checklist of the family scarabaeidae (scarab beetles) from palestine
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Checklist of the Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles) from Palestine. By: Prof. Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher Khalaf-Sakerfalke von Jaffa. Reference:Khalaf-Sakerfalke von Jaffa, Prof. Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher (2013). Checklist of the Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles) from Palestine. Gazelle: The Palestinian Biological Bulletin. ISSN 0178 – 6288. Number 105, September 2013, Thu Al Qia’da 1434 AH. pp. 1-26. Dubai and Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Website: http://palestine-insects.webs.com/scarab-beetlesTRANSCRIPT
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Checklist of the Family Scarabaeidae
(Scarab Beetles) from Palestine
فلسطين الُجعل في خنافس
By: Prof. Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher
Khalaf-Sakerfalke von Jaffa
Family Scarabaeidae
Subfamily Eucheirinae
Propomacrus bimucronatus Pallas, 1781
Propomacrus bimucronatus. By: Peter Simon Pallas, 1781.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Propomacrus_bimucronatus.png
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Subfamily Melolonthinae
Tribe Melolonthini
Anoxia (Anoxia) maculiventris Reitter, 1890
Anoxia (Mesanoxia) cypria Zurcher, 1911
Anoxia (Protanoxia) laevimaculata Petrovitz, 1973
Anoxia (Protanoxia) orientalis Krynicki, 1832
Anoxoides bytinskisalzi Petrovitz, 1971
Cyphonoxia praestabilis Reitter, 1889
Melolontha (Melolontha) albida Frivaldszky, 1835
Polyphylla (Polyphylla) olivieri Laporte, 1840
Photo by Oz Rittner. http://www.nature-of-oz.com/Web%20Polyphylla%20olivieri.jpg
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Tribe Rhizotrogini
Aplidia caesarina Reitter, 1902
Aplidia chaifensis Kraatz, 1882
Aplidia endroedii Baraud, 1988
Aplidia fissa fissa Burmeister, 1855
Aplidia janczyki Baraud, 1988
Aplidia joannis Baraud, 1988
Aplidia lizleri Keith, 2000
Aplidia nitidula Kraatz, 1882
Aplidia petrovitzi petrovitzi Baraud,1988
Aplidia villosicollis Kraatz, 1882
Gnaphalostetha bonvoisini Reiche & Saulcy, 1856
Holochelus (Holochelus) setiventris Reitter, 1902
Photo by Oz Rittner. http://www.nature-of-oz.com/Gnaphalostetha%20bonvoisini.jpg
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Pachydemini Tribe
Brenskiella flavomicans Brenske, 1897
Leptochristina pubicavula Reitter, 1902
Tanyproctus (Taniproctocera) sinaiticus Heyden, 1900
Tanyproctus (Taniproctus) kindermanni Reiche, 1861
Tanyproctus (Taniproctocera) crinitus Petrovitz, 1971
Tanyproctus (Taniproctocera) israeliticus Petrovitz, 1971
Tanyproctus (Taniproctocera) lederi Reiche, 1861
Tanyproctus (Taniproctocera) minutus Petrovitz, 1973
Tanyproctus (Taniproctocera) nabataeus Petrovitz, 1973
Tanyproctus (Taniproctocera) pumilus Petrovitz, 1973
Tanyproctus (Taniproctocera) saulcyi Reiche & Saulcy, 1856
Photo by Oz Rittner. http://www.nature-of-oz.com/web%20tanyproctus%20saulcyi.jpg
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Subfamily Sericinae
Maladera (Cephaloserica) insanabilis Brenske, 1894
Maladera (Eusericula) modesta Fairmaire, 1881
Maladera (Macroserica) punctatissima Faldermann, 1835
Maladera (Macroserica) syriaca syriaca Petrovitz, 1969
Omaloplia (Acarina) labrata Burmeister, 1855
Paratriodonta olivieri Blanchard, 1850
Paratriodonta tripolitana Brenske, 1889 (?)
http://www.nature-of-oz.com/Maladera%20syriaca%20syriaca.jpg
Subfamily Rutelinae
Tribe Adoretini
Adoretus granulifrons Fairmaire, 1882
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Adoretus irakanus Ohaus, 1928
Photo by Oz Rittner. http://www.nature-of-oz.com/Adoretus%20irakanus.jpg
Tribe Anomalini
Anisoplia (Anisoplia) signata akbesiana Baraud, 1991
Anisoplia ferruginipes Petrovitz, 1963 (?)
Brancoplia klapperichi Petrovitz, 1971
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Anisoplia pumila Mersuel, 1878
Brancoplia leucaspis leucaspis Laporte, 1840
Brancoplia mesopotamica Pilleri, 1954
Chaetopteroplia obenbergeri Vsetecka 1941
Chaetopteroplia syriaca Burmeister, 1844
Hemichaetoplia gossypiata Fairmaire, 1881
Anomala palaestina Pic, 1905
Asiopertha nazarena Marsuel, 1878
Blitopertha nigripennis Reitter, 1888
Pharaouns varicoloreus Burmeister, 1844
Tribopertha aegyptiaca Blanchard, 1851
Photo by Oz Rittner. http://www.nature-of-oz.com/Asiopertha%20nazarena.jpg
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Subfamily Dynastinae
Tribe Oryctini
(Minck,1915) Oryctes nasicornis kuntzeni
(Walker,1871) Oryctes agamemnon sinaicus
Photo by Oz Rittner. http://www.nature-of-oz.com/Oryctes%20agamemnon%20sinaicus.jpg
Tribe Pentodontini
Heteroninchus licas Klug, 1835
Baudi,1870 Pentodon algerinum dispar
Pentodon bidens sulcifrons Kuster, 1848
Herbst,1789 Pentodon idiota idiota
Pentodon variolopunctatus deserti Heyden, 1900
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Forster,1771 Phyllognathus excavatus
Podalgus cuniculus arabicus Fairmaire, 1895
Temnorhynchus baal Reiche & saulcy, 1856
Photo by Oz Rittner. http://www.nature-of-oz.com/Temnorhynchus%20baal.jpg
Subfamily Cetoniinae
Tribe Cetonini
Subtribe Cetonina
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2006 Legrand & Drumond,subpilosa dorchini )Netocia( Protaetia
3311 Gory et Percheron Protaetia (Potosia) cuprea ignicollis
Protaetia (Cetonichema) speciosa jousselini Gory et Percheron, 1833
Protaetia (Foveopotosia) judith Reiche, 1871
Protaetia (Netocia) vidua (Gory et Percheron,1833)
Protaetia funebris funesta (Menetries,1838)
Gory et Percheron,1833 Protaetia (Netocia) afflicta
Protaetia (Eupotosia) afflnis pyrodera (Reitter,1891)
Protaetia (Netocia) trojana syriaca Reitter, 1891
Protaetia (Eupotosia) mirifica koenigi Reitter, 1894
Boucard,1893 delegrangei Cetonia
Burmeister,1842 mesopotamicaAethiessa
Aethiessa floralis (Fabricius,1787)
Stalagmosoma albella (Pallas,1781)
Tropinota (Epicomentis) hirta suturalis Reitter, 1913
Brulle,1832 squalida pilosaTropinota
Tropinota vittula (Reiche et Saulcy,1857)
Tropinota (Tropinota) ilariae (Dutto, 2007)
Reiche et Saulcy,1857 abigailOxythyrea
Reiche et Saulcy,1856 noemi Oxythyrea
Oxythyrea cinctella (Schaum,1841)
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Photo by Oz Rittner. http://www.nature-of-oz.com/Aethiessa%20mesopotamica.jpg
Subfamily Valginae
(Linnaeus,1758)Valgus hemipterus
Subfamily Scarabaeinae
Tribe Coprini
Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888
Copris (Copris) hispanus cavolinii Petagna, 1792
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Copris (Copris) lunaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/saturnids/Web%20Copris%20hispanus%20SERIES.jpg
Tribe Gymnopleurini
Gymnopleurus flagellatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Gymnopleurus geoffroyi geoffroyi (Fuessly, 1775)
Gymnopleurus mopsus ssp. mopsus (Pallas, 1781)
Gymnopleurus sturmii (MacLeay, 1821)
Tribe Oniticellili
Euoniticellus fulvus (Goeze, 1777)
Euoniticellus pallens (A. G. Olivier, 1789)
Euoniticellus pallipes (Fabricius, 1781)
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Tribe Onitini
Bubas bubaloides Janssens, 1938
Cheironitis furcifer (P. Rossi, 1792)
Cheironitis pamphilus (Menetries, 1849)
Cheironitis irroratus (P. Rossi, 1790) ??
Cheironitis ungaricus (Herbst, 1789) ??
Onitis alexis ssp. septentrionalis Balthasar, 1942
Onitis damoetas Steven, 1806
Onitis ezechias Reiche and Saulcy, 1856
Onitis humerosus (Pallas, 1771)
Onitis ion (A. G. Olivier, 1789) ??
Photo by Oz Rittner. http://webzoom.freewebs.com/saturnids/Bubas%20bubaloides.jpg
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Tribe Onthophagini
Caccobius (Caccobius) histeroides (Menetries, 1832)
Caccobius (Caccobius) mundus (Menetries, 1839)
Caccobius (Caccobius) schreberi (Linnaeus, 1767 )
Caccobius (Caccophilus) pulicarius Harold, 1875
Euonthophagus amyntas ssp. alces (Fabricius, 1792)
Euonthophagus atramentarius (Menetries, 1832) Euonthophagus conterminus Petrovitz, 1971
Euonthophagus gibbosus (Scriba, 1790)
Euonthophagus tissoni (Reitter, 1906)
Onthophagus (Eremonthophagus) transcaspicus Konig, 1889
Onthophagus (Furconthophagus) furcatus (Fabricius, 1781)
Onthophagus (Micronthophagus) melanocephalus Klug, 1845
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) illyricus (Scopoli, 1763)
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taurus (Schreber, 1759)
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) aerarius Reitter, 1892
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) aleppensis Redtenbacher, 1843
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) andalusicus Waltl, 1835
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) angorensis Petrovitz, 1963
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) bytinskii Balthasar, 1960
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) coenobita (Herbst, 1783)
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) cruciatus Menetries, 1832
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Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) falzonii Goidanich, 1926
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) fissicornis (Steven, 1809)
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) fissinasus Fairmaire, 1895
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) fracticornis (Preyssler, 1790)
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) hermonensis Baraud, 1982
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) lucidus (Sturm, 1800)
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) marginalis Gebler, 1817
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) muelleri P. Novak, 1921
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) nebulosus Reiche, 1864
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) opacicollis Reitter, 1892
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) ruficapillus Brulle, 1832
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) sericatus Reitter, 1892
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) similis (Scriba, 1790) ??
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) speculifer Solsky, 1876 ??
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) suturellus Brulle, 1832
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) truchmenus ssp. truchmenus Kolenati, 1846
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) vacca (Linnaeus, 1767) ??
Tribe Scarabaeini
Ateuchetus puncticollis (Latreille, 1819)
Ateuchetus semipunctatus (Fabricius, 1792)
Mnematidium multidentatum (Klug, 1845)
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Scarabaeus (Mesoscarabaeus) cristatus Fabricius, 1775
Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) gangeticus (Castelnau, 1840)
Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) irakensis Stolfa, 1938
Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) pius (Illiger, 1803)
Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) sacer Linnaeus, 1758
Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) typhon (Fischer de Waldheim, 1823)
Photo by Oz Rittner. http://www.nature-of-oz.com/Scarabaeus%20irakensis.jpg
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Tribe Sisyphini
Sisyphus schaefferi boschnakii Fischer de Waldheim, 1824
Subfamily Aphodiinae
Acanthobodilus immundus (Creutzer, 1799)
Acrossus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)
Alocoderus hydrochaeris (Fabricius, 1798)
Alocoderus turbatus (Baudi, 1870)
Amidorus cribrarius (Brulle, 1832)
Amidorus obscurus (Fabricius, 1792)
Aphodius fimetarius (Linne, 1758)
Aphodius foetidus (Herbst, 1783)
Biralus equinus (Faldermann, 1835)
Biralus menetriesi (Menetries, 1847)
Biralus satellitius (Herbst, 1789)
Bodiloides ictericus ssp. ghardimaouensis (Balthasar, 1929)
Bodilopsis rufa (Moll, 1782)
Bodilopsis sordida (Fabricius, 1775)
Bodilus lugens (Creutzer, 1799)
Bodilus punctipennis (Erichson, 1848)
Bodilus sabaeus (Peyerhimhoff, 1907)
Calamosternus granarius (Linne, 1767)
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Calamosternus hyxos (Petrovitz, 1962)
Calamosternus pseudounicolor (Balthasar, 1960)
Calamosternus trucidatus (Harold, 1863)
Chilothorax discedens (A. Schmidt, 1907)
Chilothorax distinctus (O. F. Muller, 1776)
Chilothorax hieroglyphicus (Klug, 1845)
Chilothorax hucklesbyi (Paulian, 1942)
Chilothorax lineolatus (Illiger, 1803)
Chilothorax melanostictus (W. Schmidt, 1840)
Colobopterus erraticus (Linne, 1758)
Erytus aequalis (A. Schmidt, 1907)
Erytus cognatus (Fairmaire, 1860)
Erytus lindemannae (Balthasar, 1960)
Erytus mesopotamicus (Petrovitz, 1961)
Erytus opacior (D. Koshantschikov, 1894)
Erytus pruinosus (Reitter, 1892)
Esymus filitarsis (Reitter, 1898)
Esymus merdarius (Fabricius, 1775)
Esymus ornatulus (Harold, 1866)
Esymus pusillus (Herbst, 1789)
Esymus suturinigra (A. Schmidt, 1916)
Eudolus quadriguttatus (Herbst, 1783)
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Euheptaulacus carinatus (Germar, 1824)
Euorodalus longevittatus (A. Schmidt, 1916)
Labarrus digitatus (Harold, 1871)
Labarrus lividus (Olivier, 1789)
Labarrus splendidus (Petrovitz, 1955)
Liothorax isikdagensis (Balthasar, 1952)
Liothorax plagiatus (Linne, 1767)
Loraphodius suarius (Faldermann, 1835)
Mecynodes angulosus (Harold, 1869)
Mecynodes leucopterus (Klug, 1945)
Mecynodes trochylus (Reitter, 1892)
Megatelus contractus (Klug, 1845)
Melinopterus consputus (Creutzer,1799)
Melinopterus prodromus (Brahm,1790)
Melinopterus pubescens (Sturm,1805)
Melinopterus punctatosulcatus ssp. hirtipes (Fischer, 1844)
Melinopterus sphacelatus (Panzer, 1798)
Melinopterus tingens (Reitter, 1892)
Mendidaphodius angustatus (Klug, 1845) - Palestine
Mendidaphodius armiger (Harold, 1874) - Palestine, Syria
Mendidaphodius lepidulus (Harold, 1866) - Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon
Mendidaphodius linearis (Reiche and Saulcy, 1856) -Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
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Mendidaphodius palaestinensis (Petrovitz, 1963) - Palestine, Jordan
Mendidius assectator (Balthasar, 1961) - Palestine, Jordan, Syria
Mendidius (?) calliger (Sahlberg, 1908) - Palestine, Lebanon, Syria
Mendidius fimbriolatus (Mannerheim, 1849) - Palestine, Jordan, Syria
Mendidius palmetincolus (Karsch, 1881) - Palestine, Sinai
Mesontoplatys arabicus (Harold, 1875) - Palestine, Sinai
Nialosternus sitiphoides (d'Orbigny, 1896) - Palestine, Jordan, Syria
Nialus politus (Mulsant and Rey, 1870) - Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Nialus varians (Duftschmid, 1805) - Palestine, Jordan
Nimbus contaminatus (Herbst, 1783) - Palestine
Nimbus harpagonis (Reitter, 1890) - Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Nimbus libanonensis (Petrovitz, 1958) - Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Nimbus obliteratus (Panzer, 1823) - Palestine
Nobius serotinus (Panzer, 1799) - Palestine
Oxyomus sylvestris (Scopoli, 1763) - Palestine, Syria
Parabodilus wollastoni ssp. iranicus (Balthasar, 1946) - Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Sinai, Syria
Phalacronothus fumigatulus (Reitter, 1892) - Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Phalacronothus hilaris (Harold, 1869) - Palestine, Jordan, Syria
Phalacronothus quadrimaculatus (Linne, 1761) - Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Plagiogonus esymoides (Reitter, 1893) - Palestine
Plagiogonus nanoides (Balthasar, 1961) - Palestine, Jordan, Syria
Plagiogonus praeustus (Ballion, 1871) - Palestine, Syria
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Plagiogonus syriacus (Harold, 1863) - Palestine, Syria
Planolinellus vittatus (Say, 1825) - Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Pseudacrossus koshantschikovi (Jakobson, 1911) - Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Pseudacrossus suffertus (A. Schmidt, 1916) - Palestine, Syria
Pseuderytus chobauti (Clouet, 1896) - Palestine, Jordan
Pseudesymus lucidus (Klug, 1845) - Palestine, Sinai
Sahlbergianus longissimus (Sahlberg, 1908)
Subrinus (?) feculentus (Fairmaire, 1892) - Palestine
Subrinus sturmi (Harold, 1870) - Palestine
Subrinus vitellinus (Klug, 1845) - Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Sinai, Syria
Volinus (?) signifer (Mulsant and Rey, 1870) - Palestine, Syria
http://www.nature-of-oz.com/Subrinus%20sturmi.jpg
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Tribe Eupariini
Ataenius horticola Harold, 1869 - Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Tribe Psammodiini
Brindalus porcicollis (Illiger, 1803) - Palestine, Lebanon, Syria
Diastictus vulneratus (Sturm, 1805) - Palestine, Lebanon
Leiopsammodius laevicollis (Klug, 1845) - Palestine, Jordan, Syria
Psammodius asper (Fabricius, 1775) – Palestine
Psammodius laevipennis A. Costa, 1844 - Palestine, Lebanon, Syria
Psammodius nocturnus Reitter, 1892 - Palestine, Lebanon, Syria
Psammodius asper (Fabricius, 1775). Source: Darren J. Mann.
http://www.coleoptera.org.uk/scarabaeoidea/psammodius-asper
Tribe Rhyssemiini
Platytomus laevistriatus (Perris, 1869)
Platytomus tibialis (Fabricius, 1798)
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Pleurophorus anatolicus Petrovitz, 1961
Pleurophorus arabicus Pittino and Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus caesus (Creutzer, 1796)
Pleurophorus opacus Reitter, 1893
Rhyssemodes orientalis (Mulsant and Godart, 1875)
Rhyssemus beritensis Marseul, 1878
Rhyssemus verrucosus Mulsant, 1842
Trichiorhyssemus setulosus (Reitter, 1892)
Rhyssemodes orientalis (Mulsant and Godart, 1875).
http://jcringenbach.free.fr/website/beetles/scarabaeidae/Rhyssemodes_orientalis.htm
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