Phoberus

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Phoberus

| authority = 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.{{cite book|last=Macleay|first=W. S.|year=1819|title=Horae entomologicae: or, Essays on the annulose animals|volume=1|publisher=S. Bagster|url=http://www.archive.org/download/horentomologic01macl/horentomologic01macl.pdf}}{{cite web|last1=van der Merwe|first1=Yolandi|url=https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/27733/dissertation.pdf|title=Systematics of Trogidae (Coleoptera): new South African species, and a molecular phylogeny of the family.|date=August 2008|publisher=University of Pretoria|page=65}}

It contains the following species:{{cite web|publisher=BioLib|url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id864243/|title=Phoberus}}{{Catalogue of Life|id=6NTR|title=Phoberus MacLeay, 1819|access-date=2 January 2022}}

• Phoberus aculeatus (Harold, 1872)
• Phoberus arcuatus (Haaf, 1953)
• Phoberus braacki (Scholtz, 1980)
• Phoberus brincki (Haaf, 1958)
• Phoberus bulirschi (Huchet, 2020)
• Phoberus caffer (Harold, 1872)
• Phoberus capensis (Scholtz, 1979)
• Phoberus consimilis (Haaf, 1953)
• Phoberus cyrtus (Haaf, 1953)
• Phoberus disjunctus (Strümpher, 2016)
• Phoberus elmariae (van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005)
• Phoberus fascicularis (Wiedemann, 1821)
• Phoberus fumarius (Haaf, 1953)
• Phoberus gunki (Scholtz, 1980)
• Phoberus herminae (Strümpher, 2016)
• Phoberus horridus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Phoberus levis (Haaf, 1953)
• Phoberus lilianae (Scholtz, 1980)
• Phoberus luridus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Phoberus miliarius (Gmelin, 1790)
• Phoberus montanus (Kolbe, 1891)
• Phoberus mozalae (Strümpher & Scholtz, 2009)
• Phoberus nama (Kolbe, 1908)
• Phoberus nanniscus (Péringuey, 1901)
• Phoberus nasutus (Harold, 1872)
• Phoberus natalensis (Haaf, 1954)
• Phoberus necopinus (Scholtz, 1986)
• Phoberus ngomensis (van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005)
• Phoberus nigrociliatus (Kolbe, 1904)
• Phoberus ntlenyanae (Strümpher, 2019)
• Phoberus nyansanus (Haaf, 1953)
• Phoberus nyassicus (Haaf, 1953)
• Phoberus nyikanus (Strümpher, 2017)
• Phoberus penicillatus (Fahraeus, 1857)
• Phoberus perrieri (Fairmaire, 1899)
• Phoberus planicollis (Haaf, 1953)
• Phoberus puncticollis (Haaf, 1953)
• Phoberus pusillus (Péringuey, 1908)
• Phoberus quadricostatus (Scholtz, 1980)
• Phoberus ranotsaraensis (Pittino, 2010)
• Phoberus rhyparoides (Harold, 1872)
• Phoberus rudebecki (Haaf, 1958)
• Phoberus squamiger (Roth, 1851)
• Phoberus sternbergi (van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005)
• Phoberus strigosus (Haaf, 1953)
• Phoberus sulcatus (Thunberg, 1787)
• Phoberus talpa (Fahraeus, 1857)
• Phoberus youngai (Strümpher & Scholtz, 2011)