''Mesontoplatys'' is a genus of dung beetles in the family

Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...

. 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 The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...

Afrotropics The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the islan ...

) * '' Mesontoplatys bolzi'' (Petrovitz, 1967) (Afrotropics) * '' Mesontoplatys dorsalis'' (Klug, 1855) (Africa, Asia, Europe) * '' Mesontoplatys durandi'' (Petrovitz, 1973) (

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣� ...

) * '' Mesontoplatys effetus'' (Kolbe, 1908) (Afrotropics) * '' Mesontoplatys indorsalis'' (Endrödi, 1960) (Afrotropics) * '' Mesontoplatys malzyi'' (Paulian, 1939) (

Mauretania Mauretania (; ) is the Latin name for a region in the ancient Maghreb. It stretched from central present-day Algeria westwards to the Atlantic, covering northern present-day Morocco, and southward to the Atlas Mountains. Its native inhabitants, ...

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesMesontoplatys maoensis'' (Endrödi, 1964) (

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Repub ...

) * '' Mesontoplatys marlieri'' (Endrödi, 1960) (Afrotropics) * ''

Mesontoplatys mbaoensis ''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'': * ''Mesont ...

'' (Petrovitz, 1969) (Senegal) * '' Mesontoplatys mungo'' (Balthasar, 1946) (South Asia) * '' Mesontoplatys offensus'' (Petrovitz, 1967) (

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

) * '' Mesontoplatys ovamboensis'' (Petrovitz, 1962) (

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...

) * '' 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 ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

) * '' Mesontoplatys rufolaterus'' Motschulsky, 1863 (South Asia, Afrotropics) * '' Mesontoplatys scutatus'' (Petrovitz, 1961) (

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

) * '' Mesontoplatys simplicipennis'' (Petrovitz, 1972) (Afrotropics) * '' Mesontoplatys simplicius'' (Petrovitz, 1974) (Afrotropics) * '' Mesontoplatys sunantae'' (Stebnicka, 1982) (

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

) * '' Mesontoplatys triangularis'' (Schmidt, 1907) (South Africa) * '' Mesontoplatys zavadili'' (Balthasar, 1941) (

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and e ...

) * '' Mesontoplatys zulu'' (Petrovitz, 1962) ( Zululand)

References

External links

* * Scarabaeidae Scarabaeidae genera {{scarabaeidae-stub