Checklist of Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
for Chagos Archipelago (Indian Ocean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 67
227
412 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 67
227
412 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 66
226
411 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 42
184
361 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 10
87
232 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 9
86
231 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 2
17
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 2
17
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 13
23 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Chagos Archipelago
13 Genera with 23 Species | Anomala Samouelle, 1883 | Shining Leaf Chafer | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chalcasthenes Arrow, 1937 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Coenoryctoderus Prell, 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dipelicus Hope, 1860 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melanhyphus Fairmaire, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neohyphus Heller, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oryctoderus Boisduval, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papuana Arrow, 1912 | Taro beetles | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Parastasia Westwood, 1851 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Polyphyllum Blanchard, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scapanes Burmeister, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichogomphus Burmeister, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xylotrupes Hope, 1767 | Elephant beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Chagos Archipelago
23 Species and 2 Subspecies | Anomala aeneiventris Fairmaire, 1883 | | | Chalcasthenes divinus Endrödi, 1971 | | | Chalcasthenes pulcher Arrow, 1937 | | | Coenoryctoderus candezei Lansberge, 1880 | | | Coenoryctoderus robustus Prell, 1914 | | | Dipelicus alveolatus Heller, 1897 | | | Dipelicus monstrouzieri Reiche, 1860 | | | Melanhyphus platygenioides Fairmaire, 1881 | | | Neohyphus kleinschmidti Fairmaire, 1881 | | | Oryctoderus godeffroyi anguliceps Prell, 1934 | | | Papuana huebneri Fairmaire, 1879 | | | Papuana inermis Prell, 1912 | Taro beetle | | Papuana lansbergei Schaufuss, 1887 | | | Papuana uninodis Prell, 1912 | | | Parastasia bimaculata (Guérin-Ménev..., 1843) | ⇒ Parastasia nigriceps Westwood, 1841 | | Parastasia montrouzieri Fairmaire, 1883 | | | Parastasia nigriceps Westwood, 1841 | | | Parastasia novoguineensis Ohaus, 1898 | | | Parastasia rufolimbata Blanchard, 1851 | | | Polyphyllum rubrescens Blanchard, 1851 | | | Scapanes australis salomenensis Sternberg, 1908 | | | Trichogomphus excavatus Mohnike, 1874 | | | Xylotrupes gideon Linnaeus, 1767 | Brown rhinoceros beetle |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Chagos Archipelago
 | | Scarabaeidae (Latreille 1802) |
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