Lorditomaeus rothi

Lorditomaeus rothi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Lorditomaeus
Species:	L. rothi
Binomial name
	Lorditomaeus rothi; Bellmann, 2023
Synonyms
	Aphodius deplanatus Roth, 1851;

Lorditomaeus rothi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in). They have a broadly oval, feebly convex, weakly shiny, setaceous, light-brown body. The head, pronotum and elytra have pale lateral margins, and elytral interval 2, 3, 6 and 7 are yellowish basally.

References

↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved October 19, 2026.
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Lorditomaeus rothi 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 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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[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Lorditomaeus rothi 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 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.