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The Scarab Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Papua Indonesia

 


Treated subfamilies occuring in Papua Indonesia are:

Geotrupinae, Cetoniinae (by Jean-Philippe Legrand)


Listed Papua species: 97 (with certainty) [xx endemic for Papua] (not yet established)

Species which are known from New Guinea but not with certainty from Papua Indonesia are coloured grey.

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Geotrupinae

Gilletinus Boucomont, 1932

kristinae Telnov, 2011 [endemic]

occidentalis Howden, 1989 [endemic]

Australobolbus Howden & Cooper, 1977

arfakianus Telnov, 2017 [endemic]

latipennis Howden, 1989 [endemic]

 

Cetoniinae

Tribe Cetoniini

Glycyphana Burmeister, 1842
sg. Glycyphaniola
Mikšic, 1968

varicorensis Burmeister, 1842
incerta Wallace, 1867

soror (Mikšic, 1968)

pseudoaruensis (Mikšic, 1968)

sg. Caloglycyphana Mikšic, 1968

papua (Wallace, 1867)

sg. Glycyphana Burmeister, 1842

rufitincta Macleay, 1886

velutina Macleay, 1886

Tribe Schizorhinini
Subtribe Schizorhinina

Anacamptorrhina Blanchard, 1842

fulgida Wallace, 1867

ignipes Blanchard, 1842

corrusca Gestro, 1876

Poecilopharis Kraatz, 1880

poggii Allard, 1995

angulicollis Schürhoff, 1936

femorata Waterhouse, 1894

schochi Schürhoff, 1936

Ixorida J. Thomson, 1880
sg. Mecinonota Kraatz, 1892

venerea J. Thomson, 1857
ssp. papuana Mikšic, 1972

Digenethle J. Thomson, 1877

antoinei Allard, 1995

caelata (Gestro, 1874)

cuprea Schürhoff, 1934

ramulosipennis J. Thomson, 1877

juheli Legrand, 2006

Dilochrosis J. Thomson, 1878

balteata (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1871)
meyeri Heller, 1895

Tafaia Valck Lucassen, 1939

bacchusi Krikken, 1971

brunnea Krikken, 1971

difficilis Krikken, 1971

ruteri Arnaud, 1982

chaminadei Legrand, 2006

 

Subtribe Lomapterina

Ischiopsopha Gestro, 1874
sg. Homeopsopha
Schürhoff, 1934

messagieri Arnaud, 1982

menieri Allard, 1995
ssp. bretoni Rigout, 1997

sg. Ischiopsopha Gestro, 1874

arthuri Audureau, 2000

aurora Kraatz, 1898

bifasciata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

bruyni Lansberge, 1880

cupreopyga Moser, 1908

dives Gestro, 1876

harti Alexis & Delpont, 2000

hyla Heller, 1895

kerleyi Allard, 1995

laglaizei Allard, 1995

lucivorax Kraatz, 1890

macfarlanei Heller, 1895

nigriloba Ritsema, 1879

utakwa Krikken, 1983

wallacei (J. Thomson, 1857)
ssp. wallacei (J. Thomson, 1857)

Lomaptera Gory & Percheron, 1833

albertisi Gestro, 1874

allardi Rigout, 1997

arrowi Valck Lucassen, 1961

burgeoni Valck Lucassen, 1961

bretoni Rigout, 1997

corpulenta Valck Lucassen, 1961

cyclopensis Valck Lucassen, 1961

doreica Mohnike, 1871
analoga Heller, 1895

doriae Gestro, 1878

exquisita Schürhoff, 1935

fasciata Moser, 1923
nigroplagiata Valck Lucassen, 1961

frederici Legrand, 2006

gagnyi Rigout, 1997

geelvinckiana Gestro, 1876
humboldtiana Valck Lucassen, 1961

gloriosa Raffray, 1878

helleriana Valck Lucassen, 1961
pseudodichropus Valck Lucassen, 1961

horni Valck Lucassen, 1961

hoyoisi Rigout, 1997

humeralis Lansberge, 1880

jelineki Rigout, 1997

joallandi Le Thuaut, 2005

louisi Audureau, 2000

lutea Janson, 1905

macrophylla Gestro, 1874
ssp. goliathensis Valck Lucassen, 1961

mayri Valck Lucassen, 1961

miaae Rigout, 1997

moseri Heller, 1915

mycterophalloides Van de Poll, 1886

negata Heller, 1899

nickerli Schoch, 1897

otakwana Valck Lucassen, 1961

pallidipes Kraatz, 1895
ssp. affinis Valck Lucassen, 1961
ssp. densestriata Valck Lucassen, 1961

papua (Guérin, 1829)

pepini Rigout, 1997

pusilla Kraatz, 1887

pseudopulchella Valck Lucassen, 1961

rubens Janson, 1915
tamiensis Valck Lucassen, 1961

satanas Heller, 1902
ssp.vanheuri Valck Lucassen, 1961
ssp. bicolorata Moser, 1912

samuelsoni Rigout, 1997

sordida Schoch, 1897

sticheri Alexis & Delpont, 2000

thoracica Valck Lucassen, 1961

tuberculata Valck Lucassen, 1961

uyttenboogaarti De Jong, 1970

varians Schürhoff, 1935

versteegi Moser, 1908

vrazi Schoch, 1897

wahnesi Moser, 1906

wollastoni Valck Lucassen, 1961

xanthopyga Gestro, 1874

Megaphonia Schürhoff, 1934

adolphinae (Lansberge, 1880)

beccarii (Gestro, 1874)

Mycterophallus Van de Poll, 1886

dichropus (Lansberge, 1880)
lansbergei Kraatz, 1835 (not valid)
viridula Kraatz, 1898

xanthopus (Boisduval, 1835)

validipes (J. Thomson, 1857)

 

[updated on 8th November 2017]

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