Sulcophanaeus

Sulcophanaeus comprises five species groups (faunus, carnifex, auricollis, imperator and menelas) and about 15 valid species:[1][2]

• Sulcophanaeus actaeon (Erichson, 1847)
• Sulcophanaeus auricollis (von Harold, 1880)
• Sulcophanaeus batesi (von Harold, 1868)
• Sulcophanaeus carnifex (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Sulcophanaeus chryseicollis (von Harold, 1863)
• Sulcophanaeus columbi (W.S. MacLeay, 1819)
• Sulcophanaeus faunus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Sulcophanaeus imperator (Chevrolat, 1844)
• Sulcophanaeus leander (Waterhouse, 1891)
• Sulcophanaeus menelas (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840)
• Sulcophanaeus miyashitai Arnaud, 2002
• Sulcophanaeus noctis (Bates, 1887)
• Sulcophanaeus rhadamanthus (von Harold, 1875)
• Sulcophanaeus steinheili (von Harold, 1875)
• Sulcophanaeus velutinus (Murray, 1856)

Species within this genus can reach a length of 20–25 millimetres (0.79–0.98 in). They are short and powerful dung beetles. This genus includes some particularly colorful species, many have metallic colors, others are black. Especially the males tend to have horns and outgrowths of various kinds of head and pronotum. Often male has a long, curved horns on his forehead. Pronotum is much broader than long. Elytra are short and broad with deep longitudinal wrinkles. They are diurnal, coprophagous species.[3]

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  Sulcophanaeus faunus - female
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  Sulcophanaeus faunus - male
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  Sulcophanaeus imperator alticollis - female
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  Sulcophanaeus imperator imperator - female
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  Sulcophanaeus imperator imperator - male
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  Sulcophanaeus menelas

• Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database. Schoolmeesters P.