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Burrowing Dung Beetles
Phanaeus
Phanaeus is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Rainbow Scarab
speciesPhanaeus vindex
Phanaeus igneus
speciesPhanaeus igneus
Phanaeus difformis
speciesPhanaeus difformis
Texas Black Phanaeus
speciesPhanaeus texensis
Phanaeus amithaon
speciesPhanaeus amithaon
Phanaeus tridens
complexPhanaeus tridens
Phanaeus triangularis
speciesPhanaeus triangularis
Phanaeus quadridens
speciesPhanaeus quadridens
Phanaeus palliatus
speciesPhanaeus palliatus
Dung Digger
speciesPhanaeus demon
Phanaeus hermes
speciesPhanaeus hermes
Phanaeus adonis
speciesPhanaeus adonis
Phanaeus obliquans
speciesPhanaeus obliquans
Phanaeus splendidulus
speciesPhanaeus splendidulus
Phanaeus endymion
speciesPhanaeus endymion
Phanaeus borealis
speciesPhanaeus borealis
Phanaeus mexicanus
speciesPhanaeus mexicanus
Phanaeus pyrois
speciesPhanaeus pyrois
Phanaeus haroldi
speciesPhanaeus haroldi
Phanaeus pilatei
speciesPhanaeus pilatei
Phanaeus amethystinus
speciesPhanaeus amethystinus
Phanaeus bispinus
speciesPhanaeus bispinus
Phanaeus meleagris
speciesPhanaeus meleagris
Phanaeus palaeno
speciesPhanaeus palaeno
Phanaeus lunaris
speciesPhanaeus lunaris
Phanaeus achilles
speciesPhanaeus achilles
Phanaeus substriolatus
speciesPhanaeus substriolatus
Phanaeus wagneri
speciesPhanaeus wagneri
Phanaeus damocles
speciesPhanaeus damocles
Phanaeus chalcomelas
speciesPhanaeus chalcomelas
Phanaeus prasinus
speciesPhanaeus prasinus
Phanaeus sallei
speciesPhanaeus sallei
Phanaeus guatemalensis
speciesPhanaeus guatemalensis
Phanaeus excelsus
speciesPhanaeus excelsus
Phanaeus funereus
speciesPhanaeus funereus
Phanaeus cambeforti
speciesPhanaeus cambeforti
Phanaeus melibaeus
speciesPhanaeus melibaeus
Phanaeus panamensis
speciesPhanaeus panamensis
Phanaeus malyi
speciesPhanaeus malyi
Phanaeus kirbyi
speciesPhanaeus kirbyi
Phanaeus flohri
speciesPhanaeus flohri
Phanaeus chiapanecus
speciesPhanaeus chiapanecus
Phanaeus dejeani
speciesPhanaeus dejeani
Phanaeus howdeni
speciesPhanaeus howdeni
Phanaeus pacificus
speciesPhanaeus pacificus
Phanaeus blackalleri
speciesPhanaeus blackalleri
Phanaeus arnaudi
speciesPhanaeus arnaudi
Phanaeus beltianus
speciesPhanaeus beltianus
Phanaeus arletteae
speciesPhanaeus arletteae
Phanaeus lecourti
speciesPhanaeus lecourti
Phanaeus halffterorum
speciesPhanaeus halffterorum
Phanaeus jackenioi
speciesPhanaeus jackenioi
Phanaeus huichol
speciesPhanaeus huichol
Phanaeus yecoraensis
speciesPhanaeus yecoraensis
Phanaeus florhi
speciesPhanaeus florhi
Phanaeus scutifer
speciesPhanaeus scutifer
Phanaeus sororibispinus
speciesPhanaeus sororibispinus
Phanaeus melampus
speciesPhanaeus melampus
Phanaeus zapotecus
speciesPhanaeus zapotecus
Phanaeus zoque
speciesPhanaeus zoque
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Phanaeus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 83930.