Information: Pentodon algerinus is distributed from Portugal and North Africa to northwestern China, the species was originally described by Füessly in 1778 as a Scarabaeus algerinus .
Body length: 17 - 24 mm
Peak activity: January - December (depends on region)
Distribution: Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Australia?, Azerbaijan, Chad, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan
Zoogeographic region: Palearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental
Taxonomic classification:
Subspecies: 6
[= Pentodon nasutus Petrovitz, 1964]
[= Pentodon pachypus Jakovlev, 1902]
[= Pentodon syriacus Kraatz, 1882]
Information: In Arabia, the subspecies P. a. dispar Baudi di Selve, 1870, has been recorded, which is claimed to be distributed from eastern Europe to Asia minor and Arabia. However, the status of the subspecies of P. algerinus needs to be reassessed since the alleged subspecific morphological differences are minor and fluent whereas the variation of the Arabian specimens of this taxon is considerable. [Frank Krell & David Král, 2017]
Body length: 17 - 22mm
Peak activity: January - December (depends on region)
Remarks: A common species in the Arabian Peninsula that is actively attracted to the light trap.
Distribution: Afghanistan, Armenia, Chad, Cyprus, Greece (Crete, Rhodes), Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Zoogeographic region: Palearctic, Afrotropical
Material examined (& observation):
Our observation period: August ~ October, March ~ April
Sampling Methods: Attracted to light trap 
Distribution: Chad, Ethiopia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece (Crete, Rhodos), Iran, Italy (Sardinia), Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, India, [Australian (Australia)??]
Zoogeographic region: Palearctic, Afrotropica, Oriental
[= Pentodon persicus Jakovlev, 1902]
[= Pentodon subcostatus Jakovlev, 1902]
Distribution: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China (Xinjiang), Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Zoogeographic region: Oriental
Distribution: India (Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya), Pakistan
Zoogeographic region: Palearctic, Oriental
Distribution: Sudan
Zoogeographic region: Afrotropical
[Pentodon tchadense Paulian, 1954]
Distribution: Chad, Senegal
Zoogeographic region: Afrotropical
OmanThe Dynastidae of the World
Pentodon algerinus ssp. dispar
The Scarabs of the Levant by Guido Sabatinelli
Pentodon algerinus ssp. dispar
Fauna of the UAE | Order Coleoptera, superfamily Scarabaeoidea, Král & Batelka 2017.pdf
Arthropod Fauna of the UAE Order Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Krell&Král 2017.pdf
