Checklist of Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
for Azores (Macaronesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 289
1632
2733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 285
1624
2723 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 280
1613
2706 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 187
1254
2130 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 54
448
885 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 51
394
772 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 3
18
24 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 3
18
24 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 16
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Azores
16 Genera with 22 Species | Aegialia Latreille, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphodius Hellwig, 1867 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ataenius Harold, 1845 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brindalus Landin, 1803 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calamosternus Motschulsky, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coelosis Hope, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coprimorphus Mulsant, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nialosternus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1961 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Oxythyrea Mulsant, 1761 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pharaonus Blanchard, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platytomus Mulsant, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pleurophorus Mulsant, 1796 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Popillia Leach, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psammodius Fallen, 1844 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Azores
22 Species and 1 Subspecies | Aegialia (Aegialia) arenaria Fabricius, 1787 | Dune sand scarab beetle | | Aphodius (Aphodius) pedrosi Wollaston, 1854 | | | Aphodius gracilis Boheman, 1857 | | | Aphodius rendalli Wollaston, 1867 | | | Ataenius gracilis Melsheimer, 1845 | | | Brindalus porcicollis Illiger, 1803 | | | Calamosternus granarius Linnaeus, 1767 | Granular Small Dung Beetle | | Coelosis bicornis Leske, 1779 | | | Coprimorphus scrutator Herbst, 1789 | | | Labarrus lividus Olivier, 1789 | Scarab beetle | | Labarrus lividus lividus | | | Nialosternus rendalli Wollaston, 1867 | | | Onthophagus (Onthophagus) illyricus Scopoli, 1763 | | | Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taurus Schreber, 1759 | Bull Headed Dung Beetle | | Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) vacca Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Onthophagus carpophilus Pereira & Ha..., 1961 | | | Oxythyrea funesta Poda, 1761 | | | Pharaonus caucasicus Reitter, 1888 | | | Platytomus tibialis Fabricius, 1798 | | | Pleurophorus caesus Creutzer, 1796 | Cut small dung beetle | | Popillia japonica Newman, 1838 | Japanese beetle | | Psammodius basalis Mulsant & Rey, 1870 | Crested blenny | | Psammodius laevipennis Costa, 1844 | Awkward-winged small dung beetle |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Azores | Subfamily | Aphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles | 11
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Rutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 1
4 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
|
 | | Scarabaeidae (Latreille 1802) |
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