New Records of the Giant Dung Beetle Genus Heliocopris Hope, 1837 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)

Abstract

Some new country records of dung beetles belonging to the genus Heliocopris Hope, 1837 are given: H. marshalli Péringuey, 1901 is recorded for the first time for Zambia; H. hamadryas (Fabricius, 1775) is recorded for the first time for the Lubombo region (Swaziland); the first exact locality for Gabon is reported for H. haroldi Kolbe, 1893; finally the occurrence of H. antenor (Olivier, 1789) is confirmed for Uganda.