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Checklist for Family Passalidae Leach, 1815 (bess beetle)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
591
9292
32656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
588
9284
32647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
562
9130
32273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
355
7129
27028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
95
2745
10643
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
88
2409
8956
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
7
244
1397
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
7
244
1397
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPassalidae
Leach, 1815
Bess beetle, Bess beetles, Betsy beetles, Passalid beetles
13
96
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
13 Genera with 96 Species
Analaches Kuwert, 18913SpeciesTaxom
Aulacocyclus Kaup, 193511SpeciesTaxom
Cetejus Kaup, 191015SpeciesTaxom
Gonatas Kaup, 19919SpeciesTaxom
Hincksius Boucher, 19933SpeciesTaxom
Labienus Kaup, 193821SpeciesTaxom
Leptaulax Kaup, 191814SpeciesTaxom
Mastachilus Kaup, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Pharochilus Kaup, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Plesthenus Kaup, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Protomocoelus Zang, 19057SpeciesTaxom
Pseudepisphenus Gravely, 19909SpeciesTaxom
Tarquinius Kuwert, 18911SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
96 Species and 1 Subspecies
Analaches australiensis Stoliczka, 1873
Analaches bicavis Zang, 1905
Analaches puberilis Kuwert, 1891
Aulacocyclus boudinoti Boucher & Re..., 1997
Aulacocyclus errans (Blackburn, 1896)⇒ Aulacocyclus fracticornis Kuwert, 1891
Aulacocyclus felderi Stolickza, 1873
Aulacocyclus fortis (Kuwert, 1897)⇒ Aulacocyclus tricuspis Kaup, 1868
Aulacocyclus fracticornis Kuwert, 1891
Aulacocyclus papuanus Heller, 1910
Aulacocyclus perlatus Kaup, 1868
Aulacocyclus pugnax Fauvel, 1903
Aulacocyclus rouxi Heller, 1916
Aulacocyclus tricuspis Kaup, 1868
Aulacocyclus zangi Dibb, 1935
Cetejus acutangulus Heller, 1910
Cetejus bretoni Boucher, 1993
Cetejus convexus Doesburg, 1956
Cetejus glabriventris Kuwert, 1898
Cetejus grabowskyi Kuwert, 1891
Cetejus halmaheirae Kaup, 1871
Cetejus imbecillis Kuwert, 1898
Cetejus innovator Boucher, 1993
Cetejus lateralis Hincks, 1938
Cetejus longicornis Doesburg, 1956
Cetejus obliquus Kirsche, 1877
Cetejus paradoxus Hincks, 1937
Cetejus peltostictus Kaup, 1868
Cetejus pseudamericanus Boucher, 1995
Cetejus schenklingi Heller, 1910
Gonatas altidens Heller, 1910
Gonatas cetioides Zang, 1905
Gonatas germari Kaup, 1868
Gonatas hebridalis Boucher, 1991
Gonatas minimus Kuwert, 1891
Gonatas naviculator Percheron, 1844
Gonatas pumilio Kaup, 1868
Gonatas schellongi Kuwert, 1891
Gonatas vanuatuensis Boucher, 1991
Hincksius macrolinoides Boucher, 1993
Hincksius papuanus Hincks, 1956
Hincksius praestabilis Boucher, 1993
Labienus aberrans Hincks, 1938
Labienus cavifrons Hincks, 1935
Labienus cheesmanae Hincks, 1935
Labienus compergus Boisduval, 1835
Labienus crassus Kaup, 1868
Labienus dohrni Kuwert, 1891
Labienus glaber Gravely, 1913
Labienus glabriceps Doesburg, 1956
Labienus gracilis Heller, 1910
Labienus impar Kuwert, 1898
Labienus inaequalis Gravely, 1918
Labienus kjellanderi Endrodi, 1967
Labienus moluccanus Percheron, 1835
Labienus opalus Boucher, 1993
Labienus protomocoeloides Hincks, 1933
Labienus proximus Hincks, 1933
Labienus ptox Kaup, 1868
Labienus ptoxoides Gravely, 1918
Labienus toxopeusi Doesburg, 1956
Labienus trigonophorus Zang, 1905
Labienus truncatus Hincks, 1938
Leptaulax anibarbis Kuwert, 1898
Leptaulax barbicauda Zang, 1905
Leptaulax bicolor (Fabricius, 1801)⇒ Leptaulax dentatus Fabricius, 1792
Leptaulax bicolor biroi Endrödi, 1953
Leptaulax dentatus Fabricius, 1792
Leptaulax drescheri Doesburg, 1956
Leptaulax glaber Kirsche, 1877
Leptaulax hansemanni Kuwert, 1898
Leptaulax hirsutus Hincks, 1956
Leptaulax joliveti Endrodi, 1971
Leptaulax papua (Kuwert, 1898)⇒ Leptaulax anibarbis Kuwert, 1898
Leptaulax papuanus Zang, 1906
Leptaulax pulchellus Arrow, 1907
Leptaulax sambawae Gravely, 1918
Mastachilus pectiniger Heller, 1910
Mastachilus subobliquus Tryon, 1892
Pharochilus punctiger Gravely, 1918
Plesthenus invitus Kuwert, 1891
Protomocoelus australis Boisduval, 1835
Protomocoelus heynei Kuwert, 1891
Protomocoelus labrinotus Kuwert, 1891
Protomocoelus salomonis Kaup, 1871
Protomocoelus schraderi Kuwert, 1898
Protomocoelus solomonis Kaup, 1871
Protomocoelus sternbergi Zang, 1905
Pseudepisphenus forceps Boucher, 1993
Pseudepisphenus hodeberti Boucher, 1992
Pseudepisphenus humeribarbis Boucher, 1991
Pseudepisphenus longulus Boucher, 1990
Pseudepisphenus merkli Boucher, 1992
Pseudepisphenus morettoi Boucher, 1992
Pseudepisphenus perplexus Gravely, 1914
Pseudepisphenus proditor Boucher, 1990
Pseudepisphenus scitulus Boucher, 1990
Tarquinius paradoxus Kuwert, 1891

Subnodes of Passalidae with occurrences in Melanesia
SubfamilyAulacocyclinae
Kaup, 1868
1
11
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPassalinae
Leach, 1815
11
83
Genera
Species

Taxom



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