Scarabaeus gangeticus, is a species of dung beetle found in many Indo-African countries including; India,[1] Sri Lanka,[2] Pakistan,[3] Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Botswana, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

[4][5] This large broadly oval, slightly convex species has an average length of about 23 to 35 mm.

Lateral margins of prothorax, legs, and ventrum covered with reddish hair.

Clypeus consists with four strong teeth which are separated by rounded notches.

Elytra very finely striate and extremely minutely and sparsely punctured.