Scarabs, Dung Beetles, Stag Beetles, Rain Beetles and allies

COLEOPTERA - POLYPHAGA - SCARABAEIFORMIA
This room displays images of Scarabs, Dung Beetles, Stag Beetles, Rain Beetles and their relatives.

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Unidentified Stag Beetle (Kuwagata) <Lucanidae>. photo: 08/1998, Hokkaido, Japan.	A Stag Beetle [M][F], Dorcus rectus or Kokuwagata. approx. 40mm/30mm <Lucanidae>. photo: 08/2001, Yamanashi, Japan.	A Dung Beetle, Geotrupe sp. or a kind of Senchi Kogane <Scarabaeidae - Geotrupinae>. photo: 05/1999, Montagne de Reims, France.



A Chafer [1][2], Rhomborrhina japonica or Kanabun <Scarabaeidae - Cetoniinae>. photo: 07/2001, Tokyo, Japan.	Oriental Beetle [1], Semadara Kogane or Blitopertha orientalis <Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae>. photo: 07/2001, Tokyo, Japan.	A Chafer [1][2], Mimela splendens or Koganemushi <Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae>. approx. 20mm. photo: 08/2001, Yamanashi, Japan.



Japanese dynastid beetle, Allomyrina dichotoma or Kabutomushi <Scarabaeidae>. photo: 08/2001, Yamanashi, Japan.	A Chafer [1], Heptophylla picea, or Nagacha Kogane <Scarabaeidae - Melolonthinae>. photo: 06/2002, Tokyo, Japan.	A Rhinoceros Beetle, Kôkasasu Oo Kabuto or Chalcosoma chiron kirbyi, probably <Scarabaeidae>. 10cm. photo: 08/2002, Bukit Fraser, Malaysia.



Unidentified Beetle <Scarabaeidae>. 6cm. photo: 09/2002, Sabah, Malaysia.	Oriental Beetle [2][3], Semadara Kogane or Blitopertha orientalis <Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae>. photo: 06/2003, Tokyo, Japan.	Japanese beetle [1][2], Popillia japonica, or Mame Kogane <Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae>. photo: 08/2003, Tokyo, Japan.



Asiatic Garden beetle, Maladera castanea or Aka Biroudo Kogane <Scarabaeidae - Melolonthinae>. photo: 08/2003, Tokyo, Japan.	A Chafer, Melolontha japonica or Kofuki Kogane <Scarabaeidae - Melolonthinae>. photo: 08/2003, Tokyo, Japan.	A Chafer [2], Heptophylla picea, or Nagacha Kogane <Scarabaeidae - Melolonthinae>. photo: 06/2004, Tokyo, Japan.



Oriental Beetle [4], Semadara Kogane or Blitopertha orientalis <Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae>. photo: 06/2004, Tokyo, Japan.	A Chafer [1], Oxycetonia jucunda, or Ko Ao hanamuguri <Scarabaeidae - Cetoniinae>. photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan.	A Bess Beetle <Passalidae>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.



A Chafer, likely Pelidnota sp. <Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.	Unidentified Dung Beetle, possibly Glaphyrocanthon sp. <Scarabaeidae - Scarabaeinae - Canthonini>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.	Unidentified Rhino Beetle possibly Stenocrates sp. <Scarabaeidae - Dynastinae - Cyclocephalini>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.



A Dung Beetle, likely Canthon triangularis <Scarabaeidae - Scarabaeinae - Canthonini>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.	A Rhino Beetle, or Cyclocephala sp. <Scarabaeidae - Dynastinae - Cyclocephalini>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.	A Dung Beetle or Hansreia affinis <Scarabaeidae - Scarabaeinae - Canthonini>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.



A Rhino Beetle, or Cyclocephala sp. <Scarabaeidae - Dynastinae - Cyclocephalini>. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname.	A Dung Beetle, likely Canthon triangularis <Scarabaeidae - Scarabaeinae - Canthonini>. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname.	A Flower Beetle [ 1][2], Nipponvalgus angusticollis, or Hirata Hanamuguri <Scarabaeidae - Valginae>. photo: 04/2005, Tokyo, Japan.



A Flower Beetle, Eucetonia pilifera, or Hanamuguri <Scarabaeidae - Cetoniinae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan.	A Stag Beetle [1][2], Prosopocoilus astacoides blanchardi <Lucanidae>. photo: 05/2006, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.	A Chafer, Tsuno Kanabun or Trigonophorus rothschildi <Scarabaeidae - Cetoniinae>. photo: 05/2006, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.



A Stag Beetle, Taiwan Hirata Kuwagata or Dorcus titanus sika <Lucanidae>. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.	A Chafer, or Anomala expansa <Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae>. photo: 06/2005, Chichi, Taiwan.	Japanese beetle [3], Popillia japonica, or Mame Kogane <Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae>. photo: 06/2005, Nagano, Japan.



A Flower Beetle [1][2], Higebuto Hanamuguri or Anthypna pectinata <Scarabaeidae - Glaphyrinae>. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.	A Stag Beetle [3], Dorcus rectus or Kokuwagata. <Lucanidae>. photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan.	A Chafer, Mimela dificilis or Tsuyasuji Kogane <Scarabaeidae>. photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan.



A Chafer, Rhomborrhina unicolor or Ao Kanabun <Scarabaeidae - Cetoniinae>. photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan.	Oriental Beetle [5], Semadara Kogane or Blitopertha orientalis <Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae>. photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan.	A Dung Beetle, Onthophagus atripennis or Kobu Maru Enma Kogane <Scarabaeidae - Scarabaeinae>. photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan.



A Dung Beetle [1][2], Geotrupes laevistriatus or Senchi Kogane <Scarabaeidae - Geotrupinae>. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan.	A Chafer [2], Oxycetonia jucunda, or Ko Ao hanamuguri <Scarabaeidae - Cetoniinae>. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan.	A Beetle [1][2], Ectinohoplia obducta or Hime Ashinaga Kogane <Scarabaeidae - Hoplinae>. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan.



A Chafer [1][2], or Anomala octiescostata <Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae>. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan.	An Aphodian Dung Beetle [1][2], <Scarabaeidae - Aphodiinae>. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan.	A Chafer, Protaetia orientalis or Shiroten Hanamuguri <Scarabaeidae - Cetoniinae>. photo: 07/2006, Tokyo, Japan.



Unidentified Stag Beetle, <Lucanidae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan.	A Chafer [1][2], Protaetia pryeri or Ryûkyû Tsuya Hanamuguri <Scarabaeidae - Cetoniinae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan.	Unidentified Stag Beetle [1][2], <Lucanidae>. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand.



A Chafer, or Gametis bealiae, probably <Scarabaeidae - Cetoniinae>. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand.	Unidentified Beetle, <Scarabeidae>. photo: 08/2006, Doi Inthanon, Thailand.	A Beetle, Anomala dimidiata <Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae> probably. photo: 08/2006, Doi Inthanon, Thailand.



Unidentified Stag Beetle, <Lucanidae>. photo: 08/2006, Doi Inthanon, Thailand.	A Chafer [3], Oxycetonia jucunda, or Ko Ao hanamuguri <Scarabaeidae - Cetoniinae>. photo: 05/2007, Ehime, Japan.	A beetle, Phyllopertha irregularis, or Kisuji Kogane <Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae>. photo: 06/2007, Kyôto, Japan.



Oriental Beetle [5][6], Semadara Kogane or Blitopertha orientalis <Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae>. photo: 06/2007, Tokyo, Japan.	A Chafer[1][2][3], Paratrichius doenitzi, or Oo Torafu Kogane <Scarabaeidae - Cetoniinae>. photo: 06/2007, Tokyo, Japan.	Japanese beetle [4], Popillia japonica, or Mame Kogane <Scarabaeidae - Rutelinae>. photo: 06/2007, Tokyo, Japan.



Unidentified Dung Beetle <Scarabaeidae>. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon.	Unidentified. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon.	Unidentified. photo: 09/2007, La Lopé, Gabon.

Unidentified. photo: 09/2007, La Lopé, Gabon.

A beetle, Maladera japonica or Biroudo Kogane <Scarabaeidae - Melolonthinae>. photo: 09/2007, Tokyo, Japan.

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