Taxonomic diversity of the coprophilic scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaoidea) in the southern part of Amur Province of Palaearctic
A tabular check list of 129 species of the coprophilic scarab beetles belonging to 2 families and 53 genera and recorded from the southern part of the Amur Province of the Stenopean nemoral Region of Palaearctic is given. The largest number of species was found in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains (75 species), the smallest - in Jilin Province of China (52 species). There is a trend towards an increase in the number of species of dwellers (beetles living in the dung) from the subfamily Aphodiinae in the northern part of Amur Province, while the number of species of rollers and tunnelers (beetles that store provisions for larvae) from the subfamily Scarabaeinae and the family Geotrupidae increase in the southern regions.