''Phoberus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
hide beetle
Trogidae, sometimes called hide beetles, is a family of beetles with a distinctive warty or bumpy appearance. Found worldwide, the family includes about 300 species contained in four or five genera.
Trogids range in length from 2 to 20 mm. Thei ...
in the subfamily
Troginae
''Troginae'' is a subfamily of beetles in the family Trogidae which includes extant species and extinct beetle species from the Lower Cretaceous. The subfamily contains the following genera:
* Glyptotrox Nikolajev, 2016
*Paratrox
''Paratrox ...
. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is
monophyletic
In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria:
# the grouping contains its own most recent co ...
, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Most beetle species in the genus live in Africa.
It contains the following species:
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Phoberus aculeatus (Harold, 1872)
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Phoberus arcuatus (Haaf, 1953)
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Phoberus braacki
''Phoberus braacki'' is a species of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae
''Troginae'' is a subfamily of beetles in the family Trogidae which includes extant species and extinct beetle species from the Lower Cretaceous. The subfamily contai ...
(Scholtz, 1980)
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Phoberus brincki (Haaf, 1958)
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Phoberus bulirschi
''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mos ...
(Huchet, 2020)
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Phoberus caffer (Harold, 1872)
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Phoberus capensis (Scholtz, 1979)
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Phoberus consimilis (Haaf, 1953)
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Phoberus cyrtus (Haaf, 1953)
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Phoberus disjunctus (Strümpher, 2016)
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Phoberus elmariae (van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005)
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Phoberus fascicularis (Wiedemann, 1821)
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Phoberus fumarius
''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic
In biological cladistics for the classification of ...
(Haaf, 1953)
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Phoberus gunki (Scholtz, 1980)
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Phoberus herminae (Strümpher, 2016)
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Phoberus horridus
''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mos ...
(Fabricius, 1775)
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Phoberus levis
''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mos ...
(Haaf, 1953)
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Phoberus lilianae
''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mos ...
(Scholtz, 1980)
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Phoberus luridus
''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mos ...
(Fabricius, 1781)
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Phoberus miliarius
''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mos ...
(Gmelin, 1790)
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Phoberus montanus
''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mos ...
(Kolbe, 1891)
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Phoberus mozalae
''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mos ...
(Strümpher & Scholtz, 2009)
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Phoberus nama
''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mos ...
(Kolbe, 1908)
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Phoberus nanniscus
''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mos ...
(Péringuey, 1901)
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Phoberus nasutus
''Phoberus'' is a genus of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. It was initially a subgenus of ''Trox'' before taxonomists reorganized it into its own genus. The genus is monophyletic, with all species evolved from a single common ancestor. Mos ...
(Harold, 1872)
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Phoberus natalensis (Haaf, 1954)
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Phoberus necopinus (Scholtz, 1986)
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Phoberus ngomensis (van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005)
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Phoberus nigrociliatus (Kolbe, 1904)
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Phoberus ntlenyanae (Strümpher, 2019)
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Phoberus nyansanus (Haaf, 1953)
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Phoberus nyassicus (Haaf, 1953)
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Phoberus nyikanus (Strümpher, 2017)
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Phoberus penicillatus (Fahraeus, 1857)
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Phoberus perrieri (Fairmaire, 1899)
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Phoberus planicollis (Haaf, 1953)
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Phoberus puncticollis (Haaf, 1953)
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Phoberus pusillus (Péringuey, 1908)
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Phoberus quadricostatus (Scholtz, 1980)
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Phoberus ranotsaraensis (Pittino, 2010)
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Phoberus rhyparoides (Harold, 1872)
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Phoberus rudebecki (Haaf, 1958)
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Phoberus squamiger (Roth, 1851)
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Phoberus sternbergi (van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005)
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Phoberus strigosus (Haaf, 1953)
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Phoberus sulcatus (Thunberg, 1787)
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Phoberus talpa (Fahraeus, 1857)
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Phoberus youngai (Strümpher & Scholtz, 2011)
References
Trogidae
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