Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Ames (Coryell County, Texas, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 104
300
324 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 104
300
324 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 99
293
316 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 73
238
260 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 25
98
108 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 23
74
73 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 4
14
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 4
14
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 10
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Ames (Coryell County)
10 Genera with 14 Species | Aphodius Hellwig, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ataenius Harold, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copris Geoffroy, 1906 | Mexican dung beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diplotaxis Kirby, 1851 | Wall-Rockets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euphoria Burmeister, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelidnota MacLeay, 1758 | Precious Metal Scarabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phanaeus MacLeay, 1819 | Burrowing Dung Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllophaga Harris, 1845 | June beetles | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudagolius Schmidt, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichesthes Erichson, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ames (Coryell County)
14 Species | Aphodius (Aphodius) fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758 | Common dung beetle | | Ataenius spretulus Haldeman, 1848 | Black turfgrass ataenius | | Copris arizonensis Schaeffer, 1906 | | | Diplotaxis harperi Blanchard, 1851 | | | Euphoria inda Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown Fruit Chafer | | Pelidnota (Pelidnota) punctata Linnaeus, 1758 | Grapevine beetle | | Phanaeus (Phanaeus) vindex MacLeay, 1819 | Laguna Madre fiddler | | Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) drakii Kirby, 1837 | | | Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) fusca Frölich, 1792 | Northern June beetle | | Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) futilis LeConte, 1850 | Gibbous June beetle | | Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) ilicis Knoch, 1801 | | | Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) rugosa Melsheimer, 1845 | Rugose June beetle | | Pseudagolius bicolor Say, 1823 | | | Trichesthes tristis Fabricius, 1787 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Ames (Coryell County) | 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 | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 3
7 | 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 | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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 | | Scarabaeidae (Latreille 1802) |
Links, sources and further information Scarabaeidae at artfakta.se
Scarabaeidae at dyntaxa.se
Scarabaeidae at gbif.org
Scarabaeidae at irmng.org
Scarabaeidae at itis.gov
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