Abstract
The composition of the scarab beetle fauna of Pakistan is virtually unknown. What is known is largely a result of older taxonomic studies that included very little material from Pakistan. Recent collecting in northern Pakistan revealed the presence of several species of scarabaeidae that are listed here with their distributional and temporal data These collecting events discovered several scarab species that constitute new country records for Pakistan: Popillia cyanea Hope (Rutelinae), Oryctes elegans Prell (Dynastinae), Clinteria confinis pseudoconfinis Schurhoff, Gametis jucunda (Faldermann), and Clinteria klugi (Hope) (all Cetoniinae). Collection of new material and inventories of existing collections are needed in order to explore and catalogue biotic diversity and to facilitate further research on this diverse and charismatic group of insects in Pakistan.