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Checklist for Family Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808 (clown beetle)
and region Botswana (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
2340
4567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
2338
4562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
297
2276
4408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
205
1928
3874
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
47
658
1476
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
43
537
1145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
7
74
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Histeroidea
Gyllenhal, 1808
1
19
31
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHisteridae
Gyllenhal, 1808
Clown beetle, Clown beetles, Hister beetles, Steel beetles
19
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Botswana
19 Genera with 31 Species
Acritus LeConte, 1921Hister Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Atholus Thomson, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Chaetabraeus Portevin, 20192SpeciesTaxom
Chalcionellus Reichardt, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Contipides Newton, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Dahlgrenius Penati and V..., 18901SpeciesTaxom
Diplostix Bickhardt, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Epitoxus Lewis, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Errabundus Mazur, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Exosternus Lewis, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Hister Linnaeus, 18518SpeciesTaxom
Hypocaccus Thomson, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Pachylister Lewis, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Pactolinus Motschulsky, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Paratropus Gerstaecker, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Pelorurus Lacordaire, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom
Saprinus Erichson, 18115SpeciesTaxom
Sculptura Thérond, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Terametopon Vienna, 19931SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Botswana
31 Species
Acritus (Acritus) alutaceus Thérond, 1961
Acritus (Acritus) methneri Bickhardt, 1921
Atholus conformis Erichson, 1834
Chaetabraeus (Mazureus) curtulus Fahraeus, 1851
Chaetabraeus mpumalangaensis Gomy, 2019
Chalcionellus amoenulus Fahraeus, 1851
Contipides flexuosus J.E.F.Schmidt, 1889
Contipides oblongus Lewis, 1906
Dahlgrenius pretiosus Schmidt, 1890
Diplostix (Diplostix) paromaloides Gomy & Vienna, 2004
Epitoxus circulifrons Marseul, 1853
Errabundus ignavus Fahraeus, 1851
Exosternus gerardi Burgeon, 1939
Hister contemptus Marseul, 1854
Hister cruentus Erichson, 1834
Hister fossor Erichson, 1834
Hister furciger Marseul, 1869
Hister pteromalus Marseul, 1861
Hister tropicus Paykull, 1811Musk rose
Hister viduus Fahraeus, 1851
Hister vilis Fahraeus, 1851
Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) teretrioides Schmidt, 1889
Pachylister rocca Marseul, 1861
Paratropus erbelingi Kanaar, 1997
Saprinus (Saprinus) bicoloroides Dahlgren, 1964
Saprinus (Saprinus) cruciatus Fabricius, 1792
Saprinus (Saprinus) crypticus Dahlgren, 1967
Saprinus (Saprinus) purpuricollis Schmidt, 1890
Saprinus (Saprinus) splendens Paykull, 1811
Sculptura therondi Vienna, 1985
Terametopon (Psammoprinus) namibiensis Mazur, 1993

Subnodes of Histeridae with occurrences in Botswana
SubfamilyAbraeinae
MacLeay, 1819
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDendrophilinae
Reitter, 1909
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHisterinae
Gyllenhal, 1808
9
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOnthophilinae
W.S.Macleay, 1819
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySaprininae
Blanchard, 1845
5
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Histeridae at artfakta.se
Histeridae at dyntaxa.se
Histeridae at gbif.org
Histeridae at irmng.org
Histeridae at itis.gov