AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Passalidae Leach, 1815 (bess beetle)
and region Cameroon (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
408
5716
17992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
262
4583
15908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
67
1771
5415
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
63
1532
4462
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
6
307
1066
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
6
307
1066
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPassalidae
Leach, 1815
Bess beetle, Bess beetles, Betsy beetles, Passalid beetles
3
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cameroon
3 Genera with 13 Species
Didimus Kaup, 18686SpeciesTaxom
Erionomus Kaup, 18904SpeciesTaxom
Pentalobus Kaup, 18443SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
13 Species
Didimus africanus Percheron, 1844
Didimus fraudator (Kuwert, 1891)⇒ Didimus punctipectus Kaup, 1868
Didimus haroldi Kuwert, 1898
Didimus knutsoni Aurivillius, 1886
Didimus parastictus (Imhoff, 1843)⇒ Didimus haroldi Kuwert, 1898
Didimus punctipectus Kaup, 1868
Erionomus pilosus Aurivillius, 1886
Erionomus planiceps Eschscholtz, 1829
Erionomus platypleura Arrow, 1907
Erionomus studti (Kuwert, 1890)⇒ Erionomus pilosus Aurivillius, 1886
Pentalobus barbatus Fabricius, 1801
Pentalobus palinii Percheron, 1844
Pentalobus savagei Hope, 1844

Subnodes of Passalidae with occurrences in Cameroon
SubfamilyPassalinae
Leach, 1815
3
13
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Passalidae at gbif.org
Passalidae at irmng.org
Passalidae at itis.gov