Kheper festivus

Scarabaeus festivus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Scarabaeini
Genus: Kheper
Species: Kheper festivus
Subspecies: K. f. nicolasi – K. f. simoni – K. f. wellsi

Name

Kheper festivus (Harold, 1868)

• Source: Harold 1868: 78 BHL
• Original Combination: Ateuchus festivus

References

Primary references

• Harold, E. 1868: Diagnosen neuer Coprophagen. Coleopterologische Hefte. 4: 79–86. BHL
• Davis, A.L.V. 1986. Three new Afrotropical dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in the genera, Kheper Janssens, Gymnopleurus Illiger and Onitis Fabricius, with notes on related species. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 49(2): 373–387. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Moretto, P. 1998: Kheper festivus (Harold): a species complex. Entomologia africana, 3(2): 27–38.

Links

• 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. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on April 1, 2017]