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''Mesontoplatys'' is a genus of dung beetles in the family
Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly tre ...
. 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) (
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,
Afrotropics The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
) * '' Mesontoplatys bolzi'' (Petrovitz, 1967) (Afrotropics) * '' Mesontoplatys dorsalis'' (Klug, 1855) (Africa, Asia, Europe) * '' Mesontoplatys durandi'' (Petrovitz, 1973) (
Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
) * '' Mesontoplatys effetus'' (Kolbe, 1908) (Afrotropics) * '' Mesontoplatys indorsalis'' (Endrödi, 1960) (Afrotropics) * '' Mesontoplatys malzyi'' (Paulian, 1939) (
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,
Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ...
) * '' Mesontoplatys maoensis'' (Endrödi, 1964) (
Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...
) * '' Mesontoplatys marlieri'' (Endrödi, 1960) (Afrotropics) * '' Mesontoplatys mbaoensis'' (Petrovitz, 1969) (Senegal) * '' Mesontoplatys mungo'' (Balthasar, 1946) (South Asia) * '' Mesontoplatys offensus'' (Petrovitz, 1967) (
Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...
) * '' Mesontoplatys ovamboensis'' (Petrovitz, 1962) (
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
) * '' 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 Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
) * '' Mesontoplatys rufolaterus'' Motschulsky, 1863 (South Asia, Afrotropics) * '' Mesontoplatys scutatus'' (Petrovitz, 1961) (
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
) * '' Mesontoplatys simplicipennis'' (Petrovitz, 1972) (Afrotropics) * '' Mesontoplatys simplicius'' (Petrovitz, 1974) (Afrotropics) * '' Mesontoplatys sunantae'' (Stebnicka, 1982) (
Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
) * '' Mesontoplatys triangularis'' (Schmidt, 1907) (South Africa) * '' Mesontoplatys zavadili'' (Balthasar, 1941) (
Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...
) * '' Mesontoplatys zulu'' (Petrovitz, 1962) ( Zululand)


References


External links

* * Scarabaeidae Scarabaeidae genera {{scarabaeidae-stub