List of coleopterans of Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the world. There are about 2 million species of arthropods found in the world, and still it is counting. So many new species are discover up to this time also. So it is very complicated and difficult to summarize the exact number of species found within a certain region.
This a list of the coleopterans found from Sri Lanka, using recent family-level classification:[1]
Beetle[]
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera. They have two pairs of wings, the front pair, the "elytra", being hardened and thickened into a shell-like protection for the rear pair and the beetle's abdomen. The order contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known animal life-forms. About 40% of all described insect species are beetles (about 400,000 species), and new species are discovered frequently. The largest taxonomic family, the Curculionidae (the weevils or snout beetles), also belongs to this order.
The diversity of beetles is very wide-ranging. They are found in almost all types of habitats, but are not known to occur in the sea or in the polar regions. In Sri Lanka, particular beetle families are extensively studied,[2][3] but some others not at all.[4] Most of the studies beetles are due to the fact that they are pests for many cultivations.[5] Numerous works had been done in the 1980s and 1990s by foreign scientists such as Arrow (1910-1931), Franz (1982), Hammond (1972), Hansen (1999), Chatterjee (1924) and Bonadona (1986). The knowledge by local investigators opened in the early 2000s and in 2003, Prof. Dangalle studies heavily on tiger beetles. Then in 2013, Dr. Qader et al. studies beetles in Western province to find their ecological niches and distribution.[6] Weevils were studied by Prof. Gunawardena since 1993 and predatory Coccinellid beetles were studies by Dr. S Mayadunnage.[7][8] In 2002, Poorani described the updated version of the annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae fauna of the Indian subcontinent, in which 83 species of ladybirds are listed from Sri Lanka.[9] The members of subfamily Melolonthinae also been documented by Brinck, Anderson, and Cederholm. In 1979, Mohamed S. Mohamedsaid studied the taxonomy and distribution of the blister beetles of Sri Lanka. He described 7 genera with 15 species from the family Meloidae.[10] In 2020, one rove beetle and four dung beetles were described from Salgala, Aranayake the Knuckles Range, and Alic Land Estate, Kegalle.[11][12]
According to Channa Bambaradeniya et al., 3,033 species of coleopterans belongs to 115 families[13] are recorded from Sri Lanka, which comprises the largest animal group in Sri Lanka.[14]
Species count[]
Family: Aderidae - ant-like leaf beetles[]
Family: Anthicidae - Ant-like beetles[]
Family: Anthribidae - Fungus weevils[]
Family: Attelabidae - Leaf-rolling weevils[]
Family: Biphyllidae - False Skin beetles[]
Family: Bolboceratidae - Dor beetles[]
- Bolbaffroides carenicollis
- Bolboceras insulare
- Bolbochromus laetus
- Bolbochromus lineatus
Family: Bostrichidae - Auger beetles[]
- Heterobostrychus aequalis
- Heterobostrychus hamatipennis
- Lyctus brunneus
- Minthea rugicollis
- Rhyzopertha dominica
- Sinoxylon anale
- Sinoxylon unidentatum
- Xylopsocus capucinus
Family: Bothrideridae - Cocoon-forming beetles[]
Family: Brachyceridae - Tertiary-brachycerid weevils[]
Family: Brentidae - Straight-snouted weevils[]
Family: Buprestidae - Jewel beetles[]
- Belionota aenea
- Belionota sagittaria
- Belionota sumptuosa
- Sternocera chrysis
Family: Callirhipidae - Cedar beetle[]
Family: Cantharidae - Soldier beetle[]
Family: Carabidae - Ground beetles[]
- Abacetus antiquus
- Abacetus atratus
- Abacetus bipunctatus
- Abacetus cordicollis
- Abacetus dejeani
- Abacetus flavipes
- Abacetus guttula
- Abacetus pallipes
- Abacetus rufopiceus
- Abacetus testaceipes
- Acupalpus derogatus
- - ssp. fasciatus
- Arame macra
- - ssp. bimaculata
- - ssp. opulentum
- - ssp. immaculicornis
- Bradybaenus festivus
- Caelostomus picipes
- Caelostomus sculptipennis
- - ssp. ceylonicus
- Chlaenius bengalensis
- Chlaenius bioculatus
- Chlaenius circumdatus - ssp. circumdatus
- Chlaenius cyanostolus
- Chlaenius fletcheri
- Chlaenius hamifer
- Chlaenius henryi
- Chlaenius inops
- Chlaenius kerkvoordeae
- Chlaenius laetiusculus
- Chlaenius laetus
- Chlaenius lafertei
- Chlaenius leucops
- Chlaenius macropus
- Chlaenius malachinus
- Chlaenius nepalensis
- Chlaenius nigricans
- Chlaenius oodioides
- Chlaenius orbicollis
- Chlaenius parallelus
- Chlaenius pretiosus
- Chlaenius pulcher
- Chlaenius punctatostriatus
- Chlaenius ruficauda
- Chlaenius rufifemoratus
- Chlaenius rugulosus
- Chlaenius scapularis
- Chlaenius tetragonoderus - ssp. tetragonoderus
- Chlaenius trachys
- Chlaenius velocipes
- Chlaenius xanthospilus
- Cicindela aurulenta - ssp. juxtata
- Cicindela bicolor - ssp. haemorrhoidalis, xanthospilota
- - ssp. fischeri
- - ssp. flavomaculata
- Cicindela sylvicola
- Clivina castanea
- Clivina elongatula
- Clivina forcipata
- Clivina mustela
- Clivina obenbergeri
- Clivina striata
- Clivina tranquebarica
- Clivina westwoodi
- - ssp. dohrnii
- - ssp. chaudoiri
- Craspedophorus elegans
- - ssp. labioaenea
- - ssp. torta
- - ssp. striata
- - ssp. lineola
- Dyschirius bengalensis
- Dyschirius mahratta
- Dyschirius ordinatus
- Dyschirius paucipunctus
- - ssp. orantus
- Elaphropus charis
- Elaphropus decoratus
- Elaphropus granarius
- Elaphropus nalandae
- Elaphropus nilgiricus
- - ssp. politus
- Elaphropus rubescens
- Hololeius ceylanicus
- Hypaetha biramosa - sp. biramosa
- - ssp. catena, insularis
- - ssp. alutacea, spinipennis
- Macrocheilus bensoni
- Macrocheilus niger
- Mastax euanthes
- Mastax histrio
- - ssp. demessus
- Mochtherus tetraspilotus
- Myriochila distinguenda
- Myriochila fastidiosa - ssp. fastidiosa
- Nanodiodes piceus
- Neocollyris aenea
- Neocollyris ceylonica
- Neocollyris crassicornis - ssp. crassicornis
- Neocollyris planifrontoides
- Neocollyris plicaticollis
- Neocollyris punctatella
- - ssp. laetior, saundersii
- Neocollyris sedlaceki
- Neocollyris tuberculata
- - ssp. nigrofasciata
- Orthogonius acutangulus
- Orthogonius batesi
- Orthogonius femoralis
- Orthogonius fugax
- Orthogonius longicornis
- Orthogonius ovatulus
- Orthogonius parallelus
- Orthogonius planiger
- Orthogonius schaumi
- Orthogonius srilankaicus
- - ssp. designans
- - ssp. curvatus
- Perigona nigriceps
- Pterostichus atratus
- Selina westermanni
- Sericoda ceylonica
- - ssp. depressa
- - ssp. faciatus
- Tetragonoderus cursor
- Tetragonoderus fimbriatus
- Tetragonoderus notaphioides
- Tetragonoderus quadrinotatus
Family: Cerambycidae - Longhorn beetles[]
- Acalolepta griseoplagiata
- Acalolepta nivosa
- Acalolepta rusticatrix
- Acanthophorus serraticornis
- Anomophysis plagiata
- Anoplophora beryllina
- Atimura proxima
- Bandar pascoei
- Baralipton dohrni
- Batocera davidis
- Batocera numitor
- Batocera rufomaculata
- Blepephaeus blairi
- Bostrychopsebium usurpator
- Capnolymma cingalensis
- Ceresium flavipes
- Ceylanoparmena loebli
- Ceylanosybra baloghi
- Chlorophorus annularis
- Cleonaria cingalensis
- Coptops aedificator
- Egesina ceylonensis
- Egesina sericans
- Epania cingalensis
- Epepeotes commixtus
- Eucomatocera vittata
- Eunidia ceylanica
- Eunidia discovittata
- Eunidia mehli
- Eunidia opima
- Falsomesosella ceylonica
- Gelonaetha hirta
- Glenea arithmetica
- Glenea cancellata
- Gnatholea simplex
- Gyaritus indicus
- Inermoparmena besucheti
- Macrochenus tigrinus
- Mesosa columba
- Mesosa indica
- Mesosa rosa
- Micropraonetha carinipennis
- Mimepilysta compacta
- Mimosciadella fuscosignata
- Mispila albosignata
- Moechohecyra verrucicollis
- Moechotypa ceylonica
- Mulciber strandi
- Neoplocaederus obesus
- Neosybra ropicoides
- Niphona malaccensis
- Notomulciber bryanti
- Notomulciber strandi
- Nupserha ceylonica
- Nupserha vexator
- Oberea ceylonica
- Oberea kanarensis
- Oberea kandyana
- Oberea lutea
- Obereopsis flaveola
- Olenecamptus bilobus
- Pachylocerus crassicornis
- Paradihammus ceylonicus
- Paradystus ceylonicus
- Paraleprodera crucifera
- Paranandra ceylonica
- Parorsidis ceylanica
- Pentheopraonetha latifrons
- Pharsalia patrona
- Pharsalia proxima
- Phelipara moringae
- Pothyne ceylonensis
- Prionomma atratum
- Pseudaristobia octofasciculata
- Pseudocalamobius ceylonensis
- Pseudocentruropsis flavosignata
- Pterolophia bigibbera
- Pterolophia ceylonensis
- Pterolophia ceylonica
- Pterolophia convexa
- Pterolophia dohrni
- Pterolophia fusca
- Pterolophia incerta
- Pterolophia insulicola
- Pterolophia parovalis
- Pterolophia tuberculatrix
- Purpuricenus sanguinolentus
- Ropica ceylonica
- Ropica signata
- Serixia ceylonica
- Serixia histrio
- Serixia proxima
- Similosodus venosus
- Sophronica ceylanica
- Spinopraonetha fuscomaculata
- Sthenias maculiceps
- Stromatium barbatum
- Sybra albisparsa
- Sybra apomecynoides
- Sybra citrina
- Sybra fuscosuturalis
- Sybra oblongipennis
- Sybra praeusta
- Sybra pseudosignata
- Sybra quadrimaculata
- Sybra signatoides
- Tetraglenes ceylonensis
- Therippia affinis
- Therippia decorata
- Therippia mediofasciata
- Therippia signata
- Therippia triloba
- Thranius gibbosus
- Tricholophia ceylonica
- Xoanodera amoena
- Xylorhiza adusta
- Xystrocera globosa
- Yimnashana ceylonica
- Zonopteroides diversus
- Zoodes maculatus
- Zotalemimon procerum
Family: Cerylonidae - Minute bark beetles[]
Family: Chrysomelidae - Leaf beetles[]
- Brontispa longissima
- Callosobruchus chinensis
- Caryedon serratus
- Longitarsus allotrophus
- Longitarsus angelikae
- Platycorynus peregrinus
- Sagra femorata
Family: Ciidae - Minute tree-fungus beetles[]
Family: Clambidae - Fringe-winged beetles[]
Family: Cleridae - Checkered beetles[]
Family: Coccinellidae - Lady beetles[]
- Afidenta misera
- Afidentula bisquadripunctata
- Anegleis cardoni
- Aspidimerus nigrovittatus
- Axinoscymnus puttarudriahi
- Brumoides lineatus
- Brumoides suturalis
- Cheilomenes sexmaculata
- Cheilomenes transversalis
- Chilocorus circumdatus
- Chilocorus nigritus
- Chilocorus subindicus
- Coccinella septempunctata
- Coelophora inaequalis
- Cryptogonus orbiculus
- Epilachna decemmaculata
- Harmonia octomaculata
- Henosepilachna septima
- Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
- Horniolus dispar
- Illeis bistigmosa
- Illeis cincta
- Jauravia albidula
- Jauravia limbata
- Jauravia opaca
- Jauravia pallidula
- Jauravia pilosula
- Jauravia pubescens
- Jauravia simplex
- Jauravia soror
- Megalocaria dilatata
- Micraspis discolor
- Novius amabilis
- Novius cardinalis
- Platynaspis flavoguttata
- Propylea dissecta
- Propylea luteopustulata
- Pseudaspidimerus flaviceps
- Pseudaspidimerus mauliki
- Pseudaspidimerus trinotatus
- Pseudaspidimerus uttami
- Scymnus apiciflavus
- Scymnus fuscatus
- Scymnus latemaculatus
- Scymnus nubilus
- Scymnus victoris
- Synonycha grandis
Family: Cucujidae - Flat bark beetles[]
- Cryptolestes ferrugineus
- Cryptolestes klapperichi
Family: Curculionidae - True weevils and bark beetles[]
- Aclees birmanus
- Alcidodes comptus
- Alcidodes erosus
- Alcidodes lugubris
- Alcidodes magnificus
- Alcidodes notabilis
- Alcidodes texatus
- Alcidodes virgatus
- Ambrosiodmus asperatus
- Amphorygma ceylonensis
- Arixyleborus malayensis
- Arixyleborus mediosectus
- Arixyleborus rugosipes
- Astycus aequalis
- Astycus apicatus
- Astycus armatipes
- Astycus canus
- Astycus cinereus
- Astycus cinnamomeus
- Astycus horni
- Astycus immunis
- Astycus lewisi
- Blosyrus inaequalis
- Cnestus gravidus
- Cnestus mutilatus
- Coccotrypes advena
- Coccotrypes cyperi
- Coccotrypes flavicornis
- Coccotrypes theae
- Cosmopolites sordidus
- Cossonus disciferus
- Cossonus divisus
- Cossonus horni
- Craniodicticus mucronatus
- Cratopus sinhalensis
- Crossotarsus saundersi
- Cryphalogenes euphorbiae
- Cryphalogenes exiguus
- Debus emarginatus
- Dereodus mastos
- Dereodus sparsus
- Diuncus haberkorni
- Epicalus virgatus
- Episomus figuratus
- Episomus pyriformis
- Euwallacea fornicatior
- Euwallacea fornicatus
- Euwallacea interjectus
- Euwallacea perbrevis
- Euwallacea piceus
- Euwallacea similis
- Ficicis despectus
- Genyocerus albipennis
- Hyledius regalis
- Hypoborus ficus
- Hypocryphalus mangiferae
- Hypothenemus areccae
- Hypothenemus eruditus
- Hypothenemus seriatus
- Myllocerus angulatipes
- Myllocerus curvicornis
- Myllocerus delicatulus
- Myllocerus dentifer
- Myllocerus discolor
- Myllocerus equinus
- Myllocerus subfasciatus
- Myllocerus undecimpustulatus
- Myllocerus viridanus
- Myllocerus zeylanicus
- Myocalandra exarata
- Nassophasis foveata
- Odoiporus longicollis
- Oxydema fusiforme
- Pentoxydema rostralis
- Phaenomerus sundevalli
- Polytus mellerborgi
- Prodioctes haematicus
- Ptochus limbatus
- Ptochus planoculis
- Ptochus pyriformis
- Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
- Rhyncolus ater
- Scolytomimus rectus
- Sipalinus gigas
- Sphaerotrypes cristatus
- Strattis biguttatus
- Strattis srilankaiensis
- Sueus niisimai
- Sympiezomias kraatzi
- Tanymecus curviscapus
- Treptoplatypus solidus
- Xerodermus porcellus
- Xyleborinus andrewesi
- Xyleborinus exiguus
- Xyleborus affinis
- Xyleborus perforans
- Xylosandrus arquatus
- Xylosandrus compactus
- Xylosandrus crassiusculus
- Xylosandrus discolor
- Xylosandrus mancus
- Xylosandrus morigerus
- Xylosandrus pygmaeus
Family: Dermestidae - Skin beetles[]
- Anthrenus ceylonicus
- Anthrenus oceanicus
- Attagenus undulatus
- Evorinea hirtella
- Orphinus fulvipes
- Orphinus funestus
- Orphinus guernei
- Orphinus minor
- Orphinus tabitha
- Thaumaglossa pici
- Thaumaglossa tonkinea
- Trinodes emarginatus
- Trogoderma granarium
Family: Discolomatidae[]
Family: Dryopidae - Long-toed water beetles[]
- Ceradryops punctatus
- Helichus naviculus
Family: Dytiscidae - Predaceous diving beetles[]
- Clypeodytes bufo
- Clypeodytes dilutus
- Copelatus ceylonicus
- Copelatus freudei
- Copelatus irinus
- Copelatus mahleri
- Copelatus mysorensis
- Copelatus neelumae
- Copelatus schereri
- Copelatus taprobanicus
- Copelatus tenebrosus
- Cybister cardoni
- Cybister confusus
- Cybister dejeanii
- Cybister extenuans
- Cybister javanus
- Cybister prolixus
- Cybister sugillatus
- Cybister tripunctatus
- Cybister ventralis
- Eretes sticticus
- Herophydrus musicus
- Hydaticus fabricii
- Hydaticus fractifer
- Hydaticus incertus
- Hydaticus luczonicus
- Hydaticus pacificus
- Hydaticus ricinus
- Hydaticus satoi
- Hydaticus vittatus
- Hydroglyphus flammulatus
- Hydroglyphus flaviculus
- Hydroglyphus inconstans
- Hydrovatus acuminatus
- Hydrovatus bonvouloiri
- Hydrovatus castaneus
- Hydrovatus confertus
- Hydrovatus ischyrus
- Hydrovatus obtusus
- Hydrovatus picipennis
- Hydrovatus rufoniger
- Hydrovatus seminarius
- Hydrovatus sinister
- Hydrovatus subrotundatus
- Hydrovatus subtilis
- Hyphoporus interpulsus
- Hyphoporus nilghiricus
- Hyphoporus pugnator
- Hyphydrus intermixtus
- Hyphydrus lyratus
- Hyphydrus renardi
- Lacconectus simoni
- Lacconectus spangleri
- Laccophilus anticatus
- Laccophilus ceylonicus
- Laccophilus ellipticus
- Laccophilus flexuosus
- Laccophilus guttalis
- Laccophilus inefficiens
- Laccophilus parvulus
- Laccophilus sharpi
- Laccophilus uniformis
- Laccophilus wolfei
- Leiodytes griseoguttatus
- Microdytes maculatus
- Neptosternus ceylonicus
- Neptosternus sinharajaicus
- Neptosternus starmuehlneri
- Neptosternus taprobanicus
- Pseuduvarus vitticollis
- Rhantus interclusus
- Rhantus taprobanicus
- Sandracottus festivus
- Sandracottus jaechi
- Uvarus livens
Family: Elateridae - Click beetles[]
- Calais speciosus
- Conoderus collaris
- Drasterius sulcatulus
- Elius dilatatus
- Lanelater fuscipes
- Melanotus cribriventris
- Melanotus fuscus
- Melanotus punctosus
- Mulsanteus hirtellus
- Selasia apicalis
- Selasia isabellae
- Zorochros titanus
Family: Elmidae - Riffle beetles[]
- Ancyronyx jaechi
- Graphelmis ceylonica
- Ilamelmis brunnescens
- Ilamelmis foveicollis
- Ilamelmis starmuhlneri
- Ohiya carinata
- Ordobrevia flavolineata
- Ordobrevia fletcheri
- Podelmis aenea
- Podelmis cruzei
- Podelmis graphica
- Podelmis humeralis
- Podelmis ovalis
- Podelmis quadriplagiata
- Potamophilinus costatus
- Taprobanelmis carinata
- Zaitzeviaria bicolor
Family: Endomychidae - Handsome fungus beetles[]
- Ancylopus ceylonicus
- Cyclotoma cingalensis
- Endocoelus orbicularis
- Eumorphus quadriguttatus - ssp. quadriguttatus, pulchripes
- Indalmus lachrymosus
- Stenotarsus russatus
- Stenotarsus sicarius
- Stenotarsus vallatus
- Stictomela chrysomeloides
- Stictomela opulenta
- Trochoideus desjardinsi
Family: Erotylidae - Pleasing fungus beetles[]
Family: Eucinetidae - Plate-thigh beetles[]
Family: Gyrinidae - Whirligig beetles[]
- Aulonogyrus obliquus
- Gyrinus convexiusculus
- Gyrinus sericeolimbatus
- Orectochilus discifer
- Porrorhynchus indicans
Family: Heteroceridae - Variegated mud-loving beetles[]
- Augyles feai
- Augyles ivojenisi
- Heterocerus cinctus
- Heterocerus maindroni
Family: Histeridae - Clown beetles[]
- Acritus tuberisternus
- Atholus coelestis
- Chaetabraeus paria
- Hister javanicus
- Hololepta elongata
- Nasaltus chinensis
- Platylomalus oceanitis
- Tribalus colombius
- Trypeticus bombacis
Family: Hybosoridae - Scavenger scarab beetles[]
- Hybosorus orientalis
- Phaeochrous compactus
- Phaeochrous elevatus
- Phaeochrous emarginatus
Family: Hydrophilidae - Water scavenger beetles[]
- Berosus pulchellus
- Berosus undatus
- Cercyon connivens
- Cercyon lineolatus
- Cercyon nigriceps
- Cercyon subsolanus
- Chasmogenus abnormalis
- Coelostoma stultum
- Coelostoma vitalisi
- Dactylosternum abdominale
- Enochrus esuriens
- - ssp. caschmirensis
- Pelthydrus suffarcinatus
- Regimbartia attenuata
- Sphaeridium quinquemaculatum
- Sternolophus inconspicuus
- Sternolophus rufipes
Family: Hydroscaphidae - Skiff beetles[]
- Hydroscapha jaechi
- Hydroscapha monticola
Family: Jacobsoniidae - Jacobson's beetles[]
- Derolathrus ceylonicus
Family: Lampyridae - Fireflies[]
- Asymmetricata humeralis
- Abscondita chinensis
- Abscondita promelaena
- Harmatelia bilinea
- Hyperstoma marginata
- Hyperstoma wittmeri
- Luciola antennalis
- Luciola candezei
- Luciola intricata
- Stenocladius horni
Family: Latridiidae - Minute brown scavenger beetles[]
- Derolathrus ceylonicus
Family: Limnichidae - Minute mud beetles[]
Family: Lucanidae - Stag beetles[]
- Aegus chelifer - ssp. kandiensis, chelifer
- Dinonigidius bartolozzii
- - ssp. championi
Family: Lycidae - Net-winged beetles[]
- Plateros volatus
Family: Lymexylidae - Ship-timber beetles[]
Family: Meloidae - Blister beetles[]
- Eletica testacea
- Epicauta haematocephala
- Horia debyi
- Horia fabriciana
- Hycleus balteata
- Hycleus phaleratus
- Hycleus rouxi
- Mylabris ceylonica
- Mylabris orientalis
- Mylabris pustulata
- Mylabris thunbergi
- Sybaris nigrifinis
- Sybaris testaceus
- Sybaris yakkala
- Zonitoschema krombeini
Family: Monotomidae - Root-eating beetles[]
Family: Mordellidae - Pintail beetles[]
- Hoshihananomia composita
- Mordella defectiva
- Mordellistena flaviceps
- Mordellistena rufotestacea
- Mordellistena trimaculata
Family: Mycetophagidae - Hairy fungus beetles[]
Family: Mycteridae - Palm and flower beetles[]
Family: Nitidulidae - Sap beetles[]
- Brassicogethes aeneus
Family: Nosodendridae - Wounded-tree beetles[]
Family: Noteridae - Burrowing water beetles[]
Family: Oedemeridae - False blister beetles[]
- Dryopomera ceylonica
Family: Omethidae - False soldier beetles[]
Family: Passalidae - Bess beetles[]
- Leptaulax bicolor
Family: Prostomidae - Jugular-horned beetles[]
Family: Psephenidae - Water-penny beetles[]
Family: Pterogeniidae[]
Family: Ptiliidae - Feather-wing beetles[]
Family: Ptilodactylidae[]
Family: Ptinidae - Spider beetles[]
Family: Rhynchitidae - Tooth-nosed snout weevils[]
Family: Salpingidae - Narrow-waisted bark beetles[]
Family: Scarabaeidae - Scarab beetles[]
- Agestrata orichalca - ssp. nigrita
- Alissonotum piceum
- Anthracophora crucifera
- Caccobius unicornis
- Caccobius vulcanus
- Campsiura nigripennis - ssp. cingalensis
- Catharsius capucinus
- Catharsius granulatus
- Catharsius molossus
- Catharsius pithecius
- Chiron cylindrus
- Cleptocaccobius inermis
- Clinteria chloronota
- Clinteria coerulea - ssp. megaspilota
- Clinteria klugi - ssp. rufipennis
- Copris fricator
- Copris repertus
- Copris signatus
- Copris sodalis
- Delopleurus parvus
- Digitonthophagus bonasus
- Digitonthophagus gazella
- Dipelicus bidens
- - ssp. decatenatus
- Gametis versicolor
- Garreta smaragdifer
- Glycosia tricolor
- Glycyphana horsfieldi - ssp. aurulenta
- Gymnopleurus cyaneus
- Gymnopleurus gemmatus
- Gymnopleurus koenigi
- Gymnopleurus miliaris
- Gymnopleurus parvus
- Gymnopleurus sericeifrons
- Heliocopris bucephalus
- Heterorrhina elegans
- Liatongus rhadamistus
- Neosisyphus tarantula
- Ochicanthon ceylonicus
- Ochicanthon cingalensis
- Onitis crenatus
- Onitis philemon
- Onitis singhalensis
- Onitis subopacus
- Onthophagus centricornis
- Onthophagus cervus
- Onthophagus ceylonicus
- Onthophagus cryptogenus
- Onthophagus dama
- Onthophagus falsus
- Onthophagus favrei
- Onthophagus fuscopunctatus
- Onthophagus gemma
- Onthophagus gravis
- Onthophagus hastifer
- Onthophagus heterorrhinus
- Onthophagus hystrix
- Onthophagus laevigatus
- Onthophagus ludio
- Onthophagus luridipennis
- Onthophagus martialis
- Onthophagus negligens
- Onthophagus ochreatus
- Onthophagus parvulus
- Onthophagus quadridentatus
- Onthophagus rectecornutus
- Onthophagus spinifex
- Onthophagus turbatus
- Onthophagus unifasciatus
- Onthophagus vacca
- Oryctes gnu
- Oryctes rhinoceros
- Oxycetonia versicolor
- Phalops divisus
- Phyllognathus dionysius
- Proagoderus pactolus
- Protaetia alboguttata
- Protaetia aurichalcea
- - ssp. germar
- Scarabaeus erichsoni
- Scarabaeus gangeticus
- Scarabaeus sanctus
- Sisyphus crispatus - ssp. hirtus
- Sisyphus indicus
- Sisyphus longipes
- Tibiodrepanus setosus
- Xylotrupes gideon - ssp. socrates
- Xylotrupes meridionalis
- Xylotrupes taprobanes
Subfamily: Aphodiinae - Aphodiine dung beetles[]
- Aganocrossus amoenus
- - ssp. tricarinulatus
- Aphodius urostigma
- Calamosternus granarius
- Labarrus hoabinhensis
- Liothorax kraatzi
- Mesontoplatys rufolaterus
- Neocalaphodius moestus
- Paradidactylia ovatulus
- Phalacronothus carinulatus
- Pharaphodius crenatus
- Rhyssemus inscitus
- Trichaphodius moorei
Subfamily: Melolonthinae - White grubs[]
- Apogonia blanchardi
- Apogonia ferruginea
- Apogonia rauca
- Holotrichia danielssoni
- Holotrichia disparilis
- Holotrichia reynaudi
- Holotrichia rufoflava
- Holotrichia serrata
- Leucopholis pinguis
- Maladera insanabilis
- Schizonycha ruficollis
Subfamily: Rutelinae - Shining Flower Chafers[]
- Adoretus bicaudatus
- Adoretus celogaster
- Adoretus versutus
- Mimela macleayana
Family: Scirtidae - Marsh beetles[]
Family: Scraptiidae - False flower beetles[]
Family: Scydmaenidae - Ant-like stone beetles[]
- Euconnus intrusus
Family: Silphidae - Carrion beetles[]
- Diamesus osculans
- Necrophila rufithorax
Family: Silvanidae - Silvan flat bark beetles[]
- Lyctus brunneus
- Monanus concinnulus
- Oryzaephilus acuminatus
- Oryzaephilus genalis
- Oryzaephilus mercator
- Oryzaephilus surinamensis
- Protosilvanus granosus
- Psammoecus delicatus
- Psammoecus simoni
- Psammoecus trimaculatus
- Silvanolomus denticollis
- Silvanoprus cephalotes
- Silvanoprus distinguendus
- Silvanoprus longicollis
- Silvanus difficilis
- Silvanus imitatus
- Silvanus lewisi
- Silvanus recticollis
Family: Staphylinidae - Rove beetles[]
- Anotylus insecatus
- Anotylus latiusculus
- Anotylus tetracarinatus
- Erymus gracilis
- Oxytelus bengalensis
- Oxytelus incisus
- Oxytelus lividus
- Oxytelus migrator
- Oxytelus nigriceps
- Oxytelus puncticeps
- Oxytelus varipennis
- Scaphisoma stictum
- Stenus melanarius
- Stenus solutus
Family: Tenebrionidae - Darkling beetles[]
- Alphitobius laevigatus
- Ceropria induta
- Corticeus cephalotes
- Gonocephalum depressum
- Leichenum canaliculatum
- Sternocera chrysis
- Tribolium castaneum
Family: Trictenotomidae - Croc beetles[]
- Trictenotoma templetoni
Family: Trogidae - Hide beetles[]
- Omorgus (Afromorgus) granulatus
Family: Vesperidae - Vesperid longicorn beetles[]
Family: Zopheridae - Ironclad beetles[]
- Cebia rugosa
- Microprius rufulus
Notes[]
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