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Classification and Preliminary Checklist
of the Scarabaeidae suspected to occur in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

By Phillip J. Harpootlian

Family SCARABAEIDAE

Index

Subfamily 1 Scarabaeinae

TRIBE 1 SCARABAEINI
Genus 1Deltochilum Eschscholtz 1822
gibbosum gibbosum (Fabricius 1775)
Genus 2Canthon Hoffmannsegg 1817
chalcites (Haldeman 1843)
depressipennis LeConte 1859
pilularius (Linnaeus 1758)
probus (Germar 1824)
vigilans LeConte 1858
viridis viridis (Beauvois 1805)
Genus 3Melanocanthon Halffter 1958
bispinatus (Robinson 1941)
Genus 4Pseudocanthon Bates 1887
perplexus (LeConte 1847)

TRIBE 2 COPRINI
Genus 1 Ateuchus Weber 1801
histeroides Weber 1801
lecontei (Harold 1868)
Genus 2 Dichotomius Hope 1838
carolinus (Linnaeus 1767)
Genus 3 Copris Geoffroy 1762
fricator (Fabricius 1787)
minutus (Drury 1770)
Genus 4 Phanaeus MacLeay 1819
igneus MacLeay 1819
triangularis triangularis (Say 1823)
vindex MacLeay 1819

TRIBE 3 ONTHOPHAGINI
Genus 1 Onthophagus Latreille 1802
concinnus Laporte 1840
gazella (Fabricius 1787)
hecate hecate (Panzer 1794)
oklahomensis Brown 1927
orpheus orpheus (Panzer 1794)
pennsylvanicus Harold 1871
striatulus striatulus (Beauvois 1809)
subaeneus (Beauvois 1811)
taurus (Schreber 1759)
tuberculifrons Harold 1871

Index

Subfamily 2 Aphodiinae

TRIBE 1 AEGIALIINI
Genus 1 Aegialia Latreille 1807
blanchardi Horn 1887
cartwrighti Stebnicka 1977
humeralis Brown 1931

TRIBE 2 APHODIINI
Genus 1 Aphodius Illiger 1798
badipes Melsheimer 1845
bicolor Say 1823
brimleyi Cartwright 1939
campestris Blatchley 1912
crassulus Horn 1870
distinctus (Muller 1776)
erraticus (Linnaeus 1758)
femoralis Say 1823
fimetarius (Linnaeus 1758)
granarius (Linnaeus 1767)
haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus 1758)
lentus Horn 1870
leopardus Horn 1870
lividus (Olivier 1789)
lodingi Cartwright 1957
lutulentus Haldeman 1843
nigrita Fabricius 1801
pseudolividus Balthasar 1941
robinsoni Cartwright 1939
rubeolus Beauvois 1805
rusicola Melsheimer 1845
serval Say 1837
stercorosus Melsheimer 1845
stupidus Horn 1870
terminalis Say 1823
vittatus Say 1825
Genus 2 Dialytes Harold 1869
striatulus (Say 1825)
truncatus (Melsheimer 1846)
ulkei Horn 1875
Genus 3 Dialytellus Brown 1929
dialytoides (Fall 1907)
humeralis (LeConte 1878)

TRIBE 3 EUPARIINI
Genus 1 Pseudataenius Brown 1927
contortus Cartwright 1974
Genus 2 Aphotaenius Cartwright 1952
carolinus (Van Dyke 1928)
Genus 3 Saprosites Redtenbacher 1858
ventralis (Horn 1887)
Genus 4 Ataenius Harold 1867
abditus (Haldeman 1848)
alternatus (Melsheimer 1844)
apicalis Hinton 1937
brevis Fall 1930
cylindrus Horn 1871
erratus Fall 1930
exiguus Brown 1932
fattigi Cartwright 1948
figurator Harold 1874
gracilis (Melsheimer 1844)
imbricatus (Melsheimer 1844)
insculptus Horn 1878
miamii Cartwright 1934
ovatulus Horn 1871
picinus Harold 1867
platensis (Blanchard 1846)
rhyticephalus (Chevrolat 1864)
saxatilis Cartwright 1944
simulator Harold 1868
spretulus (Haldeman 1848)
strigatus (Say 1823)
wenzelii Horn 1887
Genus 5 Martineziella Chalumeau 1986
dutertrei (Chalumeau 1983)

TRIBE 4 PSAMMODIINI
Genus 1 Neopsammodius Rakovic 1986
interruptus (Say 1835)
Genus 2 Platytomus Mulsant 1842
atlanticus (Cartwright 1948)
caelicollis (Cartwright 1948)
longulus (Cartwright 1948)
notialis (Cartwright 1948)

Index

Subfamily 3 Ochodaeinae

Genus 1 Ochodaeus Saint-Fargeau and Serville 1828
frontalis LeConte 1863
musculus (Say 1835)

Index

Subfamily 4 Hybosorinae

Genus 1 Hybosorus MacLeay 1819
illigeri Reiche 1853

Index

Subfamily 5 Geotrupinae

TRIBE 1 BOLBOCERATINI
Genus 1 Bolboceras Kirby 1819
alabamensis (Wallis 1929)
cornigerus Melsheimer 1844
darlingtoni (Wallis 1928)
liebecki (Wallis 1928)
thoracicornis (Wallis 1928)
Genus 2 Bolbocerosoma Schaeffer 1906
farctum (Fabricius 1775)
tumefactum (Beauvois 1805)
Genus 3 Eucanthus Westwood 1848
impressus Howden 1964
lazarus (Fabricius 1775)
subtropicus Howden 1955

TRIBE 2 GEOTRUPINI
Genus 1 Geotrupes Latreille 1796
balyi Jekel 1865
blackburnii blackburnii (Fabricius 1781)
egeriei Germar 1824
hornii Blanchard 1888
semiopacus Jekel 1865
splendidus (Fabricius 1775)
ulkei Blanchard 1888

Index

Subfamily 6 Glaphyrinae

Genus 1 Lichnanthe Burmeister 1844
vulpina (Hentz 1827)

Index

Subfamily 7 Ceratocanthinae

Genus 1 Ceratocanthus White 1842
aeneus (MacLeay 1819)
Genus 2 Germarostes Paulian 1982
aphodioides (Illiger 1800)
globosus (Say 1835)

Index

Subfamily 8 Troginae

Genus 1 Trox Fabricius 1775
aequalis Say 1831
affinis Robinson 1940
capillaris Say 1823
foveicollis Harold 1872
hamatus Robinson 1940
scaber (Linnaeus 1767)
sordidus LeConte 1854
terrestris Say 1825
tuberculatus (DeGeer 1774)
unistriatus Beauvois 1805
variolatus Melsheimer 1846
Genus 2 Omorgus Erichson 1847
asper LeConte 1854
monachus (Herbst 1790)
scabrosus (Beauvois 1805)
suberosus (Fabricius 1775)
tytus (Robinson 1941)

Index

Subfamily 9 Melolonthinae

TRIBE 1 SERICINI
Genus 1 Serica MacLeay 1819
alabama Dawson 1967
aspera Dawson 1922
atracapilla (Kirby 1837)
blatchleyi Dawson 1932
carolina Dawson 1920
delicata Dawson 1922
floridana Dawson 1967
georgiana georgiana Leng 1911
imitans Chapin 1931
intermixta Blatchley 1910
iricolor (Say 1824)
loxia Dawson 1920
mystaca Dawson 1922
opposita Dawson 1921
parallela Casey 1884
sericea (Illiger 1802)
trociformis Burmeister 1855
vespertina Gyllenhal 1817
Genus 2 Maladera Mulsant and Rey 1871
castanea (Arrow 1913)

TRIBE 2 MELOLONTHINI
Genus 1 Diplotaxis Kirby 1837
bidentata LeConte 1856
frondicola (Say 1825)
harperi Blanchard 1850
liberta (Germar 1824)
punctatorugosa Blanchard 1850
sordida (Say 1825)
subcostata Blanchard 1850
Genus 2 Phyllophaga Harris 1827
aemula (Horn 1887)
anxia (LeConte 1850)
apicata Reinhard 1939
arkansana (Schaeffer 1906)
barda (Horn 1887)
calceata (LeConte 1856)
clemens (Horn 1887)
clypeata (Horn 1887)
corrosa (LeConte 1856)
crenulata (Froelich 1792)
cupuliformis Langston 1924
debilis (LeConte 1856)
diffinis (Blanchard 1850)
dispar (Burmeister 1855)
drakii (Kirby 1837)
ephilida (Say 1825)
fervida (Fabricius 1775)
forsteri (Burmeister 1855)
foxii Davis 1920
fraterna Harris 1842
fusca (Froelich 1792)
futilis (LeConte 1850)
georgiana (Horn 1885)
glaberrima (Blanchard 1850)
gracilis (Burmeister 1855)
gracilis var. angulata Glasgow 1925
hirsuta (Knoch 1801)
hirticula (Knoch 1801)
ilicis (Knoch 1801)
impar Davis 1920
implicita (Horn 1887)
knochii (Schoenherrr and Gyllenhal 1817)
latifrons (LeConte 1856)
longispina (Smith 1889)
lota Luginbill 1928
luctuosa (Horn 1887)
marginalis (Horn 1856)
mariana Fall 1929
micans (Knoch 1801)
omani Sanderson 1937
parvidens (LeConte 1856)
paternoi Glasgow 1925
perlonga Davis 1920
postrema (Horn 1887)
prununculina (Burmeister 1855)
quercus (Knoch 1801)
soror Davis 1920
subpruinosa (Casey 1884)
tristis (Fabricius 1781)
ulkei (Smith 1889)
uniformis (Blanchard 1850)
vehemens (Horn 1887)
vilifrons (LeConte 1856)
Genus 3 Polyphylla Harris 1841
comes Casey 1914

TRIBE 3 MACRODACTYLINI
Genus 1 Dichelonyx Harris 1827
albicollis (Burmeister 1855)
diluta (Fall 1901)
fuscula (LeConte 1856)
linearis (Gyllenhal 1817)
subvittata (LeConte 1856)
Genus 2 Macrodactylus Latreille 1825
angustatus (Beauvois 1805)
subspinosus (Fabricius 1775)

TRIBE 4 HOPLIINI
Genus 1 Hoplia Illiger 1803
modesta Haldeman 1843
mucorea (Germar 1824)
trifasciata Say 1825
trivialis Harold 1869

Index

Subfamily 10 Rutelinae

TRIBE 1 ANOMALINI
Genus 1 Anomala Samouelle 1819
binotata (Gyllenhal 1817)
flavipennis flavipennis Burmeister 1844
innuba (Fabricius 1787)
lucicola (Fabricius 1798)
marginata (Fabricius 1792)
mendica Casey 1915
minuta Burmeister 1844
oblivia Horn 1884
orientalis (Waterhouse 1875)
parvula Burmeister 1844
semilivida LeConte 1878
umbra Casey 1915
undulata Melsheimer 1845
Genus 2 Strigoderma Burmeister 1844
arbicola (Fabricius 1792)
pygmaea (Fabricius 1798)
Genus 3 Popillia Saint-Fargeau and Serville 1828
japonica Newman 1841

TRIBE 2 RUTELINI
Genus 1 Parastasia Westwood 1841
brevipes (LeConte 1856)
Genus 2 Pelidnota MacLeay 1819
punctata (Linnaeus 1758)
Genus 3 Cotalpa Burmeister 1844
lanigera (Linnaeus 1758)

Index

Subfamily 11 Dynastinae

TRIBE 1 CYCLOCEPHALINI
Genus 1 Dyscinetus Harold 1869
morator (Fabricius 1789)
Genus 2 Cyclocephala Latreille 1829
borealis Arrow 1911
lurida Bland 1863
parallela (Casey 1915)
puberula LeConte 1863
seditiosa LeConte 1863

TRIBE 2 PENTODONTINI
Genus 1 Ligyrus Burmeister 1847
gibbosus gibbosus (DeGeer 1774)
neglectus (LeConte 1847)
relictus (Say 1825)
subtropicus Blatchley 1922
Genus 2 Aphonus LeConte 1856
castaneus (Melsheimer 1846)
tridentatus (Say 1823)
variolosus (LeConte 1847)
Genus 3 Euetheola Bates 1888
humilis rugiceps (LeConte 1856)

TRIBE 3 ORYCTINI
Genus 1 Xyloryctes Hope 1837
jamaicensis (Drury 1773)
Genus 2 Strategus Kirby 1828
aloeus (Linnaeus 1758)
antaeus (Drury 1773)

TRIBE 4 DYNASTINI
Genus 1 Dynastes MacLeay 1819
tityus (Linnaeus 1763)

TRIBE 5 PHILEURINI
Genus 1 Phileurus Latreille 1807
truncatus (Beauvois 1807)
valgus valgus (Linnaeus 1758)

Index

Subfamily 12 Cetoniinae

TRIBE 1 GYMNETINI
Genus 1 Cotini Burmeister 1842
nitida (Linnaeus 1764)

TRIBE 2 CETONIINI
Genus 1 Stephanucha Burmeister 1842
areata (Fabricius 1775)
Genus 2 Euphoria Burmeister 1842
fulgida (Fabricius 1775)
herbacea (Olivier 1790)
inda (Linnaeus 1758)
sepulcralis (Fabricius 1801)

TRIBE 3 CREMASTOCHEILINI
Genus 1 Psilocnemis Burmeister 1842
leucosticta Burmeister 1842
Genus 2 Cremastocheilus Knoch 1801
canaliculatus Kirby 1827
castaneae Knoch 1801
harrisii Kirby 1827
variolosus Kirby 1826

Index

Subfamily 13 Trichiinae

TRIBE 1 OSMODERMINI
Genus 1 Osmoderma Saint-Fargeau and Serville 1828
eremicola (Knoch 1801)
scabra (Beauvois 1805)

TRIBE 2 TRICHIINI
Genus 1 Gnorimella Casey 1915
maculosa (Knoch 1801)
Genus 2 Trigonopeltastes Burmeister 1840
delta (Forster 1771)
Genus 3 Trichiotinus Casey 1915
affinis (Gory and Percheron 1833)
bibens (Fabricius 1775)
lunulatus (Fabricius 1775)
piger (Fabricius 1775)

Index

Subfamily 14 Valginae

Genus 1 Valgus Scriba 1790
canaliculatus (Fabricius 1775)
seticollis (Beauvois 1805)

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