Checklist of Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
for Adelaide (South Australia, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 193
718
945 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 193
718
945 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 185
706
932 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 118
521
713 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 37
259
377 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 33
218
308 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 3
21
36 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 3
21
36 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 18
31 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Adelaide
18 Genera with 31 Species | Acrossidius Schmidt, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplognathus Leach, 1873 | Christmas beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antitrogus Burmeister, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Australaphodius Balthasar, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carneodon Özdikmen, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colobostoma Blanchard, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diaphonia Newman, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diphucephala Lepeletier &..., 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronychus Seidlitz, 1855 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronyx Guérin-Ménev..., 1910 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Liparetrus Guérin-Ménev..., 1848 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Metallesthes Kraatz, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1871 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Pachygastra Germar, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Podotenus Schmidt, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopaea Erichson, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sericesthis Hope, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Telura Erichson, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Adelaide
31 Species | Acrossidius tasmaniae Hope, 1847 | Black-headed pasture cockchafer | | Anoplognathus montanus MacLeay, 1873 | | | Antitrogus burmeisteri Blackburn, 1911 | | | Australaphodius frenchi Blackburn, 1892 | Little pasture cockchafer | | Carneodon pecuarius Reiche, 1860 | | | Colobostoma rufipennis Boisduval, 1835 | | | Diaphonia xanthopyga Germar, 1848 | | | Diphucephala waterhousei Burmeister, 1855 | | | Heteronychus arator Fabricius, 1775 | African black beetle | | Heteronychus atratus (Klug, 1855) | ⇒ Heteronychus plebejus Klug, 1832 | | Heteronyx aequalis Blackburn, 1888 | | | Heteronyx augustae Blackburn, 1889 | | | Heteronyx planatus Burmeister, 1855 | | | Heteronyx vicinus Blackburn, 1910 | | | Liparetrus amabilis Blackburn, 1905 | | | Liparetrus fulvohirtus MacLeay, 1871 | | | Liparetrus nigrinus Germar, 1848 | | | Metallesthes unicolor MacLeay, 1863 | | | Onthophagus adelaidae Hope, 1847 | | | Onthophagus auritus Erichson, 1842 | | | Onthophagus australis Guérin-Ménev..., 1830 | Southern dung beetle | | Onthophagus carpophilus Pereira & Ha..., 1961 | | | Onthophagus geelongensis Blackburn, 1891 | | | Onthophagus mniszechi Harold, 1869 | Kershaw´s burying beetle | | Onthophagus pentacanthus Harold, 1867 | Five horned dung beetle | | Onthophagus tenebrosus Harold, 1871 | | | Pachygastra tasmanica Germar, 1848 | | | Podotenus nigrosetosus Stebnicka & ..., 1994 | | | Rhopaea heterodactyla Germar, 1848 | | | Sericesthis harti Sharp, 1890 | Yellowhead Cockchafer | | Telura vitticollis Erichson, 1842 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Adelaide | Subfamily | Aphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 9
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Rutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 1
8 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
|
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