Millipede Undertakers

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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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Fynbos Millipede Undertaker

speciesSceliages adamastor

Bushveld Millipede Undertaker

speciesSceliages hippias

Savanna Millipede Undertaker

speciesSceliages difficilis

Sandforest Millipede Undertaker

speciesSceliages gagates

Kalahari Millipede Undertaker

speciesSceliages granulatus

Ribbed Millipede Undertaker

speciesSceliages augias

Sandveld Millipede Undertaker

speciesSceliages brittoni

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 714067.