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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
263
1709
2834
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
262
1708
2833
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
245
1641
2724
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
148
1244
2077
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
38
335
616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
34
269
508
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
5
88
277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
5
88
277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
82
260
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West India
82 Genera with 260 Species
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Adoretus Laporte, 191411SpeciesTaxom
Adorrhinyptia Arrow, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Aganocrossus Reitter, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Anatona Burmeister, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Anomala Samouelle, 1817Shining Leaf Chafer10SpeciesTaxom
Anthracophora Burmeister, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Apogonia Melichar, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Brahmina Blanchard, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Caccobius Thomson, 18019SpeciesTaxom
Catharsius Hope, 18064SpeciesTaxom
Chaetadoretus Ohaus, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Chaetopisthes Westwood, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Cheironitis van Lansberge, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Chiloloba Burmeister, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Cleptocaccobius Cambefort, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Clinteria Burmeister, 183310SpeciesTaxom
Coenochilus Burmeister &..., 18335SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1858Mexican dung beetle9SpeciesTaxom
Corythoderus Klug, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Dactylopopillia Arrow, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Dasyvalgus Kolbe, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Dicheros Gory & Perch..., 18381SpeciesTaxom
Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 17873SpeciesTaxom
Emadiellus Schmidt, 02SpeciesTaxom
Eophileurus Arrow, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Euoniticellus Janssens, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Gametis Burmeister, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Garreta Janssens, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Gilletianus Balthasar, 19702SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 18875SpeciesTaxom
Haroldius Boucomont, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Heliocopris Hope, 03SpeciesTaxom
Heterorhina Westwood, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Holotrichia Hope, 19739SpeciesTaxom
Kheper Janssens, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Koshantschikovius Schmidt, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Leucopholis Blanchard, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Liatongus Reitter, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Maladera Mulsant, 189423SpeciesTaxom
Mesontoplatys Motschulsky, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Microryctes Arrow, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Mimela Kirby, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Miridiba Reitter, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Narycius Dupont, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Neoserica Brenske, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Neotrichiorhyssemus Rakovič & K..., 20232SpeciesTaxom
Oniticellus Serville, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Onitis Fabricius, 187510SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 193144SpeciesTaxom
Orphnus MacLeay, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Oryctes Hellwig, 1758Coconut rhinoceros beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Oxycetonia Arrow, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Paradidactylia Balthasar, 19613SpeciesTaxom
Paragymnopleurus Shipp, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Paraixodina Roggero, Bar..., 19091SpeciesTaxom
Phalops Erichson, 18834SpeciesTaxom
Pharaphodius Reitter, 19713SpeciesTaxom
Phyllognathus Eschscholtz, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Planolinoides Dellacasa an..., 19871SpeciesTaxom
Podovalgus Arrow, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Pogonopus Arrow, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Popillia Leach, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Proagoderus Lansberge, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Prodoretus Brenske, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Protaetia Burmeister, 18424SpeciesTaxom
Rhinyptia Burmeister, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Rhyssemodes Reitter, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Rhyssemus Mulsant, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Schizonycha Dejean, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Sinodrepanus Simonis, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Sisyphus Latreille, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Sophrops Fairmaire, 19722SpeciesTaxom
Spilophorus Schaum, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Tephraea Burmeister, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Termitotrox Reichensperger, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Tibiodrepanus Krikken, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Tiniocellus Péringuey, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Trichaphodius Schmidt, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Tropiorhynchus Blanchard, 19544SpeciesTaxom
Xenoreoderus Arrow, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Xylotrupes Hope, 1914Elephant beetles2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West India
260 Species and 12 Subspecies
Adoretus (Adoretus) andrewesi Ohaus, 1914
Adoretus (Adoretus) bengalensis Brenske, 1893
Adoretus (Adoretus) bicolor (Brenske, 1893)⇒ Adoretus caliginosus Burmeister, 1844
Adoretus (Adoretus) deccanus Ohaus, 1914
Adoretus (Adoretus) excisus Ohaus, 1914
Adoretus (Adoretus) incurvatus Ohaus, 1914
Adoretus (Adoretus) kanarensis Arrow, 1917
Adoretus (Adoretus) limbatus Blanchard, 1851
Adoretus (Adoretus) lobiceps Arrow, 1917
Adoretus (Adoretus) pusillus Arrow, 1917
Adoretus (Adoretus) stoliczkae Ohaus, 1914
Adorrhinyptia dorsalis Burmeister, 1855
Adorrhinyptia fusca Arrow, 1917
Aganocrossus postpilosus Reitter, 1895
Aganocrossus urostigma Harold, 1862
Anatona alboguttata Burmeister, 1842
Anatona castanoptera Burmeister, 1842
Anatona stillata Newman, 1838
Anomala biharensis Arrow, 1917
Anomala chalybaea Burmeister, 1844
Anomala dimidiata dimidiata
Anomala dorsalis Fabricius, 1775
Anomala lineatopennis Blanchard, 1851
Anomala polita (Blanchard, 1851)⇒ Anomala chalybaea Burmeister, 1844
Anomala pomona Arrow, 1917
Anomala ruficapilla Burmeister, 1855
Anomala rugosa Arrow, 1899
Anomala varicolor Gyllenhal, 1817
Anthracophora crucifera Olivier, 1789
Apogonia villosella Blanchard, 1851
Brahmina crinicollis Burmeister, 1855
Caccobius denticollis Harold, 1867
Caccobius diminutivus Walker, 1858
Caccobius himalayanus Jekel, 1872
Caccobius indicus Harold, 1867
Caccobius meridionalis Boucomont, 1914
Caccobius pantherinus Arrow, 1931
Caccobius torticornis Arrow, 1931
Caccobius ultor Sharp, 1875
Caccobius vulcanus Fabricius, 1801
Catharsius molossus Linnaeus, 1758
Catharsius pithecius Fabricius, 1775
Catharsius platypus Sharp, 1875
Catharsius sagax Quenstedt, 1806
Chaetadoretus lasiopygus Burmeister, 1855
Chaetopisthes (Chaetopisthides) sulciger Wasmann, 1899
Chaetopisthes (Neochaetopisthes) assmuthi asmann, 1911
Chaetopisthes brunneus Wasmann, 1918
Cheironitis arrowi Janssens, 1937
Cheironitis indicus (Lansberge, 1875)⇒ Cheironitis arrowi Janssens, 1937
Chiloloba acuta Wiedemann, 1823
Cleptocaccobius inermis Arrow, 1931
Clinteria belli Janson, 1901
Clinteria hearseiana Westwood, 1849
Clinteria imperialis Paykull, 1817
Clinteria imperialis auronotata Blanchard, 1842
Clinteria imperialis cincta Schoch, 1895
Clinteria imperialis valida Lansberge, 1887
Clinteria klugi Hope, 1831
Clinteria klugi klugi
Clinteria klugi modesta Blanchard, 1842
Clinteria tetraspilota (Hope, 1833)⇒ Clinteria imperialis Paykull, 1817
Coenochilus acutipes Arrow, 1910
Coenochilus brunneus Saunders, 1842
Coenochilus nitidus Arrow, 1910
Coenochilus obesus Wasmann, 1918
Coenochilus senegalensis Gory & Perch..., 1833
Copris andrewesi Waterhouse, 1891
Copris corpulentus Gillet, 1910
Copris cribratus Gillet, 1927
Copris fricator fricator
Copris furciceps Felsche, 1910
Copris imitans Felsche, 1910
Copris numa Lansberge, 1886Braken Bat Cave meshweaver
Copris repertus Walker, 1858
Copris signatus Walker, 1858
Corythoderus (Eurycorythoderus) gibbiger Wasmann, 1899
Corythoderus (Stenocorythoderus) braminus Wasmann, 1918
Dactylopopillia opacicollis Kraatz, 1892
Dasyvalgus kanarensis Arrow, 1910
Dicheros cuvera Newman, 1838
Digitonthophagus bonasus Fabricius, 1775
Digitonthophagus catta Fabricius, 1787Beetle
Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787Brown dung beetle
Emadiellus rufopustulatus Wiedemann, 1823
Emadiellus rufopustulatus rufopustulatus
Eophileurus perforatus Arrow, 1908
Eophileurus platypterus Wiedemann, 1823
Euoniticellus pallens Olivier, 1789
Euoniticellus pallipes Fabricius, 1781Southern sandy dung beetle
Gametis jucunda Faldermann, 1835Scarab
Gametis versicolor Fabricius, 1775
Garreta sumptuosus Castelnau, 1840
Gilletianus costatulus Schmidt, 1908
Gilletianus rangoonensis Petrovitz, 1970
Gymnopleurus cyaneus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Gymnopleurus sericeifrons Fairmaire, 1887
Gymnopleurus gemmatus Harold, 1871
Gymnopleurus miliaris Fabricius, 1775
Gymnopleurus parvus MacLeay, 1821
Gymnopleurus sericeifrons Fairmaire, 1887
Haroldius heimi Wasmann, 1918
Heliocopris ares Moretto & Mi..., 2022
Heliocopris bucephalus Fabricius, 1775
Heliocopris gigas gigas
Heterorhina gracilis Arrow, 1910
Heterorhina micans Guérin-Ménev..., 1840
Heterorhina planata Arrow, 1910
Holotrichia (Holotrichia) serrata Fabricius, 1775
Holotrichia akolana Khan & Ghai, 1982
Holotrichia consanguinea Blanchard, 1851White grub
Holotrichia fissa Brenske, 1894
Holotrichia longilamellata Khan & Ghai, 1982
Holotrichia mucida Gyllenhall, 1817
Holotrichia nagpurensis Khan & Ghai, 1982
Holotrichia reynaudi Blanchard, 1851
Holotrichia sculptifrons Frey, 1973
Kheper sanctus Fabricius, 1798
Koshantschikovius nagporensis Petrovitz, 1968
Labarrus hoabinhensis Balthasar, 1946
Leucopholis lepidophora (Blanchard, 1851)⇒ Leucopholis burmeisteri Brenske, 1894
Liatongus martialis Harold, 1879
Maladera amboliensis Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera basalis Moser, 1915
Maladera burmeisteri burmeisteri
Maladera caifensis Brenske, 1897
Maladera coimbatoreensis Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera ferekanarana Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera formosae Brenske, 1898Asiatic Garden Beetle
Maladera hauseri Brenske, 1898
Maladera ignava Brenske, 1894
Maladera iridescens Blanchard, 1850
Maladera kanarana Moser, 1918
Maladera lonaviaensis Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera lugubris Brenske, 1896
Maladera mizoramensis Sreedevi, Sp..., 2018
Maladera nagporeana Brenske, 1898
Maladera poonensis Khan & Ghai, 1980
Maladera rufocuprea Blanchard, 1850
Maladera schenklingi Moser, 1918
Maladera significans Brenske, 1898
Maladera tiefermanni Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera trilobata Khan & Ghai, 1980
Maladera tubulata Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera ventriosa Brenske, 1894
Mesontoplatys rufolaterus Motschulsky, 1863
Microryctes kanarensis Arrow, 1908
Mimela macleayana Vigors, 1825
Miridiba bilobata Moser, 1913
Miridiba rugaticollis Moser, 1913
Narycius opalus Dupont, 1835
Neoserica pubescens Burmeister, 1855
Neoserica radhanagariensis Sreedevi, Sp..., 2018
Neoserica setigera Brenske, 1894
Neotrichiorhyssemus expansicollis Benard, 1930
Neotrichiorhyssemus ghati Rakovi�, Me..., 2023
Oniticellus cinctus Fabricius, 1775Bordered dung beetle
Oniticellus rhadamistus Fabricius, 1775
Onitis brahma Lansberge, 1875
Onitis castaneus Redtenbacher, 1848
Onitis crenatus Reiche, 1847
Onitis falcatus Wulfen, 1786
Onitis lama Lansberge, 1875
Onitis philemon (Fabricius, 1801)⇒ Onitis subopacus Arrow, 1931
Onitis singhalensis Lansberge, 1875
Onitis siva Gillet, 1911
Onitis subopacus Arrow, 1931
Onitis virens Lansberge, 1875
Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) agnus Gillet, 1925
Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) dama Fabricius, 1798
Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) quadridentatus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Onthophagus fissicornis Stevens, 1809
Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) tragus Fabricius, 1792
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) fissicornis Stevens, 1809
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) orientalis (Harold, 1868)⇒ Onthophagus fissinasus Fairmaire, 1895
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) fissicornis Steven, 1809
Onthophagus (Parascatonomus) politus Fabricius, 1798
Onthophagus (Serrophorus) rectecornutus Lansberge, 1883
Onthophagus (Trichonthophagus) dynastoides Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus armatus Blanchard, 1853
Onthophagus capitosus Harold, 1867
Onthophagus cervus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Onthophagus falsus Gillet, 1925
Onthophagus coeruleicollis Arrow, 1907
Onthophagus ensifer Boucomont, 1914
Onthophagus ephippioderus Arrow, 1907
Onthophagus falsus Gillet, 1925
Onthophagus fasciatus (Boucomont, 1914)⇒ Onthophagus fasciolatus Boucomont, 1924
Onthophagus frugivorus Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus fuscopunctatus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Onthophagus luridipennis Boheman, 1858
Onthophagus griseosetosus Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus hindu Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus kapuri Endrödi, 1974
Onthophagus kuluensis Bates, 1891
Onthophagus ludio Boucomont, 1914
Onthophagus madoqua Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus malabarensis Boucomont, 1919
Onthophagus marginicollis Harold, 1880
Onthophagus nasalis Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus ochreatus d´Orbigny, 1897
Onthophagus oculatus Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus productus Arrow, 1907
Onthophagus ramosellus Bates, 1891
Onthophagus ramosus Wiedemann, 1823
Onthophagus rana Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus semicinctus d´Orbigny, 1897
Onthophagus seniculus (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Onthophagus senescens Péringuey, 1908
Onthophagus spinifex Fabricius, 1781
Onthophagus sternalis Arrow, 1931
Onthophagus triceratops Arrow, 1913
Onthophagus unifasciatus Schaller, 1783
Onthophagus variegatus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873
Onthophagus violaceotinctus Gillet, 1925
Onthophagus vultur Arrow, 1931
Orphnus picinus Westwood, 1845
Oryctes rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758Asiatic rhinoceros beetle
Paradidactylia carinulata Motschulsky, 1863
Paradidactylia carinulatus Motschulsky, 1863
Paradidactylia haafi Petrovitz, 1961
Paragymnopleurus sinuatus assamensis Waterhouse, 1890
Paraixodina runicus Arrow, 1909
Phalops candezei Lansberge, 1883
Phalops cyanescens d´Orbigny, 1897
Phalops divisus Wiedemann, 1823
Phalops olivaceus Lansberge, 1883
Pharaphodius calo Balthasar, 1971
Pharaphodius cornutus Wiedemann, 1823
Pharaphodius redargutus Balthasar, 1971
Phyllognathus dionysius Fabricius, 1792Rice cockchafer
Planolinoides aenictus Cooper & Gordon, 1987Benttooths
Podovalgus assmuthi Wasmann, 1918
Pogonopus argentifer Westwood, 1849
Popillia acuta Newman, 1838
Popillia adamas Newman, 1838
Popillia kanarensis Arrow, 1917
Proagoderus amplexus Sharp, 1875
Proagoderus pactolus Fabricius, 1787
Prodoretus bombayanus Ohaus, 1912
Protaetia (Eumimimetica) terrosa Gory & Perch..., 1833
Protaetia (Indoprotaetia) alboguttata Vigors, 1826
Protaetia aurichalcea aurichalcea
Protaetia (Progastor) regalis Blanchard, 1842
Rhinyptia (Rhinyptia) indica Burmeister, 1844
Rhinyptia nigrifrons Kraatz, 1895
Rhyssemodes sindicus Pittino, 1984
Rhyssemus hamatus Petrovitz, 1963
Rhyssemus indicus Clouët, 1901
Rhyssemus inscitus Walker, 1858
Schizonycha hauseri Nonfried, 1891
Schizonycha ruficollis Fabricius, 1781
Sinodrepanus falsus Sharp, 1875
Sisyphus longipes Olivier, 1789
Sisyphus neglectus Gory, 1833
Sophrops karschi Brenske, 1892
Sophrops kaszabi Frey, 1972
Spilophorus cretosus Hope, 1833
Tephraea cinerea Kraatz, 1898
Termitotrox permirus Wasmann, 1918
Tibiodrepanus sinicus Harold, 1868
Tiniocellus imbellis Bates, 1891
Tiniocellus spinipes Roth, 1851
Trichaphodius hindustanicus Balthasar, 1935
Trichaphodius moorei Paulian, 1936
Tropiorhynchus annandalei Gupta & Chandra, 2017
Tropiorhynchus orientis Newman, 1838
Tropiorhynchus podagricus Burmeister, 1844
Tropiorhynchus umbrinus Machatschke, 1954
Xylotrupes gideon Linnaeus, 1767Brown rhinoceros beetle
Xylotrupes meridionalis Prell, 1914

Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in West India
SubfamilyAphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles
16
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers
17
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
9
44
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrphninae
Erichson, 1847
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyRutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers
9
35
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
23
111
Genera
Species

Taxom



Scarabaeidae (Latreille 1802)
Scarabaeidae (Latreille 1802)


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Scarabaeidae at artfakta.se
Scarabaeidae at dyntaxa.se
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Scarabaeidae at irmng.org
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