Sceliages
Sceliages, Westwood, ('σκέλος' = leg), is a sub-genus of the Scarabaeus dung beetles, and are obligate predators of spirostreptid, spirobolid and julid millipedes, having renounced the coprophagy for which they were named. The genus is near-endemic to Southern Africa, Sceliages augias exceptionally ranging as far north as the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Sceliages
Sceliages, Westwood, ('σκέλος' = leg), is a sub-genus of the Scarabaeus dung beetles, and are obligate predators of spirostreptid, spirobolid and julid millipedes, having renounced the coprophagy for which they were named. The genus is near-endemic to Southern Africa, Sceliages augias exceptionally ranging as far north as the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Sceliages, Westwood, ('σκέλος' ...... Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Parascarabaeus (Balthasar, 1961)
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Sceliages sp. from Great Karoo, South Africa
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Westwood, 1837
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Sceliages, Westwood, ('σκέλος' ...... Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Sceliages
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