# Beetles of Somalia: all 236 species on record

> Every beetle species with a record from Somalia in GBIF, with family, Red List category and number of records.

Source page: https://calankii.com/en/nature/beetles-of-somalia/
Last checked: 2026-11-13
Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com)

## In short

On 12 November 2026 the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the international open database of species records, held records of 236 beetle species with Somalia as the country, in 20 families ([GBIF occurrence search, Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)).

The largest families by number of species on record are ([GBIF Backbone Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei)):

- Cerambycidae: 60
- Scarabaeidae: 57
- Carabidae: 33
- Tenebrionidae: 21
- Buprestidae: 18
- Curculionidae: 15
- Staphylinidae: 6
- Brentidae: 4
- Coccinellidae: 4
- Dytiscidae: 4

## Most often recorded

The species with the most GBIF records from Somalia are *Systates angulithorax* (46), Idactus cristulatus (36), Sternotomis fairmairei (26), *Dereodus marginellus* (21), *Myriochila melancholica* (18), *Idactus spinipennis* (14) ([GBIF occurrence search, Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)).

154 of the 236 species have a single record from Somalia (same source).

## Named after Somali places

3 species on this list carry Somalia or a Somali place in their scientific name, for example *Olenecamptus somalius*, *Dichecephala somalina*, *Zyras somalianus* ([GBIF Backbone Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei)).

## Species under threat

The IUCN Red List places these species in a threatened category ([GBIF species API, IUCN Red List category](https://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/species)):

- Vulnerable: Great Capricorn Beetle, Violet Click Beetle ([IUCN via GBIF](https://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/species))

## How to read this list

A species is on this list when GBIF holds at least one record of it from Somalia. A record can be a museum specimen more than a century old, a sighting shared by an observer, or a specimen cited in a scientific paper. Some records are old and a few may be misidentified, so this is a list of records, not of what lives in Somalia today. Names follow the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, which can lag behind the newest research.

## Red List summary

- Critically Endangered (CR): 0
- Endangered (EN): 0
- Vulnerable (VU): 2
- Near Threatened (NT): 0
- Least Concern (LC): 1
- Data Deficient (DD): 2
- Not Evaluated (NE): 231

Categories are from the IUCN Red List as published through GBIF ([GBIF species API, IUCN Red List category](https://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/species)).

## Largest families

- Cerambycidae: 60 species
- Scarabaeidae: 57 species
- Carabidae: 33 species
- Tenebrionidae: 21 species
- Buprestidae: 18 species
- Curculionidae: 15 species
- Staphylinidae: 6 species
- Brentidae: 4 species
- Coccinellidae: 4 species
- Dytiscidae: 4 species

## Full list (236 species)

Each name links to its Calankii page where one exists, otherwise to its GBIF species page. "Records in Somalia" is the number of GBIF occurrence records with Somalia as the country, counted on 12 November 2026 ([GBIF occurrence search, Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)). The same rows, with Wikidata ids and more columns, are in the open data file [species-recorded-in-somalia.csv](/data/nature/species-recorded-in-somalia.csv).



This list is in 2 parts: **1** · [2](/en/nature/beetles-of-somalia-2/)

| Name | Scientific name | Family | Red List | Records in Somalia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Clada denticornis](/en/nature/beetles-of-somalia/) | *Clada denticornis* | Anobiidae | NE | 1 |
| [Amorphocephala imitator](https://www.gbif.org/species/7414663) | *Amorphocephala imitator* | Brentidae | NE | 2 |
| [Amorphocephala senegalensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/8345027) | *Amorphocephala senegalensis* | Brentidae | NE | 2 |
| [Perisymmorphocerus compactus](https://www.gbif.org/species/7695760) | *Perisymmorphocerus compactus* | Brentidae | NE | 1 |
| [Perisymmorphocerus tenuis](https://www.gbif.org/species/7802788) | *Perisymmorphocerus tenuis* | Brentidae | NE | 1 |
| [Acmaeodera cupreosuturata](https://www.gbif.org/species/9268819) | *Acmaeodera cupreosuturata* | Buprestidae | NE | 1 |
| [Acmaeodera elevata](https://www.gbif.org/species/9259458) | *Acmaeodera elevata* | Buprestidae | NE | 2 |
| [Acmaeodera foudrasii](https://www.gbif.org/species/9487453) | *Acmaeodera foudrasii* | Buprestidae | NE | 1 |
| [Acmaeodera illustris](https://www.gbif.org/species/9628199) | *Acmaeodera illustris* | Buprestidae | NE | 1 |
| [Acmaeodera prorugosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/9146265) | *Acmaeodera prorugosa* | Buprestidae | NE | 2 |
| [Acmaeodera virgo](https://www.gbif.org/species/9498886) | *Acmaeodera virgo* | Buprestidae | NE | 1 |
| [Agelia lordi](https://www.gbif.org/species/9518584) | *Agelia lordi* | Buprestidae | NE | 1 |
| [Evides pubiventris](https://www.gbif.org/species/9312658) | *Evides pubiventris* | Buprestidae | NE | 1 |
| [Julodis gariepina](https://www.gbif.org/species/9562201) | *Julodis gariepina* | Buprestidae | NE | 4 |
| [Lampetis placida](https://www.gbif.org/species/9457604) | *Lampetis placida* | Buprestidae | NE | 2 |
| [Neojulodis laticollis](https://www.gbif.org/species/9303069) | *Neojulodis laticollis* | Buprestidae | NE | 2 |
| [Neojulodis myrmido](https://www.gbif.org/species/9292880) | *Neojulodis myrmido* | Buprestidae | NE | 1 |
| [Phlocteis quadricornis](https://www.gbif.org/species/9280733) | *Phlocteis quadricornis* | Buprestidae | NE | 1 |
| [Steraspis fastuosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/9373682) | *Steraspis fastuosa* | Buprestidae | NE | 4 |
| [Sternocera cariosicollis](https://www.gbif.org/species/9576335) | *Sternocera cariosicollis* | Buprestidae | NE | 1 |
| [Sternocera discedens](https://www.gbif.org/species/9376117) | *Sternocera discedens* | Buprestidae | NE | 1 |
| [Sternocera hildebrandti](https://www.gbif.org/species/9285239) | *Sternocera hildebrandti* | Buprestidae | NE | 1 |
| [Sternocera syriaca](https://www.gbif.org/species/9613453) | *Sternocera syriaca* | Buprestidae | NE | 1 |
| [Abacetus nitidus](https://www.gbif.org/species/7360909) | *Abacetus nitidus* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Amorphomerus raffrayi](https://www.gbif.org/species/7923798) | *Amorphomerus raffrayi* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Anthia hexasticta](https://www.gbif.org/species/8385661) | *Anthia hexasticta* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Anthia revoili](https://www.gbif.org/species/7962171) | *Anthia revoili* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Anthia sulcata](https://www.gbif.org/species/8260279) | *Anthia sulcata* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Brachinus explodens](https://www.gbif.org/species/4474922) | *Brachinus explodens* | Carabidae | NE | 2 |
| [Calosoma imbricatum](https://www.gbif.org/species/7569466) | *Calosoma imbricatum* | Carabidae | NE | 2 |
| [Calosoma raffrayi](https://www.gbif.org/species/9573361) | *Calosoma raffrayi* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Royal Tiger Beetle](https://www.gbif.org/species/7903706) | *Chaetodera regalis* | Carabidae | NE | 8 |
| [Chlaenius bottegoi](https://www.gbif.org/species/8289530) | *Chlaenius bottegoi* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Cicindela alboguttata](https://www.gbif.org/species/7398641) | *Cicindela alboguttata* | Carabidae | NE | 3 |
| [Cicindela aulica](https://www.gbif.org/species/4480444) | *Cicindela aulica* | Carabidae | NE | 6 |
| [Cicindela viridis](https://www.gbif.org/species/8044043) | *Cicindela viridis* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Cylindera rectangularis](https://www.gbif.org/species/8424291) | *Cylindera rectangularis* | Carabidae | NE | 4 |
| [Cypholoba apicata](https://www.gbif.org/species/7451628) | *Cypholoba apicata* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Cypholoba intermedia](https://www.gbif.org/species/7764392) | *Cypholoba intermedia* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Cypholoba piaggiae](https://www.gbif.org/species/8326940) | *Cypholoba piaggiae* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Cypholoba tetrastigma](https://www.gbif.org/species/7396791) | *Cypholoba tetrastigma* | Carabidae | NE | 2 |
| [Hypaetha singularis](https://www.gbif.org/species/8406032) | *Hypaetha singularis* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Lebiomorphica ochreorufa](https://www.gbif.org/species/7740044) | *Lebiomorphica ochreorufa* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Lophyra latelimbata](https://www.gbif.org/species/7500772) | *Lophyra latelimbata* | Carabidae | NE | 3 |
| [Myriochila melancholica](https://www.gbif.org/species/5757327) | *Myriochila melancholica* | Carabidae | NE | 18 |
| [Omophron multiguttatum](https://www.gbif.org/species/8045671) | *Omophron multiguttatum* | Carabidae | NE | 2 |
| [Paraglycia obscuripennis](https://www.gbif.org/species/8069146) | *Paraglycia obscuripennis* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Paussus centurio](https://www.gbif.org/species/7661407) | *Paussus centurio* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Paussus crenaticornis](https://www.gbif.org/species/7896359) | *Paussus crenaticornis* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Paussus planicollis](https://www.gbif.org/species/7417262) | *Paussus planicollis* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Paussus verticalis](https://www.gbif.org/species/7717400) | *Paussus verticalis* | Carabidae | NE | 3 |
| [Platytarus tessellatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/7840638) | *Platytarus tessellatus* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Prothyma bottegoi](https://www.gbif.org/species/8104867) | *Prothyma bottegoi* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Prothyma methneri](https://www.gbif.org/species/7520601) | *Prothyma methneri* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Psecadius eustalactus](https://www.gbif.org/species/7409489) | *Psecadius eustalactus* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Scarites bottegoi](https://www.gbif.org/species/8257679) | *Scarites bottegoi* | Carabidae | NE | 1 |
| [Acartus biplagiatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1156842) | *Acartus biplagiatus* | Cerambycidae | NE | 2 |
| [Anthracocentrus beringei](https://www.gbif.org/species/1105794) | *Anthracocentrus beringei* | Cerambycidae | NE | 2 |
| [Baliesthes alboguttatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1130816) | *Baliesthes alboguttatus* | Cerambycidae | NE | 4 |
| [Cantharoctenus antennatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/8373295) | *Cantharoctenus antennatus* | Cerambycidae | NE | 2 |
| [Cantharoctenus burchellii](https://www.gbif.org/species/7806230) | *Cantharoctenus burchellii* | Cerambycidae | NE | 3 |
| [Great Capricorn Beetle](https://www.gbif.org/species/5820507) | *Cerambyx cerdo* | Cerambycidae | VU | 1 |
| [Ceroplesis revoili](https://www.gbif.org/species/4739099) | *Ceroplesis revoili* | Cerambycidae | NE | 4 |
| [Cnemolia lateralis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1126358) | *Cnemolia lateralis* | Cerambycidae | NE | 3 |
| [Coelodon servum](https://www.gbif.org/species/5003672) | *Coelodon servum* | Cerambycidae | NE | 9 |
| [Cordylomera annulicornis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1141727) | *Cordylomera annulicornis* | Cerambycidae | NE | 3 |
| [Crossotus plumicornis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1153519) | *Crossotus plumicornis* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Cymatura mucorea](https://www.gbif.org/species/1156988) | *Cymatura mucorea* | Cerambycidae | NE | 2 |
| [Derolus brunneipennis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1105876) | *Derolus brunneipennis* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Derolus sulcatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1105846) | *Derolus sulcatus* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Dissaporus cylindricus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1127346) | *Dissaporus cylindricus* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Eunidia meleagris](https://www.gbif.org/species/1148348) | *Eunidia meleagris* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Eunidia nebulosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/4739600) | *Eunidia nebulosa* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Eunidia subtessellata](https://www.gbif.org/species/6266239) | *Eunidia subtessellata* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Eunidia thomseni](https://www.gbif.org/species/1148493) | *Eunidia thomseni* | Cerambycidae | NE | 2 |
| [Helymaeus tricolor](https://www.gbif.org/species/1098888) | *Helymaeus tricolor* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Idactus bettoni](https://www.gbif.org/species/1097272) | *Idactus bettoni* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Idactus coquereli](https://www.gbif.org/species/1097239) | *Idactus coquereli* | Cerambycidae | NE | 2 |
| [Idactus cristulatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1097259) | *Idactus cristulatus* | Cerambycidae | NE | 36 |
| [Idactus ellioti](https://www.gbif.org/species/4886840) | *Idactus ellioti* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Idactus spinipennis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1097250) | *Idactus spinipennis* | Cerambycidae | NE | 14 |
| [Kerochariesthes fulvoplagiata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1111004) | *Kerochariesthes fulvoplagiata* | Cerambycidae | NE | 3 |
| [Listrocerum aspericorne](https://www.gbif.org/species/1111147) | *Listrocerum aspericorne* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Macrotoma palmata](https://www.gbif.org/species/8182492) | *Macrotoma palmata* | Cerambycidae | NE | 4 |
| [Mallodon downesii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1112380) | *Mallodon downesii* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Neoplocaederus bennigseni](https://www.gbif.org/species/1141566) | *Neoplocaederus bennigseni* | Cerambycidae | NE | 10 |
| [Notophysis folchinii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1153966) | *Notophysis folchinii* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Olenecamptus patrizii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1105280) | *Olenecamptus patrizii* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Olenecamptus somalius](https://www.gbif.org/species/1105380) | *Olenecamptus somalius* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Ossibia fuscata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1110161) | *Ossibia fuscata* | Cerambycidae | NE | 2 |
| [Oxilus elegans](https://www.gbif.org/species/1107828) | *Oxilus elegans* | Cerambycidae | NE | 12 |
| [Paracolobizus mourgliai](https://www.gbif.org/species/6265717) | *Paracolobizus mourgliai* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Phyllocnema semijanthina](https://www.gbif.org/species/1112119) | *Phyllocnema semijanthina* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Prosopocera alluaudi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1103512) | *Prosopocera alluaudi* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Prosopocera inermis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1103730) | *Prosopocera inermis* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Prosopocera lactator](https://www.gbif.org/species/4895343) | *Prosopocera lactator* | Cerambycidae | NE | 3 |
| [Prosopocera marmorata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1103232) | *Prosopocera marmorata* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Prosopocera nivosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/1103450) | *Prosopocera nivosa* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Prosopocera peeli](https://www.gbif.org/species/8384791) | *Prosopocera peeli* | Cerambycidae | NE | 2 |
| [Prosopocera robecchii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1103549) | *Prosopocera robecchii* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Prosopocera unicolor](https://www.gbif.org/species/1103688) | *Prosopocera unicolor* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Prosopocera wahlbergi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1103493) | *Prosopocera wahlbergi* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Sophronica intricata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1125601) | *Sophronica intricata* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Spodotaenia basicornis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1136167) | *Spodotaenia basicornis* | Cerambycidae | NE | 5 |
| [Sternotomis bohemani](https://www.gbif.org/species/4738452) | *Sternotomis bohemani* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Sternotomis fairmairei](https://www.gbif.org/species/1152440) | *Sternotomis fairmairei* | Cerambycidae | NE | 26 |
| [Tapinolachnus cinereus](https://www.gbif.org/species/4738269) | *Tapinolachnus cinereus* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Taurotagus griseus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1114000) | *Taurotagus griseus* | Cerambycidae | NE | 2 |
| [Taurotagus klugii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1113990) | *Taurotagus klugii* | Cerambycidae | NE | 5 |
| [Tithoes confinis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1134574) | *Tithoes confinis* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Tithoes maculatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/4738944) | *Tithoes maculatus* | Cerambycidae | NE | 2 |
| [Titoceres jaspideus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1134912) | *Titoceres jaspideus* | Cerambycidae | NE | 2 |
| [Tragocephala modesta](https://www.gbif.org/species/5005706) | *Tragocephala modesta* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Xanthospila flavoplagiata](https://www.gbif.org/species/5004348) | *Xanthospila flavoplagiata* | Cerambycidae | NE | 4 |
| [Xystrocera interrupta](https://www.gbif.org/species/1128098) | *Xystrocera interrupta* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Zoodes liturifer](https://www.gbif.org/species/1127265) | *Zoodes liturifer* | Cerambycidae | NE | 1 |
| [Necrobia rufipes](https://www.gbif.org/species/11342266) | *Necrobia rufipes* | Cleridae | NE | 1 |
| [Lunate Lady Beetle](https://www.gbif.org/species/6993524) | *Cheilomenes lunata* | Coccinellidae | NE | 2 |
| [Cheilomenes propinqua](https://www.gbif.org/species/10352494) | *Cheilomenes propinqua* | Coccinellidae | NE | 2 |
| [Adonis' Ladybird](https://www.gbif.org/species/1043082) | *Hippodamia variegata* | Coccinellidae | NE | 1 |
| [Flashlight Shield Lady Beetle](https://www.gbif.org/species/8666127) | *Parexochomus nigromaculatus* | Coccinellidae | NE | 1 |
| [Cathormiocerus horrens](https://www.gbif.org/species/1229594) | *Cathormiocerus horrens* | Curculionidae | NE | 1 |
| [Cleonus dealbatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1189833) | *Cleonus dealbatus* | Curculionidae | NE | 1 |
| [Cryphalus indicus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1212244) | *Cryphalus indicus* | Curculionidae | NE | 1 |
| [Dereodus marginellus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1231729) | *Dereodus marginellus* | Curculionidae | NE | 21 |
| [Lixus nubilosus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1224175) | *Lixus nubilosus* | Curculionidae | NE | 1 |
| [Neocleonus sannio](https://www.gbif.org/species/9344136) | *Neocleonus sannio* | Curculionidae | NE | 2 |
| [Neocryptorrhynchus maculatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1238204) | *Neocryptorrhynchus maculatus* | Curculionidae | NE | 1 |
| [Raspberry Weevil](https://www.gbif.org/species/1194979) | *Otiorhynchus singularis* | Curculionidae | NE | 1 |
| [Polyclaeis albidopictus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1240257) | *Polyclaeis albidopictus* | Curculionidae | NE | 2 |
| [Polyclaeis octoplagiatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1240234) | *Polyclaeis octoplagiatus* | Curculionidae | NE | 3 |
| [Systates angulithorax](https://www.gbif.org/species/1235351) | *Systates angulithorax* | Curculionidae | NE | 46 |
| [Tanymecus fausti](https://www.gbif.org/species/1177179) | *Tanymecus fausti* | Curculionidae | NE | 6 |
| [Thamnurgus senecionis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1209021) | *Thamnurgus senecionis* | Curculionidae | NE | 1 |
| [Xyleborus confusus](https://www.gbif.org/species/5020740) | *Xyleborus confusus* | Curculionidae | NE | 1 |
| [Xyloctonus punctipennis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1184297) | *Xyloctonus punctipennis* | Curculionidae | NE | 1 |
| [Hide Beetle](https://www.gbif.org/species/1095863) | *Dermestes maculatus* | Dermestidae | NE | 1 |
| [rice weevil](https://www.gbif.org/species/9915023) | *Sitophilus oryzae* | Dryophthoridae | NE | 2 |
| [Three-punctured Diving Beetle](https://www.gbif.org/species/4470304) | *Cybister tripunctatus* | Dytiscidae | NE | 10 |
| [Laccophilus continentalis](https://www.gbif.org/species/5874097) | *Laccophilus continentalis* | Dytiscidae | NE | 1 |
| [Laccophilus pictipennis](https://www.gbif.org/species/6000069) | *Laccophilus pictipennis* | Dytiscidae | NE | 6 |
| [Yolina insignis](https://www.gbif.org/species/6000886) | *Yolina insignis* | Dytiscidae | NE | 1 |
| [Red-brown click beetle](https://www.gbif.org/species/4428495) | *Athous haemorrhoidalis* | Elateridae | NE | 1 |
| [Violet Click Beetle](https://www.gbif.org/species/4428477) | *Limoniscus violaceus* | Elateridae | VU | 1 |


This list is in 2 parts: **1** · [2](/en/nature/beetles-of-somalia-2/)


## Sources

- [GBIF occurrence search, country Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)
- [GBIF Backbone Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei)
- [IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](https://www.iucnredlist.org/)

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