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Checklist of Suborder Polyphaga Emery, 1886 (Polyphags)
for New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
94
431
691
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
94
431
691
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
89
419
679
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
72
356
587
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
25
125
198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
25
125
198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for New Britain
25 Families width 198 Species and 4 Subspecies
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Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802Long Horn beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900Rove beetles57SpeciesTaxom
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle28SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802Dung beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Dermestidae Hope, 1840Carpet beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Discolomatidae Horn, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Curculionidae Latreille, 1802Ambrosia beetles42SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843Feather-wing beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Monotomidae Laporte, 1840Minute Clubbed Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Endomychidae Leach, 1815False Ladybirds6SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802Casebearers14SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802Silver Water Beetles9SpeciesTaxom
Lucanidae Latreille, 1804Stag Beetle9SpeciesTaxom
Passalidae Leach, 1815Bess beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Mordellidae Latreille, 1802Pintail beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802Darkling Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae (Latreille, 1817)Fireflies2SpeciesTaxom
Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808Clown beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Melandryidae Leach, 1815False Darkling Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Ptilodactylidae Laporte, 1836Ptilodactylid beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Jacobsoniidae Heller, 1926Jacobson's beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Teredidae (Seidlitz, 1888)2SpeciesTaxom
Anthribidae Billberg, 1820Fungus Weevil1SpeciesTaxom
Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802Auger beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Leiodidae Fleming, 1821Round fungus beetles1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for New Britain
125 Genera with 198 Species
#
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Z

Acalolepta Pascoe, 1835Flat-faced longhorns1SpeciesTaxom
Acrotona C.G. Thomson, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Agonischius Candeze, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 18813SpeciesTaxom
Alaus Eschscholtz, 0Eyed Click Beetles6SpeciesTaxom
Aleochara Gravenhorst, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Anomala Samouelle, 1883Shining Leaf Chafer1SpeciesTaxom
Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1767Carpet beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Aphanocephalus Wollaston, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Atheta Thomson, 1879Vexing Rove Beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Balaninus Germar, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Bambara Vuillet, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Barunius Sengupta & Pal, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Barystethus Lacordaire, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Batocera Castelnau, 1858Flat-faced longhorns1SpeciesTaxom
Beccariola Arrow, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Borolinus Bernhauer, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Callistola Dejean, 18835SpeciesTaxom
Camptorrhinus Gemminger & ..., 18931SpeciesTaxom
Cenchrena Pascoe, 01SpeciesTaxom
Ceratispa Gestro, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Cercyon Leach, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Chaetectetorus Schönherr, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Clavilispinus Bernhauer, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Coproporus Kraatz, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Coryphus Csiki, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Crossotarsus Chapuis, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Cryphalus Erichson, 1942Bark beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Cyamobolus Schönherr, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Cyclommatus Parry, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Dactylosternum Wollaston, 1775Feather-legged Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Dicladispa Gestro, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Diestota Mulsant & Rey, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Dioxypterus Fairmaire, 19403SpeciesTaxom
Drapetes Dejean, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Elytrocheilus Faust, 01SpeciesTaxom
Encymon Gerstaecker, 18853SpeciesTaxom
Euwallacea Hopkins, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Figulus MacLeay, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Gnaphaloryx Burmeister, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Gnypeta Thomson, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Gonatas Kaup, 18913SpeciesTaxom
Hapatesus Candeze, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Hesperus Fauvel, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Hypocryphalus Hopkins, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Ideorhipistena Franciscolo, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Ischiopsopha Gestro, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Isotocerus Faust, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Laccobius Erichson, 19803SpeciesTaxom
Lanelater Arnett, 18823SpeciesTaxom
Leprocaulinus Uvarov, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Leucitus Fauvel, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Lispinus Erichson, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Machaerostylus Heller, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Medeopteryx Ballantyne, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Medon Stephens, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Megalopinus Eichelbaum, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Melanotus Schwarz, 1878Click Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Melanoxanthus Eschscholtz, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Merosoma Balfour-Browne, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Metolinus Cameron, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Metopodontus Hope, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Micrispa Gestro, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Microlia Casey, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Microperus Wood, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Mimacrotona Cameron, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Mulsanteus Gozis, 1883Brown Wireworms1SpeciesTaxom
Octavius Fauvel, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Octodonta Chapuis, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Orcopagia Pascoe, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Orectoscelis Lewis, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Orthorrhinus Gemminger & ..., 18831SpeciesTaxom
Otidognathus Lacordaire, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Oxytelus Gravenhorst, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Ozopemon Hagedorn, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Pachytragopus Heller, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Paraphloeostiba Steel, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Pelioptera Kraatz, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Philonthus Stephens, 18785SpeciesTaxom
Phinopilus Blackwelder, 20221SpeciesTaxom
Phloeonomus Heer, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Plastus Bernhauer, 19715SpeciesTaxom
Platycyon Hansen, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Platypus Herbst, 19414SpeciesTaxom
Platysoma Leach, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Plesispa Chapuis, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopharis Kraatz, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Promecotheca Blanchard, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Prosopocoilus Westwood, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Protomocoelus Zang, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Pseudeucinetus Heller, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Pseudeurhinus Hustache, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosphaeropterus Heller, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Pteroptyx Olivier, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Ptilodactyla Illiger, 19723SpeciesTaxom
Quasimus des Gozis, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Quedius Stephens, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Rhinoscapha Montrouzier, 18774SpeciesTaxom
Rhyparida Baly, 19672SpeciesTaxom
Rugilus Samouelle, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Saprinus Erichson, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Sarothrias Grouvelle, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Scaphidium Olivier, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Schedolimulus Pasteels & K..., 20071SpeciesTaxom
Serrognathus Motschulsky, 18833SpeciesTaxom
Shoguna Lewis, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Simodactylus Candeze, 18785SpeciesTaxom
Stenomastax Descamps, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Stenotarsus Perty, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Stenus Latreille, 04SpeciesTaxom
Sternolophus Solier, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Stichostigma Bernhauer, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Teredolaemus Sharp, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Thyreocephalus Guérin-Ménev..., 1858Metallic Green Rove Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Trapeziderus Motschoulsky, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Trigonops Guérin-Ménev..., 19342SpeciesTaxom
Xenocerus Schönherr, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Xyleboricus Eggers, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Xyleborinus Reitter, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Xyleborus Eichhoff, 1971Pinhole borers6SpeciesTaxom
Xylosandrus Reitter, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Xylothrips Lesne, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Xylotrupes Hope, 1830Elephant beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Zeadolopus Broun, 19661SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Britain
198 Species and 4 Subspecies
Acalolepta australis Boisduval, 1835
Acrotona vicaria Kraatz, 1859
Agonischius pulcher Van Zwaluwen..., 1943
Agrypnus gracilentus Schwarz, 1902
Agrypnus gracilis Blackburn, 1890
Agrypnus limosus Candeze, 1881
Alaus bituberosus Fairmaire, 1881
Alaus borelii Candeze, 1857
Alaus breviplicatus Fairmaire, 1883
Alaus infumatus
Alaus velentinus Candeze, 1880
Alaus velutinus
Aleochara (Xenochara) rutilipennis Kraatz, 1859
Aleochara basalis Fauvel, 1878
Aleochara excellens Bernhauer, 1915
Anomala aeneiventris Fairmaire, 1883
Anthrenus (Florilinus) verbasci Linnaeus, 1767Varied carpet beetle
Aphanocephalus disjunctus John, 1967
Atheta aerea Bernhauer, 1915
Atheta binidens Bernhauer, 1915
Atheta dahli Bernhauer, 1915
Atheta lacrymosa Fauvel, 1879
Balaninus missionis Heller, 1927
Bambara sublutea Johnson, 1971
Barunius pacificus Sen Gupta & Pal, 1995
Barystethus neopommeranus Guenther, 1943
Batocera (Tyrannolamia) laena Thomson, 1858
Beccariola petiginosa Strohecker, 1970
Borolinus minutus Laporte, 1840
Callistola (Callistola) angusta Gressitt, 1957
Callistola (Callistola) dilutipes Weise, 1905Western yellowstriped armyworm
Callistola (Callistola) major Gressitt, 1957
Callistola (Callistola) speciosa (Boisduval, 1835)⇒ Callistola dilutipes Weise, 1905
Callistola (Callistola) tripartita Fairmaire, 1883
Camptorrhinus uniformis Fairmaire, 1893
Cenchrena variabilis
Ceratispa (Ceratispa) legalis Gressitt, 1960
Cercyon afflatus Knisch, 1925
Cercyon cognatus Knisch, 1925
Chaetectetorus cinereus Heller, 1941
Clavilispinus circumductus Fauvel, 1902
Coproporus insularis Bernhauer, 1915
Coproporus kuntzeni Bernhauer, 1915
Coryphus clavatus Strohecker, 1979
Crossotarsus mniszechi Chapuis, 1865
Crossotarsus pectinatus Browne, 1966
Cryphalus perminimus (Schedl, 1942)⇒ Hypocryphalus perminimus Schedl, 1958
Cyamobolus humeralis Heller, 1941
Cyamobolus subbicristatus Heller, 1941
Cyclommatus (Cyclommatus) trifurcatus Mollenkamp, 1902
Dactylosternum dytiscoides Fabricius, 1775
Dicladispa (Dicladispa) fabricii Guérin-Ménev..., 1830
Diestota foliorum Bernhauer, 1915
Diestota testacea Kraatz, 1859Rove beetle
Dioxypterus bennigseni Schwarz, 1902
Dioxypterus fordi Van Zwaluwen..., 1963
Dioxypterus pulcher Van Zwaluwen..., 1940
Drapetes (Drapetes) vicinus Fleutiaux, 1897
Elytrocheilus novobritannicus
Encymon bipustulatus Gorham, 1873
Encymon immaculatus Montruzier, 1855
Encymon ruficollis (Gorham, 1885)⇒ Encymon immaculatus Montruzier, 1855
Euwallacea fornicatus Eichhoff, 1868Polyphagous shot hole borer
Figulus (Figulus) sulcicollis Hope & Westwood, 1845
Figulus canaliculatus Nagel, 1941
Gnaphaloryx (Gnaphaloryx) curtus Kirsch, 1877
Gnaphaloryx (Gnaphaloryx) dain Kriesche, 1920
Gnypeta divisa Fauvel, 1879
Gonatas cetioides Zang, 1905
Gonatas minimus Kuwert, 1891
Gonatas schellongi Kuwert, 1891
Hapatesus (Hapatesus) hirtellus Candeze, 1882
Hapatesus (Hapatesus) tropicus Neboiss, 1958
Hesperus levitus Last, 1987
Hesperus purpuripennis Bernhauer, 1915
Hypocryphalus longipilis Browne, 1981
Hypocryphalus perminimus Schedl, 1958
Ideorhipistena occipitalis Franciscolo, 2000
Ischiopsopha purpureitarsis Moser, 1912
Isotocerus albovarius Heller, 1937
Laccobius (Microlaccobius) roseiceps Régimbart, 1903
Laccobius roseiceps melanesiae Gentili, 1980
Laccobius (Notoberosus) novaebritanniae Gentili, 1980
Lanelater aequalis Candeze, 1857
Lanelater pacificus Candeze, 1882
Lanelater soricinus Candeze, 1882
Leprocaulinus vipera bituber Sharp, 1898
Leucitus bernhaueri Heller, 1910
Lispinus rufosplendens Bernhauer, 1915
Machaerostylus insulanus Heller, 1934
Medeopteryx effulgens Ballantyne, 1987Purple Gallinule
Medon novaebritanniae Bernhauer, 1915
Medon rugosoopacus Bernhauer, 1915
Megalopinus melanesicus Puthz, 2012
Melanotus (Melanotus) albertisi Candeze, 1878
Melanoxanthus tetraspilotus Fairmaire, 1883
Merosoma eremita Knisch, 1925
Metolinus sinewitensis Bordoni, 2010
Metopodontus bison Olivier, 1789
Micrispa costi Gressitt, 1957
Microlia australis Cameron, 1943
Microperus intermedius Eggers, 1923
Mimacrotona rugatipennis Kraatz, 1859
Mulsanteus dilaticollis Fairmaire, 1883
Octavius novaebritanniae Puthz, 1977
Octodonta subparallela Spaeth, 1936
Onthophagus phrixus Balthasar, 1969
Orectoscelis howdeni Dégallier & ..., 2005
Orthorrhinus euchromus Fairmaire, 1883
Otidognathus novaebritanniae Guenther, 1938
Oxytelus antennalis Fauvel, 1889
Oxytelus nigriceps Kraatz, 1859
Ozopemon augustae Eggers, 1923
Pachytragopus steinwehri Heller, 1941
Paraphloeostiba specularis Bernhauer, 1915
Pelioptera unituberculata Bernhauer, 1915
Philonthus (Trionthus) humeralis Fauvel, 1878
Philonthus (Trionthus) mcnamarae Cameron, 1931
Philonthus (Trionthus) perillustris Last, 1968
Philonthus (Trionthus) ralumensis Bernhauer, 1915
Philonthus (Trionthus) sericeicollis Fauvel, 1878
Phinopilus callicollis Assing, 2022
Phloeonomus chlorizans Fauvel, 1904
Plastus lautus Greenslade, 1971
Plastus novaebrittaniae Bernhauer, 1915
Plastus sinuatus Fauvel, 1902
Plastus terebra Greenslade, 1971
Plastus yalomis Greenslade, 1971
Platycyon subopacus M.Hansen, 1999
Platycyon superficialis M.Hansen, 1999
Platypus forficula Chapuis, 1865
Platypus jansoni Chapuis, 1865
Platypus micrurus Schedl, 1951
Platypus volaticus Schedl, 1941
Platysoma (Platysoma) paugami Le Guillou, 1844
Platysoma paugami paugami Le Guillou, 1844
Plesispa reichei Chapuis, 1875Coconut hispid
Poecilopharis bimaculata Schürhoff, 1935
Promecotheca papuana Csiki, 1900
Promecotheca straminipennis Weise, 1922
Prosopocoilus (Metopodontus) bison Olivier, 1789
Protomocoelus australis Boisduval, 1835
Pseudeucinetus novabritannica Delève, 1973
Pseudeurhinus schneideri Heller, 1941
Pseudosphaeropterus laquens Heller, 1937
Pteroptyx effulgens (Ballantyne, 1987)⇒ Medeopteryx effulgens Ballantyne, 1987
Ptilodactyla brevipubescens Delève, 1972
Ptilodactyla planatipennis Delève, 1972
Ptilodactyla tenuipunctata Delève, 1972
Quasimus (Quasimus) divisus Van Zwaluwen..., 1963
Quedius (Raphirus) cyaneorufus Fauvel, 1878
Rhinoscapha chrysochlora Hllr., 1935
Rhinoscapha hedigeri Hllr., 1935
Rhinoscapha intermedia Hllr., 1935
Rhinoscapha schmeltzi Fairmaire, 1877
Rhyparida gazella Gressitt, 1967
Rhyparida maai Gressitt, 1967
Rugilus ocularis Fauvel, 1895
Saprinus (Saprinus) nitiduloides Fairmaire, 1883
Sarothrias bournei Slipinski, 1986Black cutworm
Scaphidium cyanipenne Gestro, 1879
Scaphidium metallescens Gestro, 1879
Schedolimulus elongatus Bourguignon, 2007
Serrognathus intermedius Gestro, 1881
Serrognathus pilosipes Waterhouse, 1883
Shoguna termitiformis Fairmaire, 1883
Simodactylus cinnamomeus Boisduval, 1835Click beetle
Simodactylus fasciolatus Fairmaire, 1883
Simodactylus major Van Zwaluwen..., 1963
Simodactylus pembertoni Van Zwaluwen..., 1931
Simodactylus similis Candeze, 1878
Stenomastax cribra Fauvel, 1878
Stenomastax variventris Kraatz, 1859
Stenotarsus eltipticus Strohecker, 1966
Stenus dahli L.Benick, 1928
Stenus hestiocorus Puthz, 1970
Stenus prismalis Fauvel, 1878
Stenus prismalis prismalis
Sternolophus (Neosternolophus) marginicollis Hope, 1841
Stichostigma dahli Bernhauer, 1915
Teredolaemus heinzei Slipinski, 1982
Teredolaemus pilosus (Hinton, 1941)⇒ Teredolaemus heinzei Slipinski, 1982
Thyreocephalus albertisi Fauvel, 1877Rove beetle
Thyreocephalus aureus Bernhauer, 1915
Thyreocephalus taitiensis Boheman, 1858
Trapeziderus lividipes Fauvel, 1878
Trigonops gazellae
Trigonops penicilligera Heller, 1934
Xenocerus eichorni Jordan, 1945
Xyleboricus canaliculatus Eggers, 1923
Xyleborinus perexiguus Wood & Bright, 1992
Xyleborus depressurus Browne, 1985
Xyleborus fornicatus (Eichhoff, 1868)⇒ Euwallacea fornicatus Eichhoff, 1868
Xyleborus intermedius (Eggers, 1923)⇒ Microperus intermedius Eggers, 1923
Xyleborus kersianus Browne, 1981
Xyleborus morigerus (Blandford, 1894)⇒ Xylosandrus morigerus Blandford, 1894
Xyleborus perexiguus (Schedl, 1971)⇒ Xyleborinus perexiguus Wood & Bright, 1992
Xylosandrus morigerus Blandford, 1894Brown coffee borer
Xylothrips religiosus Boisduval, 1835Northern auger beetle
Xylotrupes ulysses Guérin-Ménev..., 1830Common rhinoceros beetle
Zeadolopus parvulus Hlisnikovský, 1966

Subnodes of Polyphaga with occurrences in New Britain
InfraorderBostrichiformia
Forbes, 1926
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
InfraorderCucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
11
50
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
InfraorderDerodontiformia
LeConte, 1861
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
InfraorderElateriformia
Crowson, 1960
3
15
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
InfraorderScarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
3
13
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
InfraorderStaphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
5
44
71
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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