Garreta

Garreta
Garreta nitens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Gymnopleurini
Genus: Garreta
Janssens, 1940[1]

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

References

  1. ^ Janssens, André (1940). "Monographie des Gymnopleurides (Coleoptera Lamellicornia)". Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique. 2 (in French). 18: 3–73.
  2. ^ "ITIS Standard Report - Error". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
  3. ^ "Garreta - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2011-03-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Garreta - Wikispecies". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  6. ^ a b 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.


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