Catharsius molossus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Abbas, Muhammad, Khaliq, Sobia, Masroor, Rafaqat & Hassan, Muhammad Asghar, 2024, A checklist of the dung beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) deposited at Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2), pp. 415-430 : 417-418

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scientific name	Catharsius molossus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Catharsius molossus (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL ( Fig. 1D) (C#68752)

Scarabaeus molossus Linnaeus, 1758:347 . Type locality: India; Scarabaeus abbreviatus Herbst, 1789 ; Scarabaeus berbiceus Herbst, 1789 ; Catharsius janus Olivier, 1789 ; Copris ursus Fabricius, 1801 ; Catharsius davidis Deyrolle et Fairmaire, 1878 ; Catharsius timorensis Lansberge, 1879 ; Catharsius dayacus Lansberge, 1886 ; Catharsius dubius Paulian, 1936 ; Catharsius borneensis Paulian, 1936 ; Catharsius kangeanus Paulian, 1936 .

Material examined. PAKISTAN, Islamabad Capital : 1 specimen, 18.VII.2007, leg. M. Fida, det. S. Khaliq, 1 specimen, Islamabad, 29. VI.17, leg. M. Shan, det. S. Khaliq , 1 specimen, 30.IX.1981, leg. M. Fida, det. S. Khaliq, 1 specimen, 29.III.2005, leg. K. Hussain, det. M. Abbas; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 5 specimens, Swat, 29.VII.2005, leg. & det. M. Abbas , 1 specimen, Dir, 4.VIII.2006, leg. & det. M. Abbas, 7 specimens, Swabi, 9.IX.2007, leg. & det. M. Abbas, 7 specimens, Mardan, 12. VI.2010, leg. & det. M. Abbas, 9 specimens, Chitral, 12.VIII.2012, leg. & det. M. Abbas, 9 specimens, Abbottabad, 13.VII.2013, leg. & det. M. Abbas, 20 specimens, Buner, 1.VII-VIII.2000, leg. M. Bashir, det. S. Khaliq, 1 specimen, Kopar, Malakand, 16.VII.2020, leg. S. Khan, det. S. Khaliq, 1 specimen, Kopar, Malakand, 18.VII.2020, leg. S. Khan, det. S. Khaliq, 1 specimen, Saifi Hilly, Mohmand, 29. VI.2020, leg. M. Nawaz, det. S. Khaliq, 1 specimen, Batal, 2.VII-VIII.2000, leg. M. Bashir, det. S. Khaliq; Sindh: 1 specimen, Lawrence Road, Karachi, 19. III.64, leg. M. Ayyub, det. S. Khaliq , 1 specimen, Shah Dadu, 19.II.1953, leg. M. Khan, det. S. Khaliq; Punjab: 1 specimen, Birgran, Murree, 26.IX.1938, leg. I. S. Parathi, det. S. Khaliq 1 specimen, Rawat, Rawalpindi, 26.VII.2005, leg. & det. M. Abbas; INDIA, Assam . 1 specimen, Dalat, South Assam, 1. III-V.1918, leg. C. Boden Kloss, det. Anonymous.

Distribution. Azad Kashmir: Chikar (Muzaffarabad), Palandri, Rawalakot; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Dir, Mardan, Swabi, Swat (Kanju), Waziristan; Punjab: Attock (Fateh Jang), Chakwal (Kallar Kahar), Layyah (Fateh Pur); Sindh: Hyderabad (Tandojam), Tharparkar (Chelhar) ( Hashmi & Tashfeen, 1992; Siddiqui et al., 2014).