This is a test site. The production site with full data is available at GBIF.org
{{nav.loginGreeting}}
  • Get data
      • Occurrences
      • GBIF API
      • Species
      • Datasets
      • Occurrence snapshots
      • Hosted portals
      • Trends
  • How-to
    • Share data

      • Quick-start guide
      • Dataset classes
      • Data hosting
      • Standards
      • Become a publisher
      • Data quality
      • Data papers
    • Use data

      • Featured data use
      • Citation guidelines
      • GBIF citations
      • Citation widget
      • Guides and documentation
  • Tools
    • Publishing

      • IPT
      • Data validator
      • GeoPick
      • New data model
      • GRSciColl
      • Suggest a dataset
      • Metabarcoding data toolkit
    • Data access and use

      • Hosted portals
      • Scientific collections
      • Data processing
      • Derived datasets
      • rgbif
      • pygbif
      • SQL downloads
      • Tools catalogue
    • GBIF labs

      • Species matching
      • Name parser
      • Sequence ID
      • Relative observation trends
      • GBIF data blog
  • Community
    • Network

      • Participant network
      • Nodes
      • Publishers
      • Network contacts
      • Community forum
      • alliance for biodiversity knowledge
    • Volunteers

      • Mentors
      • Ambassadors
      • Translators
      • Citizen scientists
    • Activities

      • Capacity development
      • Programmes & projects
      • Training and learning resources
      • Data Use Club
      • Living Atlases
  • About
    • Inside GBIF

      • What is GBIF?
      • Become a member
      • Governance
      • Strategic framework
      • Work Programme
      • Funders
      • Partnerships
      • Release notes
      • Contacts
    • News & outreach

      • News
      • Subscribe
      • Events
      • Awards
      • Science Review
      • Data use
      • Thematic communities
  • User profile

Phanaeus chalcomelas (Perty, 1830)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Perty, M. (1830). 1830-1834, Delectus Animalium Articulatum, quae itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Joseph I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto collegerunt Dr.J.B.de Spix et Dr.C.F.Ph.de Martius. Digessit, descripsit, pingenda curavit Dr.Maximilianus Perty. Monachii: Martius, iii:1-224 (37-55). https://archive.org/download/Delectusanimali00Pert/Delectusanimali00Pert.pdf

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Scarabaeidae
genus
Phanaeus
species
Phanaeus chalcomelas

Name

Synonyms
Notiophanaeus chalcomelas Perty, 1830
Onitis chalcomelas Perty, 1830
Homonyms
Phanaeus chalcomelas (Perty, 1830)

Bibliographic References

  1. Arnaud P (2002) Les Coléoptères du Monde, Vol. 28. Phanaeini. Dendropaemon, Tetramereia, Homalotarsus, Megatharsis, Diabroctis, Coprophanaeus, Oxysternon, Phanaeus, Sulcophanaeus. Hillside Books, Canterbury, England, 151 pp.
  2. Chamorro W, Marin-Armijos D, Asenjo A, Vaz de Mello FZ (2019) Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: a catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records. ZooKeys 826: 1-343
  3. Edmonds WD (1994) Revision of Phanaeus Macleay, a new world genus of Scarabaeinae dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Contributions in Science 443: 1–105
  4. Edmonds WD, Zidek J (2012) Taxonomy of Phanaeus revisited: Revised keys to and comments on species of the New World dung beetle genus Phanaeus Macleay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini). Insecta Mundi 0274: 1–108.
  5. Giraldo C, Montoya-Molina S, Escobar F (2018) Escarabajos del estiércol en paisajes ganaderos de Colombia. Fundación CIPAV. Cali, Colombia. 146p.
  6. Harold E (1859) Beitrage zur kenntnis einiger coprophagen lamellicornien. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 3: 193–224. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.18590030208
  7. Medina CA, Lopera-Toro A, Vítolo A, Gill B (2001) Escarabajos Coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) de Colombia. 2(2), 131–143.
  8. Medina CA, Pulido A (2009) Escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) de la Orinoquia colombiana. Biota Colombiana 10 (1 y 2): 55 - 62.
  9. Moctezuma V (2025) Taxonomic and nomenclatural issues revisited in the New World Scarabaeinae dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae). J. Insect Biodivers. 62 (2), 55–66
  10. Noriega JA (2004) Preliminary checklist of the scarab community (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) at CIEM, Tinigua National Park, Meta-Colombia. Fields Study of Fauna and Flora La Macarena, Colombia, 14, 37–44.
  11. Olsoufieff G (1924) Les Phanaeides, Famille Scarabaeidae Tr.Coprini. Insecta, Revue Illustrée d'Entomologie 13: 4-172
  12. Perty JAM (1830) Insecta Brasiliensia, In: Perty, J. A. M., Delectus animalium articulatorum, quae in intinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto collegerunt Dr. J. B. de Spix et Dr. C. F. Ph. de Martius. Impensis Editoris, Munich, pp. 1–60.
  13. Pessôa SB (1934) Contribuição para o conhecimento das espécies brasileiras do gênero Phanaeus. Annales Facultad Medical Sao Paulo 10(3): 279–314.
  14. Pulido LA, Medina CA, Riveros RA (2007) Nuevos registros de escarabajos coprófagos (Scarabaeidae: scarabaeinae) para la región andina de Colombia. Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. 31 (119): 305-310. ISSN 0370-3908.
  15. Pulido LA, Riveros RA, Gast F, Hildebrand P (2003) Escarabajos coprófagos Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) del Parque Nacional Natural “Serranía de Chiribiquete”, Caquetá, Colombia (parte I). In: G. Onore, P. Reyes-Castillo & M. Zunino (eds.), Escarabeidos de Latinoamérica: Estado del conocimiento. Monografías Tercer Milenio, 3, 51–58.
  16. Vitolo A (2004) Escarabajos estercoleros de la tribu Phanaeini de Colombia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae). En: Fernández F., Andrade M. G., Amat, G. D. (Eds) Insectos de Colombia. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá 3: 277–318.
  17. Vulcano MA, Pereira FS (1967) Sinópse dos Passalidae e Scarabaeidae s. str. da região amazônica (Insecta, Coleoptera). Atas do Simposio sôbre a Biota Amazônica, Vol. 5, (Zoologia):533-603
  18. Vítolo A (2000) Clave para la identificación de los géneros y especies Phanaeinas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Coprinae: Phanaeini) de Colombia Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 24(93):591-603
What is GBIF? API FAQ Newsletter Privacy Terms and agreements How to cite? Code of Conduct Acknowledgements
Contact GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark
GBIF is a Global Core Biodata Resource