Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Coldwater (Mercer County, Ohio, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 74
150
144 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 74
150
144 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 66
135
126 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 47
107
96 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 22
53
47 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 18
47
41 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 2
11
12 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 2
11
12 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 10
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Coldwater (Mercer County Ohio)
10 Genera with 11 Species | Aphodius Hellwig, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ataenius Harold, 1823 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Canthon Hoffmannsegg, 1858 | Tumblebug | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chilothorax Motschulsky, 1776 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copris Geoffroy, 1787 | Mexican dung beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diplotaxis Kirby, 1825 | Wall-Rockets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euphoria Burmeister, 1801 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1794 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phanaeus MacLeay, 1819 | Burrowing Dung Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strigoderma Burmeister, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Coldwater (Mercer County Ohio)
11 Species | Aphodius (Aphodius) fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758 | Common dung beetle | | Ataenius gracilis Melsheimer, 1845 | | | Ataenius strigatus Say, 1823 | Black turfgrass ataenius | | Canthon (Canthon) vigilans LeConte, 1858 | Kalia | | Chilothorax distinctus (Müller, 1776) | ⇒ Aphodius distinctus O.F. Müller, 1776 | | Copris fricator Fabricius, 1787 | | | Diplotaxis frondicola Say, 1825 | | | Euphoria sepulchralis (Fabricius, 1801) | ⇒ Euphoria sepulcralis Fabricius, 1801 | | Onthophagus (Onthophagus) orpheus Panzer, 1794 | | | Phanaeus (Phanaeus) vindex MacLeay, 1819 | Laguna Madre fiddler | | Strigoderma arbicola Fabricius, 1793 | Sand Chafer |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Coldwater (Mercer County Ohio) | Subfamily | Aphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles | 3
4 | 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 | 1
1 | Genus
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 | 4
4 | 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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