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Phoberus

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Phoberus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Trogidae
Subfamily: Troginae
Genus: Phoberus
MacLeay, 1819
Synonyms

Madagatrox Pittino, 2010

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.[1][2]

It contains the following species:[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Macleay, W. S. (1819). Horae entomologicae: or, Essays on the annulose animals (PDF). Vol. 1. S. Bagster.
  2. ^ van der Merwe, Yolandi (August 2008). "Systematics of Trogidae (Coleoptera): new South African species, and a molecular phylogeny of the family" (PDF). University of Pretoria. p. 65.
  3. ^ "Phoberus". BioLib.
  4. ^ "Phoberus MacLeay, 1819". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2 January 2022.