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Checklist for Subfamily Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802 (Dung Beetles)
and region Near East (West Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
687
11472
52844
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
682
11445
52791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
651
11312
52466
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
408
8936
44750
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
110
2924
17636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
102
2584
13895
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
11
320
1727
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
11
320
1727
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
264
1429
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
31
260
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Near East
31 Genera with 260 Species
#ABCDEGHKLMOPS
Allogymnopleurus Janssens, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Bubas Mulsant, 18112SpeciesTaxom
Caccobius Thomson, 17674SpeciesTaxom
Canthon Hoffmannsegg, 1946Tumblebug3SpeciesTaxom
Catharsius Hope, 18883SpeciesTaxom
Cheironitis van Lansberge, 178914SpeciesTaxom
Chironitis Lansberge, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Cleptocaccobius Cambefort, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1901Mexican dung beetle9SpeciesTaxom
Delopleurus Erichson, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 20175SpeciesTaxom
Epirinus Reiche, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Euoniticellus Janssens, 17813SpeciesTaxom
Euonthophagus Balthasar, 194624SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 184325SpeciesTaxom
Heliocopris Hope, 17755SpeciesTaxom
Kheper Janssens, 02SpeciesTaxom
Liatongus Reitter, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Metacatharsius Paulian, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Mnematidium Ritsema, 18452SpeciesTaxom
Mnematium MacLeay, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Oniticellus Serville, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Onitis Fabricius, 185713SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 1939133SpeciesTaxom
Paroniticellus Balthasar, 18091SpeciesTaxom
Phalops Erichson, 18833SpeciesTaxom
Proagoderus Lansberge, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 200623SpeciesTaxom
Sinodrepanus Simonis, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Sisyphus Latreille, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Synapsis Forster, 18211SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Near East
260 Species and 33 Subspecies
Allogymnopleurus anthracinus Klug, 1845
Bubas bubaloides Janssens, 1938
Bubas bubalus Olivier, 1811
Caccobius histeroides Ménétriés, 1832
Caccobius mundus Ménétriés, 1838
Caccobius pulicarius Harold, 1875
Caccobius schreberi Linnaeus, 1767
Canthon (Boreocanthon) ebenus Say, 1823
Canthon (Boreocanthon) probus Germar, 1824
Canthon (Canthon) imitator Brown, 1946
Catharsius alpheus Gillet, 1932
Catharsius eteocles (Laporte, 1840)⇒ Catharsius alpheus Gillet, 1932
Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888
Cheironitis arrowi Janssens, 1937
Cheironitis candezei Lansberge, 1875
Cheironitis furcifer Rossi, 1792
Cheironitis haroldi Ballion, 1870
Cheironitis hungaricus Herbst, 1789
Cheironitis irroratus Rossi, 1790
Cheironitis klapperichi (Balthasar, 1955)⇒ Cheironitis furcifer Rossi, 1792
Cheironitis moeris Pallas, 1781
Cheironitis osiridis Reiche, 1856
Cheironitis pamphilus Ménétriés, 1849
Cheironitis petraensis Coppo, 2021
Cheironitis socotranus Gahan, 1900
Cheironitis sterculius Ballion, 1870
Cheironitis ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Chironitis furcifer Rossi, 1792
Cleptocaccobius viridicollis Fahraeus, 1857
Copris armeniacus Falderman, 1835
Copris felschei (Reitter, 1893)⇒ Copris armeniacus Falderman, 1835
Copris hispanus Linnaeus, 1764
Copris hispanus cavolinii Petagna, 1792
Copris hispanus hispanus Linné, 1764
Copris hispanus persianus Miksic, 1958
Copris incertus Say, 1835Black dung beetle
Copris lunaris Linnaeus, 1758Horned Dung Beetle
Copris umbilicatus Abeille de P..., 1901
Delopleurus mencli Kral, 2014
Digitonthophagus aksumensis Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus bonasus Fabricius, 1775
Digitonthophagus eucatta Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787Brown dung beetle
Digitonthophagus uks Génier, 2017
Epirinus flagellatus Fabricius, 1775
Euoniticellus fulvus Goeze, 1777
Euoniticellus pallens Olivier, 1789
Euoniticellus pallipes Fabricius, 1781Southern sandy dung beetle
Euonthophagus aeneobrunneus Kabakov, 1977
Euonthophagus amyntas Olivier, 1789
Euonthophagus amyntas alces Fabricius, 1792
Euonthophagus amyntas amyntas Olivier, 1789
Euonthophagus amyntas auchenia Redtenbacher, 1850
Euonthophagus amyntas subviolaceus Ménétries, 1832
Euonthophagus atramentarius Ménétriés, 1832
Euonthophagus bedeli Reitter, 1891
Euonthophagus carbonarius Klug, 1855
Euonthophagus conterminus Petrovitz, 1971
Euonthophagus dorbignyi Olsoufieff, 1900
Euonthophagus dorbignyi neutto Olsoufieff, 1900
Euonthophagus gibbosus Scriba, 1790
Euonthophagus koshantschikoffi Reitter, 1891
Euonthophagus loeffleri Petrovitz, 1965
Euonthophagus maindroni d´Orbigny, 1897
Euonthophagus mostafatsairii Palestrini, ..., 1979
Euonthophagus pentaceros Olsoufieff, 1900
Euonthophagus pertinax Balthasar, 1959
Euonthophagus sulcicollis Reitter, 1892
Euonthophagus tissoni Reitter, 1906
Euonthophagus verberatus Ziani, 2006
Euonthophagus yama Ziani, 2006
Euonthophagus yemenicus Balthasar, 1946
Gymnopleurus aciculatus Gebler, 1841
Gymnopleurus aeruginosus Harold, 1867
Gymnopleurus atratus Klug, 1845
Gymnopleurus bicallosus Felsche, 1909
Gymnopleurus elegans Klug, 1845
Gymnopleurus flagellatus Fabricius, 1787
Gymnopleurus flagellatus asperatus Motschulsky, 1849
Gymnopleurus flagellatus calignosus Balthasar, 1934
Gymnopleurus flagellatus flagellatus Fabricius, 1787
Gymnopleurus flagellatus serratus Fischer von ..., 1821
Gymnopleurus geoffroyi Fuessly, 1775
Gymnopleurus geoffroyi cyanescens Motschulsky, 1849
Gymnopleurus geoffroyi geoffroyi
Gymnopleurus lacunosus Klug, 1845
Gymnopleurus mimus (Balthasar, 1934)⇒ Gymnopleurus geoffroyi Fuessly, 1775
Gymnopleurus mopsus Pallas, 1781
Gymnopleurus mopsus mopsus
Gymnopleurus naviauxi Montreuil, 2009
Gymnopleurus persianus (Reitter, 1909)⇒ Gymnopleurus mopsus Pallas, 1781
Gymnopleurus puncticollis (Gillet, 1909)⇒ Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843
Gymnopleurus qurosh Montreuil, 2011
Gymnopleurus serratus (Fischer von ..., 1821)⇒ Gymnopleurus flagellatus Fabricius, 1787
Gymnopleurus sturmi (MacLeay, 1821)⇒ Gymnopleurus sturmii MacLeay, 1821
Gymnopleurus sturmii MacLeay, 1821
Gymnopleurus virens Erichson, 1843
Heliocopris andersoni Bates, 1868
Heliocopris gigas Linnaeus, 1758
Heliocopris gigas gigas
Heliocopris isidis (Boheman, 1857)⇒ Heliocopris andersoni Bates, 1868
Heliocopris midas Fabricius, 1775
Kheper aegyptiorum Latreille, 1823
Kheper aegyptiorum aegyptiorum
Liatongus militaris Castelnau, 1840Yellow Shouldered Dung Beetle
Metacatharsius inermis Castelnau, 1840
Mnematidium multidentatum (Klug, 1845)⇒ Scarabaeus multidentatum Klug, 1845
Mnematidium multidentatus Klug, 1845
Mnematium silenus Gray, 1832
Oniticellus falsus (Sharp, 1875)⇒ Sinodrepanus falsus Sharp, 1875
Oniticellus tessellatus Harold, 1879
Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835)⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Onitis alexis alexis
Onitis alexis septentrionalis Balthasar, 1942
Onitis damoetas Steven, 1806
Onitis ezechias Reiche, 1856
Onitis humerosus Pallas, 1771
Onitis ion Olivier, 1789
Onitis numida Castelnau, 1840
Onitis pers Gusakov & Kl..., 2009
Onitis sphinx Fabricius, 1775
Onitis tingaudi Keith & Moretto, 2007
Onitis tumidus Gillet, 1918
Onitis viridulus (Boheman, 1857)⇒ Onitis pecuarius Lansberge, 1875
Onthophagus (Amphionthophagus) falzonii Goidanich, 1926
Onthophagus (Euonthophagus) amyntas (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Euonthophagus amyntas Olivier, 1789
Onthophagus (Euonthophagus) atramentarius Ménétriés, 1832
Onthophagus (Furconthophagus) furcatus (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Onthophagus furcaticeps Masters, 1886
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) amirus Kabakov, 1982
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) illyricus Scopoli, 1763
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) margaritifer d´Orbigny, 1898
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) oklahomensis Brown, 1927Oklahoma dung beetle
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) pennsylvanicus Harold, 1871
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taurus Schreber, 1759Bull Headed Dung Beetle
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) angorensis Petrovitz, 1963
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) bytinskii Balthasar, 1960
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) coenobita Herbst, 1783
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) conspersus Reitter, 1893
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) cruciatus (Ménétriés, 1832)⇒ Onthophagus lemur Fabricius, 1781
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) dacatrai Pittino, 2004
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) dellacasai Pittino & Ma..., 1981
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) excisus Reiche & Saulcy, 1856
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) excubitor Ziani & Gudenzi, 2006
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) fissicornis Steven, 1809
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) fortigibber Reitter, 1909
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) fracticornis (Preyssler, 1790)⇒ Onthophagus similis Scriba, 1790
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) furciceps Marseul, 1869
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) gibbulus Pallas, 1781
Onthophagus gibbulus gibbulus
Onthophagus gibbulus rostrifer Reitter, 1892
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) grossepunctatus Reitter, 1905
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) haroldi Ballion, 1870
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) isikdagensis Pittino, 2004
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) kindermanni Harold, 1877
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) lemur Fabricius, 1781
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) leucostigma Steven, 1811
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) lucidus Illiger, 1800
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) marginalis Gebler, 1817
Onthophagus marginalis marginalis
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) medius (Kugelann, 1792)⇒ Onthophagus vacca Linnaeus, 1767
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) muelleri (Lansberge, 1883)⇒ Onthophagus statzi Krell, 1990
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) novaki Boucomont, 1927
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758Mottled dung beetle
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) opacicollis Reitter, 1893
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) ovatus Linnaeus, 1767
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) parmatus Reitter, 1892
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) petrovitzi (Frey, 1975)⇒ Onthophagus petrovitzianus Pittino, 2006
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) petrovitzianus Pittino, 2006
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) ponticus Harold, 1883
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) psychopompus Ziani & Ghar..., 2010
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) pygargus Motschulsky, 1845
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) rakovici Pittino, 2004
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) ruficapillus Brullé, 1832
Onthophagus ruficapillus guilanensis (Pittino, 1982)⇒ Onthophagus ruficapillus Brullé, 1832
Onthophagus ruficapillus ruficapillus Brullé, 1832
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) samai Ziani, 2011
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) semicornis Panzer, 1798
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) sericatus Reitter, 1893
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) similis (Scriba, 1790)⇒ Onthophagus fracticornis Preyssler, 1790
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) speculifer Solsky, 1876
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) strabo Reitter, 1892
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) suturellus Brullé, 1832
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) truchmenus Kolenati, 1846
Onthophagus truchmenus iranicus Kabakov, 2006
Onthophagus truchmenus truchmenus
Onthophagus truchmenus xerxes Petrovitz, 1965
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) vacca Linnaeus, 1767
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) verticicornis (Laicharting, 1781)⇒ Onthophagus nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) viridis Ménétriés, 1832
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) vlasovi Medvedev, 1958
Onthophagus andalusicus persianus Olsoufieff, 1900
Onthophagus (Paleonthophagus) nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Onthophagus (Paleonthophagus) similis Scriba, 1790
Onthophagus (Paleonthophagus) vacca Linnaeus, 1767
Onthophagus (Phalops) tricuspis (Semenov, 1900)⇒ Onthophagus fortigibber Reitter, 1909
Onthophagus (Strandius) obliquus Olivier, 1789
Onthophagus aeneopiceus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus aerarius Reitter, 1892
Onthophagus aethiopicus d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus aleppensis Redtenbacher, 1843
Onthophagus aleppensis aleppensis
Onthophagus aleppensis hyrcanicus Kabakov, 1982
Onthophagus amphicoma Boucomont, 1914
Onthophagus anatolicus Petrovitz, 1962
Onthophagus basipustulatus Heyden, 1879
Onthophagus bicolor (Raffray, 1877)⇒ Onthophagus flavolimbatus Klug, 1855
Onthophagus bicristatus d´Orbigny, 1905
Onthophagus blanchardi Harold, 1869
Onthophagus bonsae Zunino, 1976
Onthophagus brittoni Paulian, 1948
Onthophagus carpanetoi Pittino, 1982
Onthophagus carpophilus Pereira & Ha..., 1961
Onthophagus circulator Reitter, 1891
Onthophagus dorsosignatus d´Orbigny, 1898
Onthophagus falsus Gillet, 1925
Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873
Onthophagus fissinasus Fairmaire, 1895
Onthophagus flagrans Reitter, 1893
Onthophagus formaneki Reitter, 1897
Onthophagus frontalis Raffray, 1877
Onthophagus furcaticeps Masters, 1886
Onthophagus hermonensis Baraud, 1982
Onthophagus heydeni Harold, 1875
Onthophagus infuscatus Klug, 1845
Onthophagus jugicola d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus latipennis d´Orbigny, 1897
Onthophagus lemuroides d´Orbigny, 1898
Onthophagus liothorax Koshantschikov, 1894
Onthophagus malthinus Gillet, 1930
Onthophagus melanocephalus Klug, 1845
Onthophagus millingeni d´Orbigny, 1900
Onthophagus moreleti Baraud, 1980
Onthophagus nebulosus Reiche, 1864
Onthophagus nitidulus Klug, 1845
Onthophagus oberthueri d´Orbigny, 1898
Onthophagus oberthuri d´Orbigny, 1898
Onthophagus ochreatus d´Orbigny, 1897
Onthophagus orcas (Ménétriés, 1838)⇒ Onthophagus atramentarius Ménétriés, 1832
Onthophagus osellai Pittino, 1982
Onthophagus pictus (Reitter, 1893)⇒ Oniticellus tessellatus Harold, 1879
Onthophagus roessneri Ziani, 2016
Onthophagus rugulipennis Fairmaire, 1887
Onthophagus sacharovskii Olsoufieff, 1918
Onthophagus sellatus Klug, 1845
Onthophagus shaykh Montanaro & ..., 2022
Onthophagus simius Reitter, 1893
Onthophagus sparsulus Reitter, 1893
Onthophagus statzi ♰ Krell, 1990
Onthophagus sticticus Harold, 1867
Onthophagus suermelii Petrovitz, 1963
Onthophagus tessulatus Harold, 1871
Onthophagus transcaspicus Koenig, 1888Gazella scarab
Onthophagus trapezicornis d´Orbigny, 1902
Onthophagus variegatus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873
Onthophagus viriditinctus Reitter, 1893
Onthophagus zagrosicus Kabakov, 2006
Onthophagus zuvandi Qaryagdy, 1939
Paroniticellus festivus Steven, 1809
Phalops chalybeus Klug, 1845
Phalops iphis Olivier, 1789
Phalops olivaceus Lansberge, 1883
Proagoderus quadriarmatus Fairmaire, 1892
Proagoderus worsissa Roth, 1851
Scarabaeus (Ateuchetus) armeniacus Ménétriés, 1832
Scarabaeus (Ateuchetus) puncticollis (Latreille, 1819)⇒ Geotrupes spiniger Marsham, 1802
Scarabaeus (Ateuchetus) semipunctatus Fabricius, 1792
Scarabaeus (Ateuchetus) variolosus (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Ateuchetus semipunctatus Fabricius, 1792
Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) babori Balthasar, 1934
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 (Scarabaeus) winkleri Stolfa, 1938
Scarabaeus acuticollis Motschulsky, 1849
Scarabaeus aegyptiacus Stolfa, 1938
Scarabaeus aegyptiorum Latreille, 1827
Scarabaeus cristatus villiersi Baraud, 1973
Scarabaeus gangeticus Castelnau, 1840
Scarabaeus irakensis Stolfa, 1938
Scarabaeus isidis Castelnau, 1840
Scarabaeus krutai Maly & Montr..., 2011
Scarabaeus multidentatum Klug, 1845
Scarabaeus pseudogangeticus Moretto, 2023
Scarabaeus sennaariensis Castelnau, 1840
Scarabaeus transcaspicus Stolfa, 1938
Scarabaeus wilsoni Waterhouse, 1890
Scarabaeus zagrosensis Montreuil, 2006
Sinodrepanus falsus Sharp, 1875
Sisyphus schaefferi Linnaeus, 1758
Sisyphus schaefferi boschniaki Fischer von ..., 1823
Sisyphus schaefferi schaefferi Linnaeus, 1758
Synapsis tmolus Fischer von ..., 1821

Subnodes of Scarabaeinae with occurrences in Near East
TribeAteuchini
Montreuil, 1998
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCanthonini
Péringuey, 1900
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCoprini
Kolbe, 1805
5
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeGymnopleurini
Lacordaire, 1856
2
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOniticellini
d´Orbigny, 1916
5
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOnitini
Hope, 1837
3
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOnthophagini
Lacordaire, 1856
7
157
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeScarabaeini
Latreille, 1802
4
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeSisyphini
Mulsant, 1842
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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