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Checklist of Family Passalidae Leach, 1815 (bess beetle)
for Central America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
16581
69850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
706
16571
69836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
676
16352
68957
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
409
13007
57703
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
117
5098
23665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
107
4774
21781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
9
477
2873
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
9
477
2873
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPassalidae
Leach, 1815
Bess beetle, Bess beetles, Betsy beetles, Passalid beetles
44
234
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central America
44 Genera with 234 Species
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Aceraius Kaup, 19056SpeciesTaxom
Ameripassalus Jiménez-Ferb..., 20143SpeciesTaxom
Aponelides Kuwert, 18354SpeciesTaxom
Arrox Zang, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Aulacocyclus Kaup, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Basilianus Kaup, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Chondrocephalus Kuwert, 198910SpeciesTaxom
Ciceronius Kaup, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Didimus Kaup, 18807SpeciesTaxom
Epipleurothrix Zang, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Erionomus Kaup, 18292SpeciesTaxom
Flaminius Damoiseau, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Heliscus Zang, 18869SpeciesTaxom
Leptaulax Kaup, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Macrolinus Kaup, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Neleuops Kuwert, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Odontotaenius Kuwert, 18577SpeciesTaxom
Ogyges Kaup, 199024SpeciesTaxom
Oileus Kaup, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Ophrygonius Zang, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Passalus Fabricius, 182538SpeciesTaxom
Paxillus Fr., 18974SpeciesTaxom
Pelopides Kuwert, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Pentalobus Kaup, 18443SpeciesTaxom
Pertinax Kaup, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Petrejoides Kuwert, 186817SpeciesTaxom
Popilius Kaup, 189110SpeciesTaxom
Proculejoides Kuwert, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Proculejus Kaup, 19532SpeciesTaxom
Proculus Kaup, 18919SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacanthus Kaup, 18864SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoarrox Reyes-Castillo, 19702SpeciesTaxom
Ptichopus Kaup, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Publius Kaup, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Rhagonocerus Kaup, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Rhodocanthopus Kaup, 18919SpeciesTaxom
Solenocyclus Kaup, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Spurius Kaup, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Undulifer Kaup, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Verres Kaup, 189712SpeciesTaxom
Veturius Kaup, 201621SpeciesTaxom
Vindex Kaup, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Vitellinus Kuwert, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Xylopassaloides Reyes-Castil..., 19873SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central America
234 Species and 2 Subspecies
Aceraius alutaceosternus Kuwert, 1898
Aceraius ashidai (Kon, Araya &..., 1992)⇒ Aceraius kazuhisai Kon, Johki &..., 2003
Aceraius helferi Kuwert, 1891
Aceraius kazuhisai Kon, Johki &..., 2003
Aceraius lamellatus Gravely, 1918
Aceraius oculidens Zang, 1905
Ameripassalus guatemalensis Kaup, 1869
Ameripassalus jacki Jiménez-Ferb..., 2014
Ameripassalus nigritus Jiménez-Ferb..., 2014
Aponelides manlioides Kuwert, 1898
Aponelides mirabilis Kuwert, 1891
Aponelides punctatostriatus Percheron, 1835
Arrox agassizi Kaup, 1871
Aulacocyclus edentulus W.S. Macleay, 1826Bess Beetle
Aulacocyclus tricuspis Kaup, 1868
Basilianus ferreri Boucher, 1993
Chondrocephalus debilis Bates, 1886
Chondrocephalus gemmae Reyes-Castil..., 1986
Chondrocephalus granulifrons Bates, 1886
Chondrocephalus granulum Kuwert, 1897
Chondrocephalus guatemalae Reyes-Castil..., 1983
Chondrocephalus pokomchii Schuster, 1991
Chondrocephalus purulensis Bates, 1886
Chondrocephalus reyesi Schuster, 1988
Chondrocephalus salvadorae Schuster, 1989
Ciceronius morbillosus Klug, 1832
Didimus africanus Percheron, 1844
Didimus haroldi Kuwert, 1898
Didimus knutsoni Aurivillius, 1886
Didimus nachtigali Kuwert, 1891
Didimus parastictus (Imhoff, 1843)⇒ Didimus haroldi Kuwert, 1898
Didimus punctipectus Kaup, 1868
Didimus sansibaricus Harold, 1880
Epipleurothrix punctulatus Kaup, 1869
Erionomus pilosus Aurivillius, 1886
Erionomus planiceps Eschscholtz, 1829
Flaminius nonfriedi Kuwert, 1891
Heliscus championi Bates, 1886
Heliscus decipiens Kuwert, 1987
Heliscus eclipticus Truqui, 1857
Heliscus farsus Kuwert, 1987
Heliscus rectangulatus Luederwaldt, 1941
Heliscus ridiculus Kuwert, 1891
Heliscus rotundicornis Luederwaldt, 1941
Heliscus tropicus Percheron, 1835Haly's weedfish
Heliscus yucatanus Bates, 1886
Leptaulax barbicauda Zang, 1905
Leptaulax dentatus Fabricius, 1792
Macrolinus latipennis Percheron, 1841
Macrolinus nicobaricus Gravely, 1914
Neleuops interstitialis Eschscholtz, 1828
Odontotaenius decipiens Kuwert, 1987
Odontotaenius disjunctus Illiger, 1800Bessbug
Odontotaenius haberi Kuwert, 1897
Odontotaenius striatopunctatus Percheron, 1835Haly's weedfish
Odontotaenius striatulus Dibb, 1940
Odontotaenius zodiacus Truqui, 1857
Ogyges adamsi Schuster & R..., 1990
Ogyges aluxi Schuster, Ca..., 2005
Ogyges cakchiqueli Schuster & R..., 1990
Ogyges cavei Cano, 2014
Ogyges championi Bates, 1886
Ogyges coxchicopi Schuster, Ca..., 2005
Ogyges crassulus Casey, 1897
Ogyges furcillatus Schuster & R..., 1990
Ogyges handali Cano, 2014
Ogyges hondurensis Schuster & R..., 1990
Ogyges kekchii Schuster & R..., 1990
Ogyges laevissimus Kaup, 1868
Ogyges laurae Cano, 2014
Ogyges llama Cano, 2014
Ogyges menchuae Cano, 2014
Ogyges monzoni Schuster, Ca..., 2005
Ogyges mutenroshii Cano, 2014
Ogyges nahuali Schuster, Ca..., 2005
Ogyges politus Hincks, 1953
Ogyges quichensis Schuster & R..., 1990
Ogyges ratcliffei Cano, 2014
Ogyges sandinoi Cano, 2014
Ogyges toriyamai Cano, 2014
Ogyges tzutuhili Schuster & R..., 1990
Oileus gasparilomi Cano & Schuster, 2012
Oileus sargi Kaup, 1871
Ophrygonius ferreri (Boucher, 1993)⇒ Basilianus ferreri Boucher, 1993
Passalus (Passalus) glaberrimus (Eschscholtz, 1829)⇒ Passalus perplexus Kaup, 1869
Passalus (Passalus) interruptus Linnaeus, 1758
Passalus (Passalus) interstitialis Eschscholtz, 1829
Passalus (Passalus) punctiger Lepeletier &..., 1825Grass klipfish
Passalus punctiger punctatissimus Eschscholtz, 1829
Passalus punctiger punctiger punctiger Le..., 1825
Passalus assimilis (Weber, 1801)⇒ Veturius assimilis Weber, 1801
Passalus beneshi Hincks, 1950
Passalus caelatus Erichson, 1847
Passalus clypeoneleus Kuwert, 1891
Passalus cognatus (Truqui, 1857)⇒ Passalus maillei Percheron, 1841
Passalus cuneatus Hincks, 1950
Passalus frontidivisus Kuwert, 1891
Passalus furcicornis (Montrolobe, 1855)⇒ Aulacocyclus tricuspis Kaup, 1868
Passalus guatemalensis Kaup, 1869
Passalus halffterorum Jiménez-Ferb..., 2017
Passalus humericrinitus Kuwert, 1891
Passalus jansoni Bates, 1886
Passalus labroexcisus Kuwert, 1898
Passalus maillei Percheron, 1841
Passalus manlioides Kuwert, 1898
Passalus mirabilis Kuwert, 1891
Passalus mucronatus Burmeister, 1847
Passalus nevermanni Luederwaldt, 1941
Passalus perparculus Kuwert, 1898
Passalus perplexus Kaup, 1869
Passalus petrejoides Kuwert, 1891
Passalus punctatissimus (Eschscholtz, 1829)⇒ Passalus punctiger punctatissimus Eschscholtz, 1829
Passalus punctatostriatus Percheron, 1835Arrow blenny
Passalus punctulatus Kaup, 1869
Passalus rzedowskiorum Jiménez-Ferb..., 2017
Passalus simulans Kuwert, 1891
Passalus spinifer Percheron, 1841
Passalus spiniger Bates, 1886
Passalus spinipes Gravely, 1918
Passalus spinosus Kuwert, 1898
Passalus tlascala (Percheron, 1835)⇒ Passalus interruptus Linnaeus, 1758
Passalus unicornis (Lepeletier &..., 1825)⇒ Passalus punctiger Lepeletier &..., 1825
Paxillus alfari Pangella, 1905
Paxillus leachi MacLeay, 1819
Paxillus leachii MacLeay, 1819
Paxillus parvus (Casey, 1897)⇒ Paxillus leachii MacLeay, 1819
Pelopides dorsalis Kaup, 1871
Pelopides monticulosus Smith, 1852
Pentalobus barbatus Fabricius, 1801
Pentalobus palinii Percheron, 1844
Pentalobus savagei Hope, 1844
Pertinax anguliferus Percheron, 1835
Petrejoides abnormalis Luederwaldt, 1941
Petrejoides caralae Cano & Schuster, 1995
Petrejoides decipiens (Kuwert, 1987)⇒ Odontotaenius decipiens Kuwert, 1987
Petrejoides frantzi Kuwert, 1897
Petrejoides guatemalae Reyes-Castil..., 1983
Petrejoides haagi Kaup, 1868
Petrejoides hirsutus Luederwaldt, 1941
Petrejoides mysticus Bates, 1886
Petrejoides panamae Schuster, 1991
Petrejoides pokomchii Schuster, 1991
Petrejoides reyesi Schuster, 1988
Petrejoides salvadorae (Schuster, 1989)⇒ Chondrocephalus salvadorae Schuster, 1989
Petrejoides subrecticornis Kuwert, 1897
Petrejoides tau Kaup, 1869
Petrejoides tenuis Kuwert, 1897
Petrejoides varius Kuwert, 1891
Petrejoides wagneri Kaup, 1868
Popilius abnormalis (Luederwaldt, 1941)⇒ Petrejoides abnormalis Luederwaldt, 1941
Popilius erotylus Reyes-Castil..., 1992
Popilius frantzi (Kuwert, 1897)⇒ Petrejoides frantzi Kuwert, 1897
Popilius hebes Kuwert, 1891
Popilius hirsutus (Luederwaldt, 1941)⇒ Petrejoides hirsutus Luederwaldt, 1941
Popilius intergeneus Bates, 1886
Popilius lenzi Kuwert, 1897
Popilius mysticus (Bates, 1886)⇒ Petrejoides mysticus Bates, 1886
Popilius scutellopunctatus (Kuwert, 1897)⇒ Petrejoides subrecticornis Kuwert, 1897
Popilius varius (Kuwert, 1891)⇒ Petrejoides varius Kuwert, 1891
Proculejoides crassulus (Casey, 1897)⇒ Ogyges crassulus Casey, 1897
Proculejus hirtus Truqui, 1857
Proculejus politus (Hincks, 1953)⇒ Ogyges politus Hincks, 1953
Proculus burmeisteri Kuwert, 1891
Proculus densipennis (Casey, 1914)⇒ Proculus opacipennis Thompson, 1857
Proculus goryi Melly, 1833
Proculus jicaquei Schuster, Ca..., 2003
Proculus magister (Casey, 1897)⇒ Proculus mniszechi Kaup, 1868
Proculus mandibularis (Casey, 1914)⇒ Proculus burmeisteri Kuwert, 1891
Proculus mniszechi Kaup, 1868
Proculus opacipennis Thompson, 1857
Proculus opacus Kuwert, 1891
Pseudacanthus junctistriatus Kuwert, 1891
Pseudacanthus nigidioides (Hincks, 1949)⇒ Undulifer nigidioides Hincks, 1949
Pseudacanthus solidus Arrow, 1907
Pseudacanthus subopacus Bates, 1886
Pseudoarrox carreni Reyes-Castillo, 1970
Pseudoarrox karreni Reyes-Castillo, 1970
Ptichopus angulatus Percheron, 1835Haly's weedfish
Publius solisi Boucher, 2005
Publius talamacaensis Boucher, 2005
Rhagonocerus frontidivisus Kuwert, 1891
Rhagonocerus simulans Kuwert, 1891
Rhodocanthopus caelatus Erichson, 1847
Rhodocanthopus clypeoneleus (Kuwert, 1891)⇒ Passalus clypeoneleus Kuwert, 1891
Rhodocanthopus maillei Bates, 1886
Rhodocanthopus perparvulus Kuwert, 1898
Rhodocanthopus spiniger (Bates, 1886)⇒ Passalus spiniger Bates, 1886
Rhodocanthopus spinipes Gravely, 1918
Rhodocanthopus spinosus (Kuwert, 1898)⇒ Passalus spinosus Kuwert, 1898
Rhodocanthopus sulcatus (Kuwert, 1891)⇒ Passalus caelatus Erichson, 1847
Solenocyclus exaratus Klug, 1832
Spurius bicornis Truqui, 1857
Spurius dichotomus Zang, 1905
Undulifer incisus Truqui, 1857
Undulifer nigidioides Hincks, 1949
Undulifer salvadoris (Kuwert, 1897)⇒ Undulifer incisus Truqui, 1857
Verres angustatus Kuwert, 1891
Verres cavicollis (Bates, 1886)⇒ Verres hageni Kaup, 1871
Verres cavifrons (Kuwert, 1891)⇒ Verres hageni Kaup, 1871
Verres cavilabris Casey, 1897
Verres corticicola Truqui, 1857
Verres costaricensis Hincks, 1934
Verres deficiens Kuwert, 1891
Verres deflexicornis Kuwert, 1898
Verres hageni Kaup, 1871
Verres longicornis Luederwaldt, 1934
Verres sternbergianus Zang, 1905
Verres vernicatus Casey, 1897
Veturius (Ouayana) cirratus Bates, 1886
Veturius (Ouayana) laevior Kaup, 1868
Veturius (Ouayana) ptichopoides Boucher, 2005
Veturius (Ouayana) ultimus Boucher, 2005
Veturius (Veturius) aquilonalis Boucher, 2005
Veturius (Veturius) aspina Kuwert, 1898
Veturius (Veturius) assimilis Weber, 1801
Veturius (Veturius) platyrhinus (Westwood, 1845)⇒ Veturius tuberculifrons Kuwert, 1891
Veturius (Veturius) schusteri Boucher, 2005
Veturius (Veturius) sinuatocollis Kuwert, 1890
Veturius (Veturius) sinuatomarginatus Luederwaldt, 1941
Veturius (Veturius) sinuosus Drapiez, 1817
Veturius (Veturius) tuberculifrons Kuwert, 1891
Veturius angulatus
Veturius brachypterus Boucher, 2018
Veturius crassus Smith, 1852
Veturius latisulcatus (Luederwaldt, 1941)⇒ Veturius tuberculifrons Kuwert, 1891
Veturius lineatosulca
Veturius solisi (Boucher, 2005)⇒ Publius solisi Boucher, 2005
Veturius talamacaensis (Boucher, 2005)⇒ Publius talamacaensis Boucher, 2005
Veturius unanus Boucher & Ra..., 2016
Vindex agnoscendus Percheron, 1841
Vindex sculptilis Bates, 1886
Vindex synelytris Gravely, 1918
Vitellinus approximatus Klug, 1832
Xylopassaloides chortii Schuster, 1993
Xylopassaloides moxi Schuster, 1993
Xylopassaloides schusteri Reyes-Castil..., 1987

Subnodes of Passalidae with occurrences in Central America
SubfamilyAulacocyclinae
Kaup, 1868
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPassalinae
Leach, 1815
35
212
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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