Kheper
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Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Scarabaeini
Genus: Kheper
Species (26):
K. aegyptiorum –
K. aeratus –
K. asceticus –
K. bonellii –
K. clericus –
K. cupreus –
K. cuvieri –
K. devotus –
K. erichsoni –
K. festivus –
K. intermedius –
K. kalaharicus –
K. laevistriatus –
K. lamarcki –
K. nigroaeneus –
K. paganus –
K. platynotus –
K. porosus –
K. prodigiosus –
K. pustulosus –
K. rolciki –
K. sanctus –
K. subaeneus –
K. vanderkelleni –
K. venerabilis –
K. zurstrasseni
Name
editKheper Janssens, 1940
- Authority for current placement: Forgie, Philips & Scholtz, 2005: 69 ('stat. nov.')
References
editPrimary references
edit- Janssens 1940: Mém. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg. (2), 16:
Additional references
edit- Deschodt, C.M., Davis, A.L.V. & Scholtz, C.H. 2011. New dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) taxa from arid south-western Africa. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42(3): 277–294. DOI: 10.1163/187631211X568173 Reference page. [see pp. 288-289]
- Forgie, S.A., Philips, T.K. & Scholtz, C.H. 2005. Evolution of the Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Systematic Entomology 30(1): 60–96. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00273.x Reference page.
Links
edit- Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on March 27, 2017]