Garreta
# Garreta

Garreta is a genus of dung beetles (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae). There are more than 20 described species; most are African and some are from Asia. They are generally found in fairly moist habitats (forest, moist savanna and upland grassland).

All species are ball-rolling dung beetles.

## Species

* Garreta australugens Davis & Deschodt, 2018
* Garreta azureus (Fabricius, 1801)
* Garreta basilewskyi (Balthasar, 1964)
* Garreta bechynei Pokorny & Zidek, 2018
* Garreta caffer (Fahraeus, 1857)
* Garreta crenulatus (Kolbe, 1895)
* Garreta dejeani (Castelnau, 1840)
* Garreta diffinis (Waterhouse, 1890)
* Garreta fastiditus (Harold, 1867)
* Garreta gilleti (Garreta, 1914)
* Garreta laetus (Hope, 1842)
* Garreta lugens (Fairmaire, 1891)
* Garreta malleolus (Kolbe, 1895)
* Garreta matabelensis (Janssens, 1938)
* Garreta mombelgi (Boucomont, 1929)
* Garreta morosus (Fairmaire, 1886)
* Garreta mundus (Wiedemann, 1819)
* Garreta namalugens Davis & Deschodt, 2018
* Garreta nitens (Olivier, 1789)
* Garreta nyassicus (Kolbe, 1897)
* Garreta opacus (Redtenbacher, 1848)
* Garreta ruficornis (Motschulsky, 1854)
* Garreta rutilans (Castelnau, 1840)
* Garreta smaragdifer (Walker, 1858)
* Garreta sumptuosus (Castelnau, 1840)
* Garreta sylvestris Mittal, 2011
* Garreta unicolor (Fahraeus, 1857)
* Garreta wahlbergi (Fahraeus, 1857)

## Gallery

* Garreta unicolor rolling a ball of rhinoceros dung in Ithala Game Reserve
* Garreta nitens
