Garreta
| Garreta | |
|---|---|
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| Garreta nitens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabeiformia |
| Superfamily: | Scarabaeoidea |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
| Tribe: | Gymnopleurini |
| Genus: | Garreta |
Garreta unicolor rolling a ball of rhinoceros dung in Ithala Game Reserve
Garreta nitens
Garreta is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae).[1][2][3] There are more than 20 described species;[4] most are African and some are from Asia.[5] They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (forest, moist savanna and upland grassland).[5]
All species are ball-rolling dung beetles.
References
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- ↑ http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053
- ↑ "Garreta - Wikispecies". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- 1 2 Scholtz, Clarke H.; Davis, Adrian L. V.; Kryger, Ute (2009). Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft Pub. ISBN 978-954-642-517-1.
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