mesontoplatys zavadili (Balthasar, 1941) (Namibia)
- Mesontoplatys zulu (Petrovitz, 1962) (Zululand)
References
- "Mesontoplatys". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ "Mesontoplatys Motschulsky, 1863". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Mesontoplatys at iNaturalist
Media related to Mesontoplatys at Wikimedia Commons
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