Phoberus

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. Most beetle species in the genus live in Africa.

It contains the following species:


 * Phoberus aculeatus (Harold, 1872)
 * Phoberus arcuatus (Haaf, 1953)
 * Phoberus braacki (Scholtz, 1980)
 * Phoberus brincki (Haaf, 1958)
 * Phoberus bulirschi (Huchet, 2020)
 * Phoberus caffer (Harold, 1872)
 * Phoberus capensis (Scholtz, 1979)
 * Phoberus consimilis (Haaf, 1953)
 * Phoberus cyrtus (Haaf, 1953)
 * Phoberus disjunctus (Strümpher, 2016)
 * Phoberus elmariae (van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005)
 * Phoberus fascicularis (Wiedemann, 1821)
 * Phoberus fumarius (Haaf, 1953)
 * Phoberus gunki (Scholtz, 1980)
 * Phoberus herminae (Strümpher, 2016)
 * Phoberus horridus (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Phoberus levis (Haaf, 1953)
 * Phoberus lilianae (Scholtz, 1980)
 * Phoberus luridus (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Phoberus miliarius (Gmelin, 1790)
 * Phoberus montanus (Kolbe, 1891)
 * Phoberus mozalae (Strümpher & Scholtz, 2009)
 * Phoberus nama (Kolbe, 1908)
 * Phoberus nanniscus (Péringuey, 1901)
 * Phoberus nasutus (Harold, 1872)
 * Phoberus natalensis (Haaf, 1954)
 * Phoberus necopinus (Scholtz, 1986)
 * Phoberus ngomensis (van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005)
 * Phoberus nigrociliatus (Kolbe, 1904)
 * Phoberus ntlenyanae (Strümpher, 2019)
 * Phoberus nyansanus (Haaf, 1953)
 * Phoberus nyassicus (Haaf, 1953)
 * Phoberus nyikanus (Strümpher, 2017)
 * Phoberus penicillatus (Fahraeus, 1857)
 * Phoberus perrieri (Fairmaire, 1899)
 * Phoberus planicollis (Haaf, 1953)
 * Phoberus puncticollis (Haaf, 1953)
 * Phoberus pusillus (Péringuey, 1908)
 * Phoberus quadricostatus (Scholtz, 1980)
 * Phoberus ranotsaraensis (Pittino, 2010)
 * Phoberus rhyparoides (Harold, 1872)
 * Phoberus rudebecki (Haaf, 1958)
 * Phoberus squamiger (Roth, 1851)
 * Phoberus sternbergi (van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005)
 * Phoberus strigosus (Haaf, 1953)
 * Phoberus sulcatus (Thunberg, 1787)
 * Phoberus talpa (Fahraeus, 1857)
 * Phoberus youngai (Strümpher & Scholtz, 2011)