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Sulcophanaeus d'Olsoufieff, 1924

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According Edmonds (2000), Sulcophanaeus comprises five species groups and 14 species:

1) faunus species group:

-Sulcophanaeus faunus(Fabricius, 1775)

-Sulcophanaeus leander(Waterhouse, 1891)

-Sulcophanaeus columbi(MacLeay, 1819) (=Lonchophorus hastiferGermar, 1824)

2) carnifex species group:

-Sulcophanaeus carnifex(Linnaeus, 1858) (=Scarabaeus sulcatusDrury, 1870, type species ofSulcophanaeusby original designation;Scarabaeus belzebulFabricius, 1775;Scarabaeus nicanorFabricius, 1781;Scarabaeus larHerbst, 1789;Phanaeus molochMacLeay, 1819; )

3) auricollis species group

-Sulcophanaeus actaeon(Erichson, 1847)

-Sulcophanaeus velutinus(Murray, 1856)

-Sulcophanaeus noctis(Bates, 1887) (=Phanaeus cupricollisNevinson, 1891)

-Sulcophanaeus chryseicollis(Harold, 1863)

-Sulcophanaeus auricollis auricollis(Harold, 1880)

-Sulcophanaeus auricollis joffreiMartínez, 1988

4) imperator species group:

-Sulcophanaeus imperator(Chevrolat, 1844)

-Sulcophanaeus steinheili(Harold, 1875)

5) menelas species group:

-Sulcophanaeus rhadamanthus(Harold, 1875)

-Sulcophanaeus batesi(Harold, 1868)

-Sulcophanaeus menelas(Laporte, 1840)

According Arnaud (2002b), the species are arranged as follows:

1) carnifex species group:

- S. carnifex

2) faunus species group:

- S. faunus

- S. leander

- S. columbi

3) velutinus species group:

- S. velutinus

- S. actaeon

4) auricollis species group:

- S. auricollis auricollis

- S. auricollis joffrei

- S. chryseicollis

- S. noctis

-Sulcophanaeus miyashitai miyashitaiArnaud, 2002

-Sulcophanaeus miyashitai metallescensArnaud, 2002

5) menelas species group:

-S. menelas

-S. batesi

6)imperator species group:

-S. imperator

-S. rhadamanthus

-S. steinheili

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Sulcophanaeus

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Sulcophanaeus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. This genus has a Neotropical distribution (Central and Southern America).^[1]

Species

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)

Description

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]