Chiron is a genus of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 15 described species in Chiron, found in Africa and Asia.
Species
These 15 species belong to the genus Chiron:
- Chiron aberlenci <small>Huchet, 2019</small> ((Cameroon, Chad, Niger))
- Chiron assamensis <small>Hope, 1845</small> (India)
- Chiron bartolozzii <small>Huchet, 2019</small> (Somalia)
- Chiron cylindrus <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small> (Palearctic, Afrotropical, India)
- Chiron demirei <small>Huchet, 2019</small> (Afrotropical)
- Chiron elegans <small>Huchet, 2020</small> (Afrotropical)
- Chiron hovanus <small>Fairmaire, 1901</small> (Madagascar)
- Chiron kelleri <small>Fairmaire, 1893</small> (Somalia)
- Chiron lucifer <small>Huchet, 2019</small> (Afrotropical)
- Chiron mariannae <small>Huchet, 2019</small> (Afrotropical)
- Chiron massaicus <small>Huchet, 2019</small> (Afrotropical)
- Chiron oddurensis <small>Huchet, 2019</small> (Somalia)
- Chiron senegalensis <small>Hope, 1845</small> (Senegal)
- Chiron stuempkei <small>Huchet, 2019</small> (Afrotropical)
- Chiron volvulus <small>Klug, 1855</small> (Mozambique)
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