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Invertebrates on the Mogalakwena Reserves

Phylum: Arthropoda
   Class: Insecta

     Order: Coleoptera (beetles)
       Family: Carabidae (ground beetles)
         Thermophilum homplatum - two-spotted ground beetle
         Thermophilum fornasii -
       Family: Cicindelidae (tiger beetles)
         Mantichora - monster tiger beetle
       Family: Paussidae (ants' guest beetles, ants' nest beetles)
         Cerapterus laceratus - bombadier ants' guest beetle
       Family: Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles, dung beetles)
         Pachnoda sinuata - garden fruit chafer
         Rhabdotis aulica - emerald fruit chafer
         Leucocelis amethystina - amethyst fruit chafer
         Taurhina splendens - regal fruit chafer
         Oryctes boas - rhinoceros beetle
         Gymnopleurus humanus - small green dung beetle
         Anachalcos convexus - plum dung beetle
         Copris mesacanthus - nursing dung beetle
         Kheper nigroaeneus - large copper dung beetle
         Pachylomera femoralis - flattened giant dung beetle
       Family: Buprestidae (jewel beetles, flat-headed borers)
         Acmaeodera viridaenea - glittering jewel beetle
         Evides pubiventris - emerald jewel beetle
       Family: Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles)
         Psammodes virago - (toktokkie)
         Trigonopus sp. -
         Himatismus sp. - tapering ground beetle
         Anomalipus elephas - large armoured ground beetle
         Tenebrio molitor - yellow mealworm
       Family: Meloidae (blister beetles, oil beetles, CMR beetles)
         Cylindrothorax bisignatus - slendergrey blister beetle
         Mylabris oculata - CMR beetle
       Family: Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles, timber beetles)
         Prosopocera lactator - turquoise longhorn
         Macrotoma palmata - large brown longhorn
         Acanthophorous confinis - giant longhorn
         Ceroplesis thunbergi - pondo-pondo longhorn
         Tragiscoschema bertolonii - ocellate longhorn
         Promeces longipes - common metallic longhorn
       Family: Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles)
         Dicladispa sp. - spiny leaf beetles
         Corynodes dejeani - milkweed leaf beetle
       Family: Curculionidae weevils, snout beetles)
         Protostrophus sp. - beaded weavil
         Brachycerus ornatus - red spotted lily weevil