Checklist for Superfamily Bostrichoidea Latreille, 1802 (Carpet Beetles)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 275
1655
2186 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
1494
2029 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 57
623
794 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 54
527
631 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Bostrichiformia
Forbes, 1926
| 3
22
28 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bostrichoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carpet Beetles, Death-watch Beetles, Powder-post Beetles | 3
22
28 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape Town
3 Families width 28 Species
Genera for Cape Town
22 Genera with 28 Species #ADEGHLMNPRSTX
| Anobium Fabricius, 1774 | furniture beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1767 | Carpet beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Apate Fabricius, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Attagenus Latreille, 1790 | Black Carpet Beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dermestes Linnaeus, 1774 | larder beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ernobius Thomson, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gastrallus Jacquelin du..., 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterobostrychus Lesne, 1867 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lasioderma Stephens, 1792 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lyctus Fabricius, 1830 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mezium Samouelle, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Minthea Pascoe, 1935 | Tropical Powderpost Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nicobium LeConte, 1790 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ptinus Linnaeus, 1899 | Brown spider beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyzopertha Stephens, 1792 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sinoxylon Duftschmid, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stegobium Motschulsky, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thorictus Germar, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tipnus Thomson, 1783 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Trogoderma Dejean, 1821 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Xylionulus Lesne, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xyloperthodes Lesne, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Town
28 Species | Anobium (Anobium) punctatum De Geer, 1774 | Common furniture beetle | | Anthrenus (Anthrenus) flavipes (LeConte, 1854) | ⇒ Anthrenus scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758 | | Anthrenus (Florilinus) verbasci Linnaeus, 1767 | Varied carpet beetle | | Apate indistincta Murray, 1867 | | | Attagenus (Attagenus) cinereus Thunberg, 1815 | | | Attagenus (Attagenus) fasciatus (Thunberg, 1795) | ⇒ Attagenus woodroffei Halstead & G..., 1979 | | Attagenus (Lanorus) bifasciatus Olivier, 1790 | | | Dermestes (Dermestes) ater (DeGeer, 1774) | ⇒ Dermestes olivieri Lepesme, 1939 | | Dermestes (Dermestes) peruvianus (Laporte, 1840) | ⇒ Dermestes leechi Kalík, 1952 | | Dermestes (Dermestinus) maculatus DeGeer, 1774 | Common hide beetle | | Ernobius mollis Linnaeus, 1758 | Bark Anobiid | | Gastrallus phloeophagus Iablokoff-Kh..., 1960 | | | Heterobostrychus aequalis Waterhouse, 1884 | Black borer | | Heterobostrychus brunneus Murray, 1867 | Boxwood Borer | | Lasioderma serricorne Fabricius, 1792 | Cigar beetle | | Lyctus brunneus Stephens, 1830 | Brown Powder-Post Beetle | | Mezium (Mezium) affine Boieldieu, 1856 | Hood spider beetle | | Mezium (Mezium) sulcatum (Fabricius, 1781) | ⇒ Mezium affine Boieldieu, 1856 | | Minthea apicata Lesne, 1935 | | | Nicobium castaneum Olivier, 1790 | Library beetle | | Ptinus (Ptinus) hilaris Péringuey, 1899 | | | Rhyzopertha dominica Fabricius, 1792 | American wheat weevil | | Sinoxylon villosum Lesne, 1895 | | | Stegobium paniceum Linnaeus, 1758 | Biscuit beetle | | Thorictus capensis Péringuey, 1886 | | | Tipnus unicolor Piller & Mit..., 1783 | | | Xylionulus transvena Lesne, 1900 | | | Xyloperthodes incertus Lesne, 1906 | |
Subnodes of Bostrichoidea with occurrences in Cape Town | Family | Bostrichidae
Latreille, 1802
Auger beetles, Bostrichid beetles, Bostrichid powder-post beetles, Branch and twig borers, Branch borers, Branch-a, False powder-post beetles, false powderpost beetle, False powderpost beetles, Horned Powder-post Beetles, Horned powderpost beetles, Powderpost beetles, Twig borers | 8
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Dermestidae
Hope, 1840
Carpet beetles, Dermestid beetles, Dermestids, Hide beetles, Larder beetles, Museum beetles, Skin Beetle, Skin beetles | 5
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ptinidae
Latreille, 1802
Death-watch and Spider Beetles, Death-watch Beetles, Indet. Spider Beetle, spider beetle, Spider beetles, Wood-borer beetles, Woodborers, Woodworm | 9
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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