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Checklist for Family Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808 (clown beetle)
and region Norway (Scandinavia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
598
9876
49850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
595
9870
49838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
572
9770
49629
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
391
8320
44878
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
107
2185
8986
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
98
1993
7862
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
11
587
3189
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Histeroidea
Gyllenhal, 1808
1
41
153
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHisteridae
Gyllenhal, 1808
Clown beetle, Clown beetles, Hister beetles, Steel beetles
41
153
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Norway
41 Genera with 153 Species
#ACDEGHMOPST
Abraeus Leach, 18034SpeciesTaxom
Acritus LeConte, 1857Hister Beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Aeletes Horn, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Atholus Thomson, 18566SpeciesTaxom
Caerosternus J. L. LeConte, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Carcinops Marseul, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Chaetabraeus Portevin, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Chalcionellus Reichardt, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Cylister Cooman, 17925SpeciesTaxom
Dendrophilus Leach, 17984SpeciesTaxom
Eblisia Lewis, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Epitoxus Lewis, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Eurosoma Mazur and Ôh..., 17921SpeciesTaxom
Eurosomides Newton, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Eurylister Bickhardt, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Geocolus Wenzel, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Geomysaprinus Ross, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Gnathoncus Jacquelin-Duval, 18948SpeciesTaxom
Haeterius Dejean, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Hetaerius Erichson, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Hister Linnaeus, 185433SpeciesTaxom
Hololepta Paykull, 1776Clown Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Hypocacculus Bickhardt, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Hypocaccus Thomson, 17927SpeciesTaxom
Macrolister Lewis, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Margarinotus Marseul, 179216SpeciesTaxom
Microlomalus Lewis, 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Mullerister Cooman, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Myrmetes Marseul, 18092SpeciesTaxom
Onthophilus Leach, 17848SpeciesTaxom
Pactolinus Motschulsky, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Paralister Bickhardt, 18547SpeciesTaxom
Paromalus Erichson, 19364SpeciesTaxom
Phelister Marseul, 18254SpeciesTaxom
Platylomalus Cooman, 17971SpeciesTaxom
Platysoma Leach, 179211SpeciesTaxom
Plegaderus Erichson, 17978SpeciesTaxom
Promethister Kryzhanovskii, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Saprinus Erichson, 179810SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerosoma Klotzsch, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Teretrius Bickhardt, 17922SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Norway
153 Species and 12 Subspecies
Abraeus (Abraeus) perpusillus Marsham, 1802
Abraeus (Postabraeus) granulum Erichson, 1839
Abraeus (Postabraeus) parvulus Aubé, 1842
Abraeus globosus (Hoffmann, 1803)⇒ Abraeus perpusillus Marsham, 1802
Acritus (Acritus) komai Lewis, 1879Clown beetle
Acritus (Acritus) minutus (Herbst, 1791)⇒ Acritus nigricornis Hoffmann, 1803
Acritus (Acritus) nigricornis Hoffmann, 1803Hister beetle
Acritus (Pycnacritus) homoeopathicus Wollaston, 1857
Aeletes (Aeletes) atomarius Aubé, 1842
Atholus (Atholus) bimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758Clown beetle
Atholus confinis Erichson, 1834Hister beetle
Atholus corvinus Germar, 1817
Atholus duodecimstriatus Schrank, 1781
Atholus duodecimstriatus quatuordecimstriatus Gyllenhal, 1808
Atholus praetermissus Peyron, 1856
Caerosternus americanus J. E. LeConte, 1844
Carcinops (Carcinops) pumilio Erichson, 1834Clown beetle
Carcinops quatuordecimstriata (Stephens, 1835)⇒ Carcinops pumilio Erichson, 1834
Chaetabraeus (Chaetabraeus) globulus Creutzer, 1799
Chalcionellus (Chalcionellus) decemstriatus P. Rossi, 1792
Chalcionellus conjungens (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Chalcionellus decemstriatus decemstriatus Rossi, 1792
Cylister angustatus Hoffmann, 1803
Cylister elongatum (Thunberg, 1787)⇒ Platysoma elongatum Thunberg, 1787
Cylister ferrugineum Thunberg, 1794
Cylister lineare Erichson, 1834
Cylister oblongus Fabricius, 1792
Dendrophilus (Dendrophilus) punctatus (Herbst, 1791)⇒ Dendrophilus corticalis Paykull, 1798
Dendrophilus punctatus punctatus Herbst, 1792
Dendrophilus (Dendrophilus) pygmaeus Linnaeus, 1758
Dendrophilus corticalis Paykull, 1798
Eblisia minor (Rossi, 1792)⇒ Eurosoma minor P. Rossi, 1792
Epitoxus corycaeus Lewis, 1900
Eurosoma minor P. Rossi, 1792
Eurosomides minor P.Rossi, 1792
Eurylister niger Bousquet & L..., 2006
Geocolus caecus Wenzel, 1944
Geomysaprinus (Priscosaprinus) obsidianus Casey, 1893
Gnathoncus buyssoni Auzat, 1917
Gnathoncus communis Marseul, 1862
Gnathoncus nannetensis Marseul, 1862
Gnathoncus nanus (L.G. Scriba, 1790)⇒ Gnathoncus rotundatus Kugelann, 1792
Gnathoncus nidorum Stockmann, 1957
Gnathoncus punctulatus (C. G. Thomson, 1862)⇒ Gnathoncus rotundatus Kugelann, 1792
Gnathoncus rotundatus Kugelann, 1792
Gnathoncus schmidti (Reitter, 1894)⇒ Gnathoncus communis Marseul, 1862
Haeterius ferrugineus Olivier, 1789
Hister bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Atholus bimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758
Hister bipustulatus (Schrank, 1781)⇒ Margarinotus bipustulatus Schrank, 1781
Hister bissexstriatus Fabricius, 1801
Hister cadaverinus (Hoffmann, 1803)⇒ Margarinotus brunneus Fabricius, 1775
Hister carbonarius (Illiger, 1798)⇒ Margarinotus carbonarius carbonarius Hoffmann, 1803
Hister carinifrons Schaeffer, 1912
Hister coenosus Erichson, 1834Clown beetle
Hister corvinus (Germar, 1817)⇒ Atholus corvinus Germar, 1817
Hister duodecimstriatus (Schrank, 1781)⇒ Atholus duodecimstriatus duodecimstriatus Schrank, 1781
Hister funestus Erichson, 1834
Hister helluo Truqui, 1852
Hister illigeri Duftschmid, 1805Striped willow leaf beetle
Hister impressus (Apetz, 1854)⇒ Margarinotus brunneus Fabricius, 1775
Hister incertus Marseul, 1854
Hister japonicus Marseul, 1854
Hister laevipes Germar, 1824
Hister marginatus (Erichson, 1834)⇒ Margarinotus marginatus Erichson, 1834
Hister merdarius (Hoffmann, 1803)⇒ Margarinotus merdarius Hoffmann, 1803
Hister neglectus (Germar, 1813)⇒ Margarinotus neglectus Germar, 1813
Hister praetermissus (Peyron, 1856)⇒ Atholus praetermissus Peyron, 1856
Hister pteromalus Marseul, 1861
Hister punctiventer Marseul, 1854
Hister purpurascens (Herbst, 1791)⇒ Margarinotus purpurascens Herbst, 1791
Hister quadrimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Hister quadrinotatus Scriba, 1790
Hister quadrinotatus quadrinotatus Scriba, 1790
Hister simplicisternus Lewis, 1879Upland cotton
Hister stercorarius (Hoffmann, 1803)⇒ Margarinotus obscurus Kugelann, 1792
Hister striola (Sahlberg, 1834)⇒ Margarinotus striola C.R. Sahlberg, 1819
Hister uncinatus (Illiger, 1807)⇒ Hister illigeri illigeri Duftschmid, 1805
Hister unicolor Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Hister unicolor unicolor Linnaeus, 1758
Hister ventralis (Marsham, 1854)⇒ Margarinotus ventralis Marseul, 1854
Hololepta (Hololepta) plana Sulzer, 1776
Hypocacculus (Nessus) rufipes Kugelann, 1792
Hypocaccus (Baeckmanniolus) dimidiatus Illiger, 1807
Hypocaccus dimidiatus maritimus Stephens, 1830
Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) metallicus Herbst, 1791
Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) patruelis J. E. LeConte, 1845
Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) rugiceps Duftschmid, 1805
Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) rugifrons Paykull, 1798
Hypocaccus rufipes Kugelann, 1792
Margarinotus (Eucalohister) bipustulatus Schrank, 1781
Margarinotus (Paralister) carbonarius (Hoffmann, 1803)⇒ Margarinotus ventralis Marseul, 1854
Margarinotus carbonarius carbonarius Hoffmann, 1803
Margarinotus (Paralister) neglectus Germar, 1813
Margarinotus (Paralister) punctiventer Marseul, 1854
Margarinotus (Paralister) purpurascens Herbst, 1791
Margarinotus (Paralister) ventralis Marseul, 1854
Margarinotus (Promethister) marginatus Erichson, 1834
Margarinotus (Ptomister) brunneus Fabricius, 1775
Margarinotus (Ptomister) merdarius Hoffmann, 1803
Margarinotus (Ptomister) striola C.R. Sahlberg, 1819
Margarinotus striola striola C.R. Sahlberg, 1819
Margarinotus striola succicola Thomson, 1862
Margarinotus (Ptomister) terricola Germar, 1824
Margarinotus (Ptomister) weymarni Wenzel, 1944
Margarinotus (Stenister) obscurus Kugelann, 1792
Mullerister niponicus Lewis, 1879
Myrmetes paykulli Kanaar, 1979
Myrmetes piceus (Paykull, 1809)⇒ Myrmetes paykulli Kanaar, 1979
Onthophilus alternatus Say, 1825
Onthophilus burkei Kovarik & Sk..., 2019
Onthophilus deflectus Helava, 1978
Onthophilus nodatus (J. E. LeConte, 1844)⇒ Onthophilus alternatus Say, 1825
Onthophilus punctatus O. F. Müller, 1776
Onthophilus striatus Forster, 1771
Onthophilus striatus striatus Forster, 1771
Onthophilus sulcatus (Moll, 1784)⇒ Onthophilus punctatus punctatus Müller, 1776
Pactolinus major Linnaeus, 1767
Paralister carbonarius Hoffmann, 1803
Paralister neglectus Germar, 1813
Paralister obscurus Kugelann, 1792
Paralister punctiventer Marseul, 1854
Paralister purpurascens Herbst, 1792
Paralister stigmosus Marseul, 1861
Paralister ventralis Marseul, 1854
Paromalus (Isolomalus) complexus Casey, 1893
Paromalus (Paromalus) flavicornis Herbst, 1791
Paromalus (Paromalus) parallelepipedus Herbst, 1791
Paromalus (Paromalus) seeversi Wenzel, 1936
Phelister haemorrhous Marseul, 1853
Phelister mobilensis Casey, 1916
Phelister subrotundus Say, 1825
Phelister vernus Say, 1825
Platylomalus complanatus Panzer, 1797
Platysoma (Cylister) angustatum (Hoffmann, 1803)⇒ Platysoma lineare Erichson, 1834
Platysoma (Cylister) elongatum Thunberg, 1787
Platysoma elongatum elongatum Thunberg, 1787
Platysoma (Cylister) lineare Erichson, 1834
Platysoma (Cylister) parallelum Say, 1825
Platysoma (Cylistus) cylindricum Paykull, 1811
Platysoma (Platysoma) compressum Herbst, 1783
Platysoma (Platysoma) deplanatum Gyllenhal, 1808
Platysoma (Platysoma) minax Mazur, 1999
Platysoma frontale (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Eurosoma minor P. Rossi, 1792
Platysoma minus Rossi, 1792
Plegaderus (Plegaderus) caesus Herbst, 1791
Plegaderus (Plegaderus) dissectus Erichson, 1839
Plegaderus (Plegaderus) otti Marseul, 1856
Plegaderus (Plegaderus) sanatus Truqui, 1852
Plegaderus sanatus gobanzi J.Müller, 1902
Plegaderus sanatus sanatus Truqui, 1852
Plegaderus (Plegaderus) saucius Erichson, 1834
Plegaderus (Plegaderus) vulneratus Panzer, 1797
Promethister marginatus Erichson, 1834
Saprinus (Saprinus) aeneus Fabricius, 1775
Saprinus (Saprinus) immundus Gyllenhal, 1827
Saprinus (Saprinus) planiusculus Motschulsky, 1849
Saprinus (Saprinus) rugifer Paykull, 1809
Saprinus (Saprinus) semistriatus Scriba, 1790
Saprinus (Saprinus) subnitescens Bickhardt, 1909
Saprinus (Saprinus) tenuistrius Marseul, 1855
Saprinus (Saprinus) virescens Paykull, 1798
Saprinus cuspidatus (Ihssen, 1949)⇒ Saprinus planiusculus Motschulsky, 1849
Saprinus quadristriatus (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Saprinus rugifer Paykull, 1809
Sphaerosoma pilosum Panzer, 1793
Teretrius (Teretrius) fabricii Mazur, 1972
Teretrius (Teretrius) picipes (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Teretrius fabricii Mazur, 1972

Subnodes of Histeridae with occurrences in Norway
SubfamilyAbraeinae
MacLeay, 1819
6
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDendrophilinae
Reitter, 1909
7
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHaeteriinae
Marseul, 1857
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHetaeriinae
Marseul, 1857
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHisterinae
Gyllenhal, 1808
13
74
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOnthophilinae
W.S.Macleay, 1819
1
7
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySaprininae
Blanchard, 1845
7
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTribalinae
Bickhardt, 1914
1
1
Genus
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