Scarabaoidea of Libya

Checklist compiled from: Zavatarri (1934), Gridelli (1933, 1937 & 1939), (Schatzmayr 1938), Koch (1939), Peyerhimhoff (1948), Mellini & Fiori (1954), Fiori (1972), Baraud (1985), Hollande et Therond (1998)... and completed and finalised by D. Keith.
Most determinations by D. Keith, Cetoniidae checked by P. Le Thuault and Aphodiidae by R. Costesseque.
New records for Libya are marked with a *.

 

TROGIDAE
Trox confluens Wollaston, 1864
Trox fabricii
Reiche, 1853
Trox granulipennis Fairmaire, 1852
Trox leonardi Pittino, 1985
Trox martini Reitter, 1873
Trox strandi Balthasar, 1892

GLARESIDAE
Glaresis handlirschi Reitter, 1892
Glaresis tripolitana
Petrovitz, 1968

GEOTRUPIDAE
Bolbelasmus bocchus vaulogeri Abeille de Perrin, 1898
Ceratophyus hoffmanseggi Fairmaire
, 1865
Eubolbitus sicardi Reitter, 1896
Thorectes brullei africanus
Baraud
, 1965
Thorectes demoflysi Baraud
, 1965
Thorectes intermedius (Costa, 1827)
Thorectes latus (Sturm, 1826)
Thorectes puncticollis Lucas, 1845
Thorectes rugatulus Jekel, 1865


HYBOSORIDAE
Hybosorus illigeri Reiche, 1853

ORPHNIDAE
Orubesa semenovi Arrow, 1911
Brenskea coronata
Reitter,
1891


OCHADEIDAE
Ochodaeus gigas Marseul, 1878

APHODIIDAE
AEGIALIIDAE
Eremazus unistriatus Mulsant, 1851
APHODIINAE
Megatelus contractus (Klug, 1845)
Alocoderus hydrochaeris
(Fabricius, 1798)
Anomius apollonius
(Petrovitz, 1971)
Anomius antii
(Gridelli, 1930)

Anomius neidae
(Petrovitz, 1971)

Aphodius fimetarius
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Aphodius scybalarius
(Fabricius, 1781)
Neobodilus beduinus
(Reitter, 1892)

Neobodilus ghardimaouensis
(Balthasar, 1929)
Calamosternus granarius
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Calamosternus lucidus
(Klug, 1845)

Calamosternus chobauti
(Clouët, 1896)
Chilothorax exclamationis
(Motschulsky, 1849)
Chilothorax lineolatus
(Illiger, 1803)
Chilothorax libyanus
(Balthasar, 1961)
Chilothorax melanostictus
(Schmidt, 1840)

Erytus opacior
(Koshantschikov, 1894)
Erytus aequalis
(Schmidt, 1907)
Esymus tersus
(Erichson, 1848)
Labarrus lividus
(Olivier, 1789)
Mecynodes striatulus
(Waltl, 1835)
Mecynodes leucopterus
(Klug, 1845)

Menidius palmetincolus (Karsh, 1881)
Menidius berbericus (Balthasar, 1941)
Parabodilus wollastoni (Harold, 1862)
Plagiogonus nanus (Fairmaire, 1869)

Plagiogonus esymoides
(Reitter, 1892)

Subrinus vitellinus (Klug, 1845)
Heptalaucus syrticola (Fairmaire, 1882)
Heptalaucus pirazzolii (Fairmaire, 1881)

Paracoptochirus dellacasai (Petrovitz, 1970)

Undetermined Aphodius
PSAMMODIINAE
Granulopsammodius plicatulus (Fairmaire, 1892)
Leiopsammodius desertorum (Fairmaire, 1868)
Leiopsammodius laevicollis (Klug, 1845)
Diastictus tibialis (Fabricius, 1798)
Pleurophorus caesus (Creutzer, 1796)
Pleurophorus torretassoi Schatzmayr, 1930
Rhyssemodes orientalis Mulsant & Godart, 1875
Sicardia psammodiformis Reitter, 1896

SCARABAEIDAE
SCARABAEINAE

Gymnopleurus flagellatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Gymnopleurus janthinus Castelnau, XX
Gymnopleurus sturmi MacLeay,
1821

Mnematium ritchiei M'Leay, 1821 (+ ssp bottoi Gridelli)
Mnematidium multidentatum (Klug, 1845)
Scarabaeus aegyptiacus Stolfa 1938
Scarabaeus bannuensis Janssens 1940

Scarabaeus cristatus
Fabricius, 1775

Scarabaeus puncticollis Latreille, 1819
Scarabaeus sacer Linnaeus, 1758
Scarabaeus semipunctatus Fabricius, 1792
Scarabaeus transcaspicus Stolfa, 1938


COPRINAE
Copris hispanus
(Linnaeus, 1764)
Gymnopleurus flagellatus Fabricius, 1787
Gymnopleurus sturmii Mac Leay 1821
Cheironitis ungaricus irroratus
(Rossi, 1790)
Cheironitis osiridis Reiche 1856
Cheironitis furcifer (Rossi, 1792)
Bubas bubaloides Janssen, 1938
Onitis alexis septentrionalis Balthasar, 1942
*Onitis ringenbachi Keith, 2007
Euoniticellus fulvus (Goeze, 1777)
Euoniticellus pallens (Olivier, 1789)
Caccobius schreberi (Linnaeus, 1767)
Ontophagus tripolitanus Heyden, 1890
Ontophagus taurus (Schreber, 1759)
*Ontophagus sellatus (Klug, 1845)
Euontophagus bedeli (Reitter, 1891)
Euontophagus crocatus (Mulsant, 1865)
Ontophagus (Palaeontophagus) nebulosus Reiche, 1864
Ontophagus (
Palaeonthophagus) aerarius Reitter, 1892
Ontophagus (Palaeonthophagus) similis Scriba, 1790
Ontophagus (Trichonthophagus) maki (Illiger, 1830)
Ontophagus (Micronthophagus) melanocephalus Klug, 1845
Ontophagus (Parentius) nigellus (Illiger, 1803)
Ontophagus (Eremontophagus) transcaspicus Koenig, 1888

GLAPHYRIDAE
Glaphyrus haroldi Quedenfeldt, 1898
*Eulasia (Trichopleurus) bombylius Fabricius, 1787

MELOLONTHIIDAE
MELOLONTHINAE
Pachydema xanthochroa Fairmaire, 1879 [rufina Fairm.]
Pachydema hirticollis (Fabricius, 1787)
P.(Artia) carthaginensis Rambur, 1843
P.(Artia) obscurata Fairmaire, 1883
P.(Artia) peyerhimhoffi Baraud, 1979
P.(Artia) immatura Burmeister, 1855
P.(Artia) doriae Fairmaire, 1875
P.(Artia) oraniensis Lucas, 1869
P.(Artia) zohra Normand, 1951
P.(Sparophysa) bullata Burmeister, 1855
P.(Sparophysa) grandipalpis Reitter, 1898
Pachydema adusta Karsch, 1881
Schizonychia layeti Peyerhimhoff, 1935
Pseudoapterogyna vorax (Marseul, 1878) [Rhizotrogus quedenfeldti Brensk)
*Geotrogus araneipes Fairmaire, 1860

Geotrogus capito Fairmaire, 1882
Cyphonoxia kircheri Balthasar, 1930
Oligophylla detrita (Fairmaire, 1875)

SERICINAE
*Maladera (Cephaloserica) insanabilis (Brenske, 1894)
Paratriodonta tripolitana (Brenske, 1889)
Paratriodonta olivieri (Blanchard, 1881)

RUTELIDAE
RUTELINAE
Aprosterna ferruginea Marseul, 1867
Hoplopus atriplicis Fabricius, 1787
Hoplopus marcens Peyerhimhoff, 1939
Tribopertha aegyptiaca (Blanchard, 1850)
Tribopertha quedenfeldti (Reitter, 1890)
Pharaonus fasciculatus (Burmeister, 1844)
Hemichaetopteroplia pallidipennis (Gyllenhal, 1817)
Anthoplia floricola (Fabricius, 1787)
Adoretus garamas Peyerhimhoff, 1921

DYNASTIDAE
Oryctes nasicornis grypus (Illiger, 1803)
Oryctes (Rykanoryctes) sahariensis Bruneau de Miré, 1960
Pentodon algerinum (Herbst, 1789)
Pentodon variolopunctatum deserti Heyden, 1899
Podalgus cuniculus reichei Paulian, 1954
Temnorrhynchus baal Reiche & Saulcy, 1856
Phyllognathus excavatus (Forster, 1771)
Coptognathus crassipes Burmeister, 1847

CETONIIDAE
Oxythyrea funesta (Poda, 1761)
Oxythyrea pantherina (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
Oxythyrea tripolitana Reitter, 1891
Pseudoxythyrea bordesi (Peyerhimhoff, 1929)
*Enoplotarsus deserticola (Lucas, 1857)
Tropinata squalida pilosa Brullé, 1832
Tropinata (Epicometis) annabrunae (Crovetti, 1973)
Stalagmosa cynanchi (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
Aethiessa floralis (Fabricius, 1787)
Aethiessa inhumata (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
Aethiessa martini Bedel, 1889
Netocia cuprea ignicollis Gory & Percheron, 1883
*Netocia opaca (Fabricius, 1787)
*Netocia trojana (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
Pachnoda savignyi (Gory & Percheron, 1833)

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