Sulcophanaeus

Sulcophanaeus is a genus of dung beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. Most species in this genus are from tropical and subtropical South America, but a few are found in Central America and Mexico, and S. carnifex is from Jamaica (no other Phanaeini is found on an oceanic island). Sulcophanaeus are mostly coprophagous, but some are also necrophagous. They are paracoprids, meaning that adults dig tunnels into the soil under the food source and move parts of the food source to a nest chamber where the eggs are laid, and their activity pattern (diurnal / crepuscular / nocturnal; year-round / seasonal) varies depending on species.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sulcophanaeus menelas

speciesSulcophanaeus menelas

Sulcophanaeus imperator

speciesSulcophanaeus imperator

Sulcophanaeus batesi

speciesSulcophanaeus batesi

Sulcophanaeus faunus

speciesSulcophanaeus faunus

Sulcophanaeus noctis

speciesSulcophanaeus noctis

Sulcophanaeus chryseicollis

speciesSulcophanaeus chryseicollis

Sulcophanaeus velutinus

speciesSulcophanaeus velutinus

Sulcophanaeus leander

speciesSulcophanaeus leander

Sulcophanaeus carnifex

speciesSulcophanaeus carnifex

Sulcophanaeus auricollis

speciesSulcophanaeus auricollis

Sulcophanaeus miyashitai

speciesSulcophanaeus miyashitai

Sulcophanaeus actaeon

speciesSulcophanaeus actaeon

Sulcophanaeus columbi

speciesSulcophanaeus columbi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 251049.