Lorditomaeus collartoides

Lorditomaeus collartoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Lorditomaeus
Species:	L. collartoides
Binomial name
	Lorditomaeus collartoides; Bellmann, 2023

Lorditomaeus collartoides is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal and Sudan.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.5–7 mm (0.22–0.28 in). They have a broadly oval, feebly convex, weakly shiny, setaceous, brown body. The head, pronotum and elytra have pale lateral margins and elytral intervals 2, 3, 6 and 7 are yellowish basally. The apex of the elytra has a light spot, which is dark anteriorly.

Etymology

The species name refers to its similarity to Lorditomaeus collarti.

References

↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved October 19, 2026.
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Lorditomaeus collartoides at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved October 19, 2026.
1 2 3 Bellmann, A. (2023). "Studies in the genus Lorditomaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), with description of new species. Part 1: opatroides-species group" (PDF). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae. 87: 1-24. Retrieved October 19, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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[gbif-1] "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved October 19, 2026.

[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Lorditomaeus collartoides at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved October 19, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 3 Bellmann, A. (2023). "Studies in the genus Lorditomaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), with description of new species. Part 1: opatroides-species group" (PDF). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae. 87: 1-24. Retrieved October 19, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.