Species list, Checklist of Suborder Polyphaga (Polyphags) for Alto Tâmega (Região Norte, Portugal)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	27 42 49	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	27 42 49	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	22 33 38	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	18 29 34	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	6 12 14	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	4 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Alto Tâmega
4 Families width 7 Species

Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815	Hairy fungus beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802	Dung beetles	4	Species	Taxom
Melyridae Leach, 1815	Malachite Beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Latridiidae (Erichson, 1842)	Minute brown scavenger beetle	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Alto Tâmega
6 Genera with 7 Species

Berginus Erichson, 1854		1	Species	Taxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1758	Mexican dung beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Hypebaeus Kiesenwetter, 1867		1	Species	Taxom
Melanophthalma Motschulsky, 1866		1	Species	Taxom
Melinopterus Mulsant, 1790		1	Species	Taxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 1767		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Alto Tâmega
7 Species

Berginus tamarisci Wollaston, 1854
Copris lunaris Linnaeus, 1758	Horned Dung Beetle
Hypebaeus (Hypebaeus) brisouti Mulsant & Rey, 1867
Melanophthalma (Melanophthalma) algirina (Motschulsky, 1866)	⇒ Melanophthalma fuscipennis Mannerheim, 1844
Melinopterus prodromus Brahm, 1790	Spring small dung beetle
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taurus Schreber, 1759	Bull Headed Dung Beetle
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) vacca Linnaeus, 1767

Subnodes of Polyphaga with occurrences in Alto Tâmega

Infraorder	Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938	3 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Scarabaeiformia Crowson, 1960	1 3 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom

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