Scarabs of Keith County,Nebraska		Cedar Point Biological Station
The species list for Keith County indicates additional species collected during the project. In addition, a few species found in the Cedar Point collection had not previously been recorded as occurring in Keith County (Ratcliffe 1991). New county records are indicated by a red checkmark. Additional species have been added since the project, and these are denoted by a blue checkmark. New state record scarabs are indicated by a blue star.

  
= New County Record during project
= New County Record since 2000  
= New State Record

Keith County Scarab Checklist

GEOTRUPIDAE (7)
Bolboceras filicornis (Say)
Bolbocerasoma biplagiatum Dawson & McColloch
Bolbocerasoma bruneri Dawson & McColloch
Bradycinetulus fossatus (Haldeman)
Eucanthus greeni Robinson
Eucanthus lazarus (Fabr.)
Geotrupes opacus Haldeman

OCHODAEIDAE (2)
Ochodaeus musculus (Say)
Parochodaeus kansanus Fall

TROGIDAE (12)
Trox aequalis Say
Trox atrox LeConte
Trox robinsoni Vaurie
Trox scaber (L.)
Trox sonorae LeConte
Trox spinulosus Robinson
Trox unistriatus Beauvois
Omorgus monachus (Herbst)
Omorgus punctatus Germar
Omorgus scabrosus (Beauvois)
Omorgus suberosus (Fabr.)
Glaresis inducta Horn

SCARABAEIDAE (87)
APHODIINAE (33 + 8)
Aegialia conferta Horn
Aegialia rufa (Fabr.)
Aegialia rufescens Horn
Aidophus parcus (Horn)
Aphodius acuminatus Cartwright
Aphodius alternatus Horn
Aphodius ashworthi Gordon
Aphodius carri Brown
Aphodius concavus Say
Aphodius dentigerulus Brown
Aphodius distinctus (Müller)
Aphodius erraticus (L.)
Aphodius explanatus LeConte
Aphodius femoralis Say
Aphodius fimetarius (L.)
Aphodius fossor (L.)
Aphodius granarius (L.)
Aphodius haemorrhoidalis (L.)
Aphodius iowensis Brown
Aphodius kiowensis Gordon & Salsbury
Aphodius kirni Cartwright
Aphodius lentus Horn
Aphodius leptotarsis Brown
Aphodius peculiosus Schmidt
Aphodius pinguis Haldeman
Aphodius pinguellus Brown
Aphodius pseudabusus Cartwright
Aphodius punctissimus Brown
Aphodius rubeolus Beauvois
Aphodius rusicola Melsheimer
Aphodius tenuistriatus Horn
Aphodius thomomysi Brown
Aphodius vittatus Say
Aphodius walshii Horn
Ataenius gracilis (Melsheimer)
Ataenius imbricatus (Melsheimer)
Ataenius punctifrons Cartwright
Ataenius spretulus (Haldeman)
Ataenius strigatus (Say)
Neopsammodius interruptus (Say)
Pleurophorus caesus (Creutzer)
Rhyssemus sonatus LeConte

SCARABAEINAE (9)
Canthon ebenus (Say)
Canthon pilularius (L.)
Canthon praticola LeConte
Melanocanthon nigricornis (Say)
Phanaeus vindex Macleay
Copris fricator (Fabr.)
Onthophagus hecate (Panzer)
Onthophagus orpheus pseudorpheus Howden & Cartwright
Onthophagus pennsylvanicus Harold

MELOLONTHINAE (22)
Serica curvata LeConte
Serica intermixta Blatchley
Serica ochrosoma Dawson
Serica sericea (Illiger)
Diplotaxis haydenii LeConte
Diplotaxis rudis (LeConte)
Diplotaxis truncatula LeConte
Phyllophaga anxia (LeConte)
Phyllophaga corrosa (LeConte)
Phyllophaga crassissima (Blanchard)
Phyllophaga fervida (Fabr.)
Phyllophaga fimbripes (LeConte)
Phyllophaga gracilis (Burmeister)
Phyllophaga lanceolata (Say)
Phyllophaga longitarsa (Say)
Phyllophaga mucorea (LeConte)
Phyllophaga rugosa (Melsheimer)
Phyllophaga tristis (Fabr.)
Polyphylla decemlineata (Say)
Polyphylla hammondi LeConte
Macrodactylus subspinosus (Fabr.)
Dichelonyx albicollis (Burmeister)

RUTELINAE (8)
Pelidnota punctata (L.)
Cotalpa lanigera (L.)
Cotalpa subcribrata Wickham
Anomala binotata (Gyllenhal)
Anomala cavifrons LeConte
Anomala flavipennis Burmeister
Anomala ludoviciana Schaeffer
Strigoderma arboricola (Fabr.)

DYNASTINAE(7)*
Cyclocephala hirta LeConte
Cyclocephala longula LeConte
Cyclocephala pasadenae (Casey)
Dyscinetus picipes (Burmeister)
Orizabus pyriformis (LeConte)
Tomarus gibbosus (DeGeer)
Tomarus relictus (Say)

CETONIINAE (8)
Stephanucha pilipennis Kraatz
Euphoria hirtipes Horn
Euphoria inda (L.)
Cremastocheilus knochii LeConte
Cremastocheilus nitens LeConte
Cremastocheilus retractus LeConte
Cremastocheilus wheeleri LeConte
Osmoderma subplanata Casey

TOTAL SCARABAEOIDS = 116

*Cyclocephala lurida Bland, listed in Ratcliffe 1991 from Keith County, does not occur in western Nebraska and such records are the result of misidentifications.

Ratcliffe, B.C.  1991.  The Scarab Beetles of Nebraska.
Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 12: 1-333.

Grateful acknowledgement to Brett Ratcliffe for verifying many species
identifications and determining atypical and new specimens.

Nomenclature follows the Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm
by Andrew B.T. Smith of the University of Nebraska State Museum.