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Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Karnataka (South India, India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
232
1417
2486
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
232
1417
2486
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
216
1374
2422
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
134
1030
1790
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
32
261
467
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
30
224
398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
5
76
248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
5
76
248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
67
232
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Karnataka
67 Genera with 232 Species
#ACDEGHIKLMNOPRST
Anomala Samouelle, 1817Shining Leaf Chafer8SpeciesTaxom
Anomalochela Moser, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Anomioserica Arrow, 20161SpeciesTaxom
Anthracophora Burmeister, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Aphodius Hellwig, 1798
0SpeciesTaxom
Apogonia Melichar, 19194SpeciesTaxom
Caccobius Thomson, 18013SpeciesTaxom
Catharsius Hope, 18063SpeciesTaxom
Chaetadoretus Ohaus, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Cheironitis van Lansberge, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Chiloloba Burmeister, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Cleptocaccobius Cambefort, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Clinteria Burmeister, 20058SpeciesTaxom
Coenochilus Burmeister &..., 18335SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1858Mexican dung beetle5SpeciesTaxom
Cyphochilus Waterhouse, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Dasyvalgus Kolbe, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Deroserica Moser, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 17873SpeciesTaxom
Eophileurus Arrow, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Exomala Reitter, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Gametis Burmeister, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Gilletianus Balthasar, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 18873SpeciesTaxom
Heliocopris Hope, 04SpeciesTaxom
Heteronychus Seidlitz, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Heterorrhina Westwood, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Holotrichia Hope, 18517SpeciesTaxom
Indoblackburneus Mencl, Král ..., 19081SpeciesTaxom
Kheper Janssens, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Koshantschikovius Schmidt, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Leucopholis Blanchard, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Maladera Mulsant, 201638SpeciesTaxom
Microryctes Arrow, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Mimela Kirby, 19432SpeciesTaxom
Miridiba Reitter, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Neoserica Brenske, 18969SpeciesTaxom
Neotrichiorhyssemus Rakovič & K..., 19632SpeciesTaxom
Oniticellus Serville, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Onitis Fabricius, 18757SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 193158SpeciesTaxom
Oreoderus Burmeister, 19442SpeciesTaxom
Orphnus MacLeay, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Oryctes Hellwig, 1758Coconut rhinoceros beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Pachyrhinadoretus1SpeciesTaxom
Paragymnopleurus Shipp, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Parascatonomus Paulian, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Phalops Erichson, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Pharaphodius Reitter, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Phyllognathus Eschscholtz, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Proagoderus Lansberge, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Protaetia Burmeister, 18424SpeciesTaxom
Rhinyptia Burmeister, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Rhyssemus Mulsant, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Schizonycha Dejean, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Selaserica Brenske, 20162SpeciesTaxom
Sisyphus Latreille, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Smaragdesthes Kraatz, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Sophrops Fairmaire, 18995SpeciesTaxom
Spilophorus Schaum, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Taeniodera Burmeister, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Tephraea Burmeister, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Termitopisthes Wasmann, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Tibiodrepanus Krikken, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Tiniocellus Péringuey, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Tropiorhynchus Blanchard, 18381SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Karnataka
232 Species and 11 Subspecies
Anomala bengalensis Blanchard, 1851
Anomala biharensis Arrow, 1917
Anomala communis Burmeister, 1844
Anomala dorsalis Fabricius, 1775
Anomala polita (Blanchard, 1851)⇒ Anomala chalybaea Burmeister, 1844
Anomala ruficapilla Burmeister, 1855
Anomala rugosa Arrow, 1899
Anomala varicolor Gyllenhal, 1817
Anomalochela bicolor Brenske, 1892
Anomioserica kotagiriensis Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Anthracophora crucifera Olivier, 1789
Apogonia ferruginea Fabricius, 1781
Apogonia mangalorensis Moser, 1919
Apogonia pilosella Moser, 1918
Apogonia villosula Moser, 1919
Caccobius (Caccophilus) unicornis Fabricius, 1798
Caccobius diminutivus Walker, 1858
Caccobius vulcanus Fabricius, 1801
Catharsius molossus Linnaeus, 1758
Catharsius pithecius Fabricius, 1775
Catharsius sagax Quenstedt, 1806
Chaetadoretus lasiopygus Burmeister, 1855
Cheironitis arrowi Janssens, 1937
Cheironitis indicus (Lansberge, 1875)⇒ Cheironitis arrowi Janssens, 1937
Chiloloba acuta Wiedemann, 1823
Cleptocaccobius arrowi Cambefort, 1985
Cleptocaccobius inermis Arrow, 1931
Clinteria belli Janson, 1901
Clinteria hearseiana Westwood, 1849
Clinteria imperialis cincta Schoch, 1895
Clinteria imperialis mercarensis Miksic, 1977
Clinteria imperialis valida Lansberge, 1887
Clinteria klugi Hope, 1831
Clinteria klugi klugi
Clinteria surenderi Legrand, 2005
Coenochilus assmuthi Wasmann, 1918
Coenochilus brunneus Saunders, 1842
Coenochilus nitidus Arrow, 1910
Coenochilus pygidialis Janson, 1901
Coenochilus senegalensis Gory & Perch..., 1833
Copris andrewesi Waterhouse, 1891
Copris davisoni Waterhouse, 1891
Copris imitans Felsche, 1910
Copris sabinus Gillet, 1910
Copris signatus Walker, 1858
Cyphochilus niveosquamosus Blanchard, 1851
Dasyvalgus kanarensis Arrow, 1910
Dasyvalgus militaris Arrow, 1910
Dasyvalgus occidentalis Arrow, 1910
Deroserica championi Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Deroserica koelleri Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Deroserica pulchra Moser, 1915
Digitonthophagus bonasus Fabricius, 1775
Digitonthophagus catta Fabricius, 1787Beetle
Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787Brown dung beetle
Eophileurus perforatus Arrow, 1908
Exomala pallidipennis Reitter, 1903
Gametis versicolor Fabricius, 1775
Gilletianus segmentaroides Schmidt, 1909
Gymnopleurus bombayensis Arrow, 1931
Gymnopleurus cyaneus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Gymnopleurus sericeifrons Fairmaire, 1887
Gymnopleurus sericeifrons Fairmaire, 1887
Heliocopris ares Moretto & Mi..., 2022
Heliocopris bucephalus Fabricius, 1775
Heliocopris dominus Bates, 1868
Heliocopris gigas gigas
Heteronychus lioderes Redtenbacher, 1867
Heterorrhina elegans Fabricius, 1781
Holotrichia (Holotrichia) serrata Fabricius, 1775
Holotrichia fissa Brenske, 1894
Holotrichia heterotincta Frey, 1975
Holotrichia rufoflava Brenske, 1894
Holotrichia rugifrons Moser, 1913
Holotrichia rustica Burmeister, 1855
Holotrichia sculpticollis Blanchard, 1851
Indoblackburneus minutissimus Schmidt, 1908
Kheper sanctus Fabricius, 1798
Koshantschikovius andrewesi Schmidt, 1908
Leucopholis burmeisteri Brenske, 1894
Maladera amboliensis Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera bangaloreensis Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera bombycinoides Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera burmeisteri alternans Frey, 1975
Maladera burmeisteri burmeisteri
Maladera caifensis Brenske, 1897
Maladera calicutensis Frey, 1972
Maladera clavata Frey, 1972
Maladera coimbatoreensis Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera constans Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera ferekanarana Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera formosae Brenske, 1898Asiatic Garden Beetle
Maladera fumosa Brenske, 1898
Maladera hauseri Brenske, 1898
Maladera iridescens Blanchard, 1850
Maladera kallarensis Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera kanarana Moser, 1918
Maladera keralensis Frey, 1972
Maladera lateritia Moser, 1915
Maladera lorenzi Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera lugubris Brenske, 1896
Maladera luteola Moser, 1918
Maladera magnicornis Moser, 1920
Maladera mysoreensis Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera nagporeana Brenske, 1898
Maladera naveeni Sreedevi, Ra..., 2019
Maladera nigromicans Frey, 1973
Maladera propagator Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera proxima Burmeister, 1855
Maladera rosettae Frey, 1972
Maladera rufocuprea Blanchard, 1850
Maladera seriatoguttata Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera setosa Brenske, 1896
Maladera shimogana Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera slateri Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera thirthahalliensis Sreedevi, Ra..., 2019
Maladera tyrannica Brenske, 1894
Maladera vernacula Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Microryctes kanarensis Arrow, 1908
Mimela macleayana Vigors, 1825
Mimela mercarae Ohaus, 1943
Miridiba bilobata Moser, 1913
Miridiba excisa Moser, 1913
Neoserica agumbeensis Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Neoserica aulica Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Neoserica flavoviridis Brenske, 1896
Neoserica genieri Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Neoserica gravida Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Neoserica mudigereensis Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Neoserica plateosa Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Neoserica plebea Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Neoserica quadrilamellata Brenske, 1896
Neotrichiorhyssemus ghati Rakovi�, Me..., 2023
Neotrichiorhyssemus klapaleki Balthasar, 1963
Oniticellus cinctus Fabricius, 1775Bordered dung beetle
Onitis brahma Lansberge, 1875
Onitis crenatus Reiche, 1847
Onitis falcatus Wulfen, 1786
Onitis philemon (Fabricius, 1801)⇒ Onitis subopacus Arrow, 1931
Onitis siva Gillet, 1911
Onitis subopacus Arrow, 1931
Onitis virens Lansberge, 1875
Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) agnus Gillet, 1925
Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) dama Fabricius, 1798
Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) metalliceps Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) quadridentatus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Onthophagus fissicornis Stevens, 1809
Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) tragus Fabricius, 1792
Onthophagus (Furconthophagus) lilliputanus Lansberge, 1883
Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) duporti Boucomont, 1914
Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) luridipennis Boheman, 1858
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) fissicornis Stevens, 1809
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) hastifer Lansberge, 1885
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) truncaticornis (Schaller, 1783)⇒ Onthophagus quadrinodosus Fahraeus, 1857
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) fissicornis Steven, 1809
Onthophagus (Parascatonomus) politus Fabricius, 1798
Onthophagus (Serrophorus) rectecornutus Lansberge, 1883
Onthophagus (Trichonthophagus) tarandus Fabricius, 1792
Onthophagus abreui Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus amphinasus Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus amphioxus Arrow, 1933
Onthophagus andrewesi Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus arboreus Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus bengalensis Harold, 1886
Onthophagus brevicollis Arrow, 1907
Onthophagus bronzeus Arrow, 1907
Onthophagus capitosus Harold, 1867
Onthophagus cervus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Onthophagus falsus Gillet, 1925
Onthophagus circulifer Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus coeruleicollis Arrow, 1907
Onthophagus comottoi Lansberge, 1885
Onthophagus falcifer Harold, 1880
Onthophagus falsus Gillet, 1925
Onthophagus fasciatus (Boucomont, 1914)⇒ Onthophagus fasciolatus Boucomont, 1924
Onthophagus favrei Boucomont, 1914
Onthophagus gratus Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus griseosetosus Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus gulo Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus hindu Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus hystrix Boucomont, 1914
Onthophagus kanarensis Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus kchatriya Boucomont, 1914
Onthophagus laborans Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus laevigatus Fabricius, 1798
Onthophagus ludio Boucomont, 1914
Onthophagus mopsus Fabricius, 1792
Onthophagus negligens Walker, 1858
Onthophagus pacificus Lansberge, 1885
Onthophagus parvulus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Onthophagus frontalis Raffray, 1877
Onthophagus pithankithae Karimbumkara..., 2016
Onthophagus pygmaeus Schaller, 1783
Onthophagus ramosellus Bates, 1891
Onthophagus ramosus Wiedemann, 1823
Onthophagus rana Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus socialis Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus suillus Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus triceratops Arrow, 1913
Onthophagus unifasciatus Schaller, 1783
Onthophagus urellus Boucomont, 1919
Onthophagus vultur Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus zebra Arrow, 1931
Oreoderus argillaceus Hope, 1841
Oreoderus suco Arrow, 1944
Orphnus mysoriensis Westwood, 1845
Oryctes rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758Asiatic rhinoceros beetle
Pachyrhinadoretus rugipennis deccanus Ohaus, 1912
Paragymnopleurus melanarius Harold, 1867
Paragymnopleurus sinuatus assamensis Waterhouse, 1890
Parascatonomus igneus Vigors, 1825
Parascatonomus rudis Sharp, 1875
Phalops candezei Lansberge, 1883
Phalops divisus Wiedemann, 1823
Pharaphodius perfidus Schmidt, 1908
Phyllognathus dionysius Fabricius, 1792Rice cockchafer
Proagoderus pactolus Fabricius, 1787
Protaetia (Indoprotaetia) alboguttata Vigors, 1826
Protaetia (Potosiomima) aurichalcea Fabricius, 1775
Protaetia aurichalcea aurichalcea
Protaetia (Protaetia) squamipennis Burmeister, 1842
Rhinyptia flava Machatschke, 1971
Rhyssemus karnatakaensis Pittino, 1984
Scarabaeus gangeticus Castelnau, 1840
Schizonycha ruficollis Fabricius, 1781
Selaserica hosanagarana Sreedevi, Ra..., 2019
Selaserica karnatakaensis Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Sisyphus longipes Olivier, 1789
Smaragdesthes africana smaragdina Chevrolat, 1836
Sophrops costatus Walker, 1859
Sophrops iridipennis Brenske, 1892
Sophrops kanarana Moser, 1918
Sophrops microphyllus Brenske, 1892
Sophrops shillongensis Brenske, 1899
Spilophorus maculatus (Gory & Perch..., 1833)⇒ Spilophorus cretosus Hope, 1833
Taeniodera sannio Janson, 1883
Tephraea cinerea Kraatz, 1898
Termitopisthes wasmanni A.Schmidt, 1911
Tibiodrepanus setosus Wiedemann, 1823
Tiniocellus imbellis Bates, 1891
Tropiorhynchus orientis Newman, 1838

Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Karnataka
SubfamilyAphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles
7
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers
13
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
13
74
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrphninae
Erichson, 1847
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyRutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers
5
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
19
101
Genera
Species

Taxom



Scarabaeidae (Latreille 1802)
Scarabaeidae (Latreille 1802)


Links, sources and further information
Scarabaeidae at artfakta.se
Scarabaeidae at dyntaxa.se
Scarabaeidae at gbif.org
Scarabaeidae at irmng.org
Scarabaeidae at itis.gov