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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
511
6442
25242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
507
6432
25230
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
484
6359
25068
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
318
5081
21505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
89
1919
9908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
83
1691
8186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
11
183
802
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
11
183
802
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
149
647
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
14
118
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Turkey
14 Genera with 118 Species
Bubas Mulsant, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Caccobius Thomson, 17673SpeciesTaxom
Canthon Hoffmannsegg, 1946Tumblebug3SpeciesTaxom
Cheironitis van Lansberge, 17896SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1901Mexican dung beetle6SpeciesTaxom
Epirinus Reiche, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Euoniticellus Janssens, 17813SpeciesTaxom
Euonthophagus Balthasar, 18927SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 182112SpeciesTaxom
Onitis Fabricius, 17715SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 193973SpeciesTaxom
Paroniticellus Balthasar, 18091SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 189011SpeciesTaxom
Sisyphus Latreille, 17583SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Turkey
118 Species and 17 Subspecies
Bubas bubaloides Janssens, 1938
Caccobius histeroides Ménétriés, 1832
Caccobius mundus Ménétriés, 1838
Caccobius schreberi Linnaeus, 1767
Canthon (Boreocanthon) ebenus Say, 1823
Canthon (Boreocanthon) probus Germar, 1824
Canthon (Canthon) imitator Brown, 1946
Cheironitis furcifer Rossi, 1792
Cheironitis haroldi Ballion, 1870
Cheironitis hungaricus Herbst, 1789
Cheironitis irroratus Rossi, 1790
Cheironitis pamphilus Ménétriés, 1849
Cheironitis ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Copris armeniacus Falderman, 1835
Copris felschei (Reitter, 1893)⇒ Copris armeniacus Falderman, 1835
Copris hispanus Linnaeus, 1764
Copris hispanus cavolinii Petagna, 1792
Copris lunaris Linnaeus, 1758Horned Dung Beetle
Copris umbilicatus Abeille de P..., 1901
Epirinus flagellatus Fabricius, 1775
Euoniticellus fulvus Goeze, 1777
Euoniticellus pallens Olivier, 1789
Euoniticellus pallipes Fabricius, 1781Southern sandy dung beetle
Euonthophagus amyntas Olivier, 1789
Euonthophagus amyntas alces Fabricius, 1792
Euonthophagus atramentarius Ménétriés, 1832
Euonthophagus dorbignyi Olsoufieff, 1900
Euonthophagus dorbignyi neutto Olsoufieff, 1900
Euonthophagus gibbosus Scriba, 1790
Euonthophagus sulcicollis Reitter, 1892
Gymnopleurus flagellatus Fabricius, 1787
Gymnopleurus flagellatus asperatus Motschulsky, 1849
Gymnopleurus flagellatus flagellatus Fabricius, 1787
Gymnopleurus geoffroyi Fuessly, 1775
Gymnopleurus geoffroyi cyanescens Motschulsky, 1849
Gymnopleurus geoffroyi geoffroyi
Gymnopleurus mimus (Balthasar, 1934)⇒ Gymnopleurus geoffroyi Fuessly, 1775
Gymnopleurus mopsus Pallas, 1781
Gymnopleurus mopsus mopsus
Gymnopleurus qurosh Montreuil, 2011
Gymnopleurus sturmi (MacLeay, 1821)⇒ Gymnopleurus sturmii MacLeay, 1821
Gymnopleurus sturmii MacLeay, 1821
Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835)⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Onitis alexis septentrionalis Balthasar, 1942
Onitis damoetas Steven, 1806
Onitis ezechias Reiche, 1856
Onitis humerosus Pallas, 1771
Onthophagus (Amphionthophagus) falzonii Goidanich, 1926
Onthophagus (Furconthophagus) furcatus (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Onthophagus furcaticeps Masters, 1886
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) illyricus Scopoli, 1763
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) coenobita Herbst, 1783
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) cruciatus (Ménétriés, 1832)⇒ Onthophagus lemur Fabricius, 1781
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) dacatrai Pittino, 2004
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) dellacasai Pittino & Ma..., 1981
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) 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) rakovici Pittino, 2004
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) ruficapillus Brullé, 1832
Onthophagus ruficapillus ruficapillus Brullé, 1832
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 truchmenus
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) vacca Linnaeus, 1767
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) verticicornis (Laicharting, 1781)⇒ Onthophagus nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758
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 aleppensis Redtenbacher, 1843
Onthophagus aleppensis aleppensis
Onthophagus amphicoma Boucomont, 1914
Onthophagus anatolicus Petrovitz, 1962
Onthophagus basipustulatus Heyden, 1879
Onthophagus carpanetoi Pittino, 1982
Onthophagus dorsosignatus d´Orbigny, 1898
Onthophagus fissinasus Fairmaire, 1895
Onthophagus formaneki Reitter, 1897
Onthophagus furcaticeps Masters, 1886
Onthophagus lemuroides d´Orbigny, 1898
Onthophagus malthinus Gillet, 1930
Onthophagus nebulosus Reiche, 1864
Onthophagus osellai Pittino, 1982
Onthophagus sacharovskii Olsoufieff, 1918
Onthophagus statzi Krell, 1990
Onthophagus sticticus Harold, 1867
Onthophagus suermelii Petrovitz, 1963
Onthophagus transcaspicus Koenig, 1888Gazella scarab
Onthophagus zuvandi Qaryagdy, 1939
Paroniticellus festivus Steven, 1809
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 aegyptiacus Stolfa, 1938
Scarabaeus aegyptiorum Latreille, 1827
Scarabaeus sennaariensis Castelnau, 1840
Scarabaeus wilsoni Waterhouse, 1890
Sisyphus schaefferi Linnaeus, 1758
Sisyphus schaefferi boschniaki Fischer von ..., 1823
Sisyphus schaefferi schaefferi Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Scarabaeinae with occurrences in Turkey
TribeCanthonini
Péringuey, 1900
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCoprini
Kolbe, 1805
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeGymnopleurini
Lacordaire, 1856
1
7
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeOniticellini
d´Orbigny, 1916
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOnitini
Hope, 1837
3
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOnthophagini
Lacordaire, 1856
3
75
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeScarabaeini
Latreille, 1802
1
11
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeSisyphini
Mulsant, 1842
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Scarabaeinae at artfakta.se
Scarabaeinae at dyntaxa.se
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