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Checklist for Subfamily Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802 (Dung Beetles)
and region France (West Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
910
14038
53142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
905
14020
53106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
814
13689
52240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
463
10788
44860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
126
3524
15651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
113
3164
13289
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
10
304
869
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
10
304
869
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
246
742
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
41
160
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for France
41 Genera with 160 Species
#ABCDEGHLNOPST
Allogymnopleurus Janssens, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Anachalcos Hope, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Ateuchites Meunier, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Bubas Mulsant, 18112SpeciesTaxom
Caccobius Thomson, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Canthidium Erichson, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Canthon Hoffmannsegg, 1964Tumblebug7SpeciesTaxom
Catharsius Hope, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Cheironitis van Lansberge, 17894SpeciesTaxom
Chironitis Lansberge, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1901Mexican dung beetle10SpeciesTaxom
Coprophanaeus Olsoufieff, 17892SpeciesTaxom
Diastellopalpus van Lansberge, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Dichotomius Hope, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 20174SpeciesTaxom
Drepanocerus Kirby, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Epirinus Reiche, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Euoniticellus Janssens, 17814SpeciesTaxom
Euonthophagus Balthasar, 17904SpeciesTaxom
Garreta Janssens, 17892SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 184312SpeciesTaxom
Helictopleurus Orbigny, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Heliocopris Hope, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Liatongus Reitter, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Lobateuchus Montreuil & al., 20101SpeciesTaxom
Neosisyphus Müller, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Oniticellus Serville, 18072SpeciesTaxom
Onitis Fabricius, 18575SpeciesTaxom
Ontherus Erichson, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 197759SpeciesTaxom
Paragymnopleurus Shipp, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Pedaria Laporte, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Phalops Erichson, 18554SpeciesTaxom
Phanaeus MacLeay, 1863Burrowing Dung Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Proagoderus Lansberge, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocanthon Bates, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 17789SpeciesTaxom
Scybalocanthon Martínez, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Sinodrepanus Simonis, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Sisyphus Latreille, 18716SpeciesTaxom
Tiniocellus Péringuey, 18951SpeciesTaxom


Species list for France
160 Species and 8 Subspecies
Allogymnopleurus thalassinus Klug, 1855
Ateuchites grandis Meunier, 1898
Bubas bison Linnaeus, 1767
Bubas bubalus Olivier, 1811
Caccobius obtusus Fahraeus, 1857
Caccobius schreberi Linnaeus, 1767
Canthidium annagabrielae Solis & Kohl..., 2004
Canthon (Boreocanthon) mixtus Robinson, 1948
Canthon (Boreocanthon) praticola Le Conte, 1859
Canthon (Boreocanthon) simplex Le Conte, 1857
Canthon (Canthon) humectus Say, 1831Longhorn blenny
Canthon (Canthon) imitator Brown, 1946
Canthon (Canthon) indigaceus (LeConte, 1866)⇒ Canthon humectus Say, 1831
Canthon leechi Martinez, Ha..., 1964
Cheironitis hungaricus Herbst, 1789
Cheironitis irroratus Rossi, 1790
Cheironitis ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Chironitis hungaricus (Herbst, 1789)⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Chironitis irroratus Rossi, 1790
Copris amyntor (Klug, 1855)⇒ Copris harrisi Waterhouse, 1891
Copris corniculatus (Mulsant, 1842)⇒ Copris lunaris Linnaeus, 1758
Copris corniger (Sahlberg, 1823)⇒ Onthophagus taurus Schreber, 1759
Copris elphenor Klug, 1855
Copris evanidus Klug, 1855
Copris fallaciosus Gillet, 1907Kenyan dung beetle
Copris hispanus Linnaeus, 1764
Copris hispanus hispanus Linné, 1764
Copris lunaris Linnaeus, 1758Horned Dung Beetle
Copris umbilicatus Abeille de P..., 1901
Coprophanaeus (Coprophanaeus) pluto Harold, 1863
Coprophanaeus (Megaphanaeus) bellicosus Olivier, 1789
Diastellopalpus lamellicollis Quedenfeldt, 1884
Dichotomius carolinus Linnaeus, 1767Carolina copris
Digitonthophagus falciger Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus fimator Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787Brown dung beetle
Digitonthophagus ulcerosus Génier, 2017
Drepanocerus kirbyi Kirby, 1828
Epirinus flagellatus Fabricius, 1775
Epirinus gratus Péringuey, 1901
Euoniticellus fulvus Goeze, 1777
Euoniticellus inaequalis Reiche, 1850
Euoniticellus pallens Olivier, 1789
Euoniticellus pallipes Fabricius, 1781Southern sandy dung beetle
Euonthophagus amyntas Olivier, 1789
Euonthophagus amyntas amyntas Olivier, 1789
Euonthophagus dorbignyi Olsoufieff, 1900
Euonthophagus gibbosus Scriba, 1790
Garreta matabelensis Janssens, 1938
Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789
Gymnopleurus aenescens Wiedemann, 1821
Gymnopleurus coriarius (Herbst, 1789)⇒ Gymnopleurus flagellatus Fabricius, 1787
Gymnopleurus flagellatus Fabricius, 1787
Gymnopleurus flagellatus flagellatus Fabricius, 1787
Gymnopleurus geoffroyi Fuessly, 1775
Gymnopleurus humeralis Klug, 1855
Gymnopleurus leei Fabricius, 1792
Gymnopleurus mopsus Pallas, 1781
Gymnopleurus mopsus mopsus
Gymnopleurus sturmi (MacLeay, 1821)⇒ Gymnopleurus sturmii MacLeay, 1821
Gymnopleurus sturmii MacLeay, 1821
Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843
Helictopleurus neoamplicollis Krell, 2000
Heliocopris japetus Klug, 1855
Heliocopris neptunus Boheman, 1857
Liatongus militaris Castelnau, 1840Yellow Shouldered Dung Beetle
Lobateuchus parisii O. Montreuil, 2010
Neosisyphus rubrus Paschalidis, 1974
Neosisyphus spinipes Thunberg, 1818Grey dungball roller
Oniticellus falsus (Sharp, 1875)⇒ Sinodrepanus falsus Sharp, 1875
Oniticellus pictus Hausmann, 1807
Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835)⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Onitis belial Fabricius, 1798
Onitis ion Olivier, 1789
Onitis uncinatus Klug, 1855
Onitis viridulus (Boheman, 1857)⇒ Onitis pecuarius Lansberge, 1875
Ontherus sanctaemartae Génier, 1996
Onthophagus (Furconthophagus) furcatus (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Onthophagus furcaticeps Masters, 1886
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) illyricus Scopoli, 1763
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) subaeneus (Palisot de B..., 1811)⇒ Onthophagus striatulus Palisot de B..., 1809
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taurus Schreber, 1759Bull Headed Dung Beetle
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) baraudi Nicolas, 1964
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) coenobita Herbst, 1783
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) fracticornis (Preyssler, 1790)⇒ Onthophagus similis Scriba, 1790
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) gibbulus Pallas, 1781
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) grossepunctatus Reitter, 1905
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) joannae Goljan, 1953
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) lemur Fabricius, 1781
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) medius (Kugelann, 1792)⇒ Onthophagus vacca Linnaeus, 1767
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758Mottled dung beetle
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) opacicollis Reitter, 1893
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) ovatus Linnaeus, 1767
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) ponticus Harold, 1883
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) ruficapillus Brullé, 1832
Onthophagus ruficapillus ruficapillus Brullé, 1832
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) semicornis Panzer, 1798
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) similis (Scriba, 1790)⇒ Onthophagus fracticornis Preyssler, 1790
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) vacca Linnaeus, 1767
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) verticicornis (Laicharting, 1781)⇒ Onthophagus nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) vitulus (Fabricius, 1776)⇒ Onthophagus immundus Boheman, 1858
Onthophagus (Paleonthophagus) fracticornis Preyssler, 1790
Onthophagus (Paleonthophagus) nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Onthophagus (Paleonthophagus) similis Scriba, 1790
Onthophagus (Paleonthophagus) vacca Linnaeus, 1767
Onthophagus (Parentius) emarginatus Mulsant, 1842
Onthophagus (Relictonthophagus) emarginatus (Mulsant, 1842)⇒ Onthophagus rubrimaculatus MacLeay, 1864
Onthophagus (Relictonthophagus) punctatus (Illiger, 1803)⇒ Onthophagus emarginatus Mulsant, 1842
Onthophagus (Trichonthophagus) maki Illiger, 1803
Onthophagus aeruginosus Roth, 1851
Onthophagus albicornis Palisot de B..., 1805
Onthophagus arvernus L. Piton, 1939
Onthophagus auritus Erichson, 1842
Onthophagus blackwoodensis Blackburn, 1891
Onthophagus carpophilus Pereira & Ha..., 1961
Onthophagus consentaneus Harold, 1867Common northern dung beetle
Onthophagus declivis Harold, 1869
Onthophagus dinoderus d´Orbigny, 1913
Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873
Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851
Onthophagus flavolimbatus Klug, 1855
Onthophagus fugitivus Péringuey, 1901
Onthophagus furcaticeps Masters, 1886
Onthophagus immundus Boheman, 1858
Onthophagus infuscatus Klug, 1845
Onthophagus lamelliger (Gerstaecker, 1871)⇒ Onthophagus ochropygus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus luteus Oustalet, 1874
Onthophagus malthinus Gillet, 1930
Onthophagus obtusicornis (Fahraeus, 1857)⇒ Onthophagus marginalis przewalski Kabakov, 2006
Onthophagus rhodesianus Frey, 1975
Onthophagus rubrimaculatus MacLeay, 1864
Onthophagus sticticus Harold, 1867
Onthophagus transcaspicus Koenig, 1888Gazella scarab
Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843
Onthophagus weisei (Reitter, 1891)⇒ Euonthophagus gibbosus Scriba, 1790
Onthophagus xanthochlorus Walter & Cam..., 1977
Paragymnopleurus sinuatus abax Sharp, 1875
Pedaria barrei Josso & Prév..., 2006
Pedaria cylindrica Fahraeus, 1857
Phalops ardea Klug, 1855
Phalops boschas Klug, 1855
Phalops dregei Harold, 1867
Phalops flavocinctus Klug, 1855
Phanaeus daphnis Harold, 1863Beetle
Phanaeus demon Castelnau, 1840
Phanaeus mexicanus Harold, 1863
Proagoderus rangifer Klug, 1855
Pseudocanthon vitraci Fleutiaux & ..., 1889
Scarabaeus (Ateuchetus) laticollis Linnaeus, 1767
Scarabaeus (Ateuchetus) semipunctatus Fabricius, 1792
Scarabaeus (Ateuchetus) variolosus (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Ateuchetus semipunctatus Fabricius, 1792
Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) bannuensis Janssens, 1940
Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) pius Illiger, 1803
Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) sacer (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Scarabaeus pius Illiger, 1803
Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) typhon (Fischer von ..., 1823)⇒ Megasoma gyas Herbst, 1785
Scarabaeus aegaeon Drury, 1773
Scarabaeus rufus (DeGeer, 1778)⇒ Rhysothorax rufus Fabricius, 1792
Scybalocanthon nigriceps Harold, 1868
Sinodrepanus falsus Sharp, 1875
Sisyphus caffer Boheman, 1857
Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818
Sisyphus goryi (Harold, 1859)⇒ Sisyphus caffer goryi Harold, 1859
Sisyphus schaefferi Linnaeus, 1758
Sisyphus schaefferi schaefferi Linnaeus, 1758
Sisyphus seminulum (Gerstaecker, 1871)⇒ Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818
Tiniocellus setifer Kraatz, 1895

Subnodes of Scarabaeinae with occurrences in France
TribeAteuchini
Montreuil, 1998
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCanthonini
Péringuey, 1900
5
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCoprini
Kolbe, 1805
6
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeGymnopleurini
Lacordaire, 1856
4
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOniticellini
d´Orbigny, 1916
7
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOnitini
Hope, 1837
3
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOnthophagini
Lacordaire, 1856
7
73
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePhanaeini
MacLeay, 1819
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeScarabaeini
Latreille, 1802
1
9
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeSisyphini
Mulsant, 1842
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Scarabaeinae at artfakta.se
Scarabaeinae at dyntaxa.se
Scarabaeinae at itis.gov