Family Scarabaeidae - Featured species

Featured species of Scarabaeidae

Click on the buttons below to view the pages I have created for each species of scarab featured in this web site. There are additional navigation buttons on the species pages so that you can move through to the other pages from there as well. The species shown were selected from among the many varieties of Scarabaeidae to illustrate the various forms and colors in which beetles of this family occur. The sizes given for each species are based on actual body length (including horns if present), and exclude leg span.

Images used to create these buttons are © their respective owners.

Dynastes
hercules
- South America -

Chalcosoma
caucasus
- Asia -

Ranzania
splendens
- Africa -

Gymnetis
thula
- North America -

Cheirotonus
macleayi
- Asia -

Plusiotis
(=Chrysina) gloriosa
- North America -

Pachnoda
ephippiata
- Africa -

Dynastes
tityus
- North America -

Cheirolasia
burkei
- Africa -

Xylotrupes
gideon
- Asia -

Megsoma
actaeon
- South America -

Chelorrhina
polyphemus
- Africa -

Eudicella
gralli
- Africa -

Dynastes
granti
- North America -

Chalcosoma
mollenkampi
- Asia -

Stephanorrhina
guttata
- Africa -

Augosoma
centaurus
- Africa -

Agestrata
luzonica
- Asia -

Megasoma
mars
- South America -

Cotinis
nitida
- North America -

Dynastes
neptunus
- South America -

Phanaeus
difformis
- North America -

Eudicella
smithi
- Africa -

Chalcosoma
atlas
- Asia -

Megasoma
elephas
- South America -

Mantichora
scabra
- Africa -
(not actually a scarab, but a cicindelid)

Goliathus
(all species)
- Africa -
(separate, dedicated web site)

If you encounter any words in my pages that you aren't familiar with, there is a glossary of terms available.

NOTE: The author of this site is not a supplier of beetle specimens, living or preserved. All of my personal beetle photos (both native and exotic species) were made during the years that I was employed at a public insectarium.