Scarabaeidae
Anoplognathus viridiaeneus (Donovan, 1805)
Anoplognathus viridiaeneus (Donovan, 1805)
Anoplognathus viridiaeneus, the largest Christmas beetle, is a species native to eastern Australia.
Anoplognathus flavipennis Boisduval, 1835
Anoplognathus flavipennis Boisduval, 1835
Anoplognathus flavipennis is a beetle species with defining traits, found in eastern Australia from Southern Queensland to northwest Sydney.
Calamosternus granarius (Linnaeus, 1767)
Calamosternus granarius (Linnaeus, 1767)
Calamosternus granarius is a small 4–6 mm shiny black scarab beetle with slight sexual dimorphism between males and females.
Aphodius fimetarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aphodius fimetarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aphodius fimetarius, the farmer scarab beetle, is a scarab beetle species native to Europe.
Melinopterus prodromus (Brahm, 1790)
Melinopterus prodromus (Brahm, 1790)
Melinopterus prodromus is an exotic scarab beetle found in the Palearctic and North America, formerly placed in the genus Aphodius.
Volinus sticticus (Panzer, 1798)
Volinus sticticus (Panzer, 1798)
Volinus sticticus is the only species in the scarab beetle genus Volinus, found in Europe and Asia.
Acrossus rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acrossus rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acrossus rufipes is a relatively large Aphodius species with distinct physical traits suited for burrowing.
Teuchestes fossor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Teuchestes fossor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Teuchestes fossor is an endocoprid dung beetle native to the Palaearctic now widespread in North America.
Nimbus contaminatus (Herbst, 1783)
Nimbus contaminatus (Herbst, 1783)
Nimbus contaminatus is a European dung beetle that was formerly placed in the genus Aphodius.
Ataenius imbricatus (Melsheimer, 1845)
Ataenius imbricatus (Melsheimer, 1845)
Ataenius imbricatus is an aphodiine dung beetle in the Scarabaeidae family found across the Americas and the Caribbean.
Martineziana dutertrei (Chalumeau, 1983)
Martineziana dutertrei (Chalumeau, 1983)
Martineziana dutertrei is an aphodiine dung beetle from the Scarabaeidae family found across the Caribbean, North America, and South America.
Copris minutus (Drury, 1773)
Copris minutus (Drury, 1773)
Copris minutus, the small black dung beetle, is a North American Scarabaeidae dung beetle species.
Dichotomius carolinus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Dichotomius carolinus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Dichotomius carolinus, the Carolina copris, is a dung beetle species in the family Scarabaeidae.
Catharsius molossus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Catharsius molossus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Catharsius molossus is a widespread coprophagous beetle from tropical Asia used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Onthophagus orpheus (Panzer, 1794)
Onthophagus orpheus (Panzer, 1794)
Onthophagus orpheus is a dung beetle species from the Scarabaeidae family, found mainly in eastern US and southeastern Canada.
Onthophagus striatulus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1809)
Onthophagus striatulus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1809)
Onthophagus striatulus is a North American dung beetle species in the Scarabaeidae family.
Onthophagus coenobita (Herbst, 1783)
Onthophagus coenobita (Herbst, 1783)
Onthophagus coenobita is a dung beetle species in genus Onthophagus that eats mostly dung, plus carrion and decaying fungi.
Onthophagus vacca (Linnaeus, 1767)
Onthophagus vacca (Linnaeus, 1767)
Onthophagus vacca is a dung beetle species introduced to Australia in 2014 to process cattle dung, found across parts of Eurasia and North Africa.
Onthophagus nuchicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Onthophagus nuchicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Onthophagus nuchicornis is a common North American dung beetle used as a model for ivermectin ecotoxicology studies.
Onthophagus taurus (Schreber, 1759)
Onthophagus taurus (Schreber, 1759)
Onthophagus taurus, the bull-headed dung beetle, is an agriculturally valuable dung beetle introduced to the US and Australia for dung management.
Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787)
Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787)
Digitonthophagus gazella is an Afro-Asian scarab dung beetle introduced worldwide to remove cattle dung from pastures.
Caccobius schreberi (Linnaeus, 1767)
Caccobius schreberi (Linnaeus, 1767)
Caccobius schreberi is a small beetle found in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and dry steppe areas.
Euoniticellus intermedius (Reiche, 1850)
Euoniticellus intermedius (Reiche, 1850)
Euoniticellus intermedius is a heat- and drought-tolerant dung beetle intentionally introduced for agricultural purposes from Africa to Australia, the Americas.
Onitis alexis Klug, 1835
Onitis alexis Klug, 1835
Onitis alexis, the bronze dung beetle, is a scarab dung beetle endemic to parts of Africa and Europe, now established in northern Australia.
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