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Checklist for Superfamily Nitiduloidea Latreille, 1802
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		503
7105
22102		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		501
7100
22096		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		482
7015
21853		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		302
5811
19641		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans		74
1983
6237		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags		68
1730
5215		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
35
890
2029		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Nitiduloidea
Latreille, 1802
2
9
9		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
2 Families width 9 Species
Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802Nitidules8SpeciesTaxom
Sphindidae Jacquelin du..., 1860Cryptic slime mold beetle1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kenya
8 Genera with 9 Species
Aethina Erichson, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Carpophilus Stephens, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Cybocephalus Erichson, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Epuraea Erichson, 1843
0SpeciesTaxom
Horadion Endrödy-Younga, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Lasiodactylus Perty, 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Meligethes Stephens, 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Sphindus Megerle, 1922Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
9 Species
Aethina tumida Murray, 1867Small hive beetle
Carpophilus (Capophilus) obsoletus Erichson, 1843
Carpophilus (Myothorax) dimidiatus Fabricius, 1792Corn sap beetle
Carpophilus (Myothorax) fumatus (Boheman, 1851)⇒ Carpophilus dimidiatus Fabricius, 1792
Cybocephalus (Cybocephalus) furcilla Endrödy-Younga, 1976
Cybocephalus (Cybocephalus) gilviceps Endrödy-Younga, 1976
Horadion villiersi Endrödy-Younga, 1976
Sphindus rendilianus Lesne, 1922

Subnodes of Nitiduloidea with occurrences in Kenya
FamilyNitidulidae
Latreille, 1802
Nitidules, Picnic beetles, Pollen beetles, Sap Beetle, Sap beetles, Sap-feeding Beetles		8
8		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilySphindidae
Jacquelin du Val, 1860
cryptic slime mold beetle, Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles, Dry-fungus beetles		1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Nitiduloidea at itis.gov