Checklist of Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
for Equatorial Guinea (Central Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 210
1650
3717 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 209
1649
3716 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 201
1606
3623 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 137
1425
3354 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 35
497
1116 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 33
428
974 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 4
65
112 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 4
65
112 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 52
78 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Equatorial Guinea
52 Genera with 78 Species
| Adoretus Laporte, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alleucosma Schenkling, 1880 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anomala Samouelle, 1906 | Shining Leaf Chafer | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphaenoserica Brenske, 1913 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Augosoma Burmeister, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catharsius Hope, 1893 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chaetadoretus Ohaus, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorocala Kirby & Spence, 1988 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Chtonobius Burmeister, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coenochilus Burmeister &..., 1801 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyphonistes Burmeister, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyprolais Thomson, 1988 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diastellopalpus van Lansberge, 1868 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Diphrontis Gerstaecker, 1892 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Diplognatha Gory & Perch..., 1771 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Empecamenta Brenske, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eudicella White, 1988 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euphoresia büttneri Bre..., 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Fornasinius Bertoloni, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Garreta Janssens, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Genuchus Kirby, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goliathus Lamarck, 1771 | Goliath beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grammopyga Kolbe, 2017 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hadrodiplognatha Kraatz, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heliocopris Hope, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Incala Thomson, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lophorrhina Westwood, 1892 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Marmylida Thomson, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microvalgus Kraatz, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mimela Kirby, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myodermides Ruter, 1964 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myodermum Burmeister &..., 1817 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1904 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Oryctes Hellwig, 1905 | Coconut rhinoceros beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pachnoda Burmeister, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pedinorrhina Kraatz, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pilinopyga Kraatz, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plaesiorrhina Burmeister, 1879 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Popillia Leach, 1936 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Porphyronota Burmeister, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Proagoderus Lansberge, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Problerhinus Deyrolle, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudinca Kraatz, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosaproecius Balthasar, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Saprosites Redtenbacher, 1911 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sisyphus Latreille, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stephanorrhina Burmeister, 1988 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Synistovalgus Kolbe, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tiaronthophagus Roggero, Mor..., 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tiniocellus Péringuey, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tmesorrhina Westwood, 1891 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tribialus Dupuis & Perrin, 2022 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Equatorial Guinea
78 Species and 12 Subspecies | Adoretus metasternalis Ohaus, 1941 | | | Alleucosma insularis Moser, 1914 | | | Alleucosma viridula Kraatz, 1880 | | | Anomala tibialis Schaeffer, 1906 | Padre island tibial scarab | | Aphaenoserica fallax Brenske, 1901 | | | Aphaenoserica insularis Moser, 1913 | | | Augosoma centaurus Fabricius, 1775 | Centaurus beetle | | Catharsius gorilla Thomson, 1858 | | | Catharsius lycaon Kolbe, 1893 | | | Chaetadoretus metasternalis Ohaus, 1941 | | | Chlorocala africana Drury, 1773 | | | Chlorocala africana camerunica Moser, 1910 | | | Chlorocala africana insularis Schauer, 1941 | | | Chlorocala conjux cedrici Allard, 1988 | | | Chtonobius conspersus Burmeister, 1847 | | | Coenochilus maurus Fabricius, 1801 | | | Cyphonistes tuberculifrons Quedenfeldt, 1884 | | | Cyprolais hornimani nathaliae Allard, 1988 | | | Diastellopalpus basilobatus d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Diastellopalpus gilleti d´Orbigny, 1908 | | | Diastellopalpus murrayi Harold, 1868 | | | Diphrontis cruenta Gerstaecker, 1882 | | | Diphrontis monticola Kolbe, 1892 | | | Diplognatha gagates Forster, 1771 | | | Empecamenta impressiceps Moser, 1914 | | | Eudicella hornimani nathaliae Allard, 1988 | | | Euphoresia insularis Frey, 1960 | | | Fornasinius aureosparsa Neervoort Va..., 1890 | | | Garreta laetus laetus | | | Genuchus dimidiatus Gerstaecker, 1882 | | | Goliathus goliatus Linnaeus, 1771 | Common Goliath Beetle | | Grammopyga allardi Beinhundner, 2017 | | | Hadrodiplognatha herculeana Hope, 1847 | | | Heliocopris eryx mutabilis (Kolbe, 1895) | ⇒ Heliocopris mutabilis Kolbe, 1893 | | Incala gestroi Janson, 1907 | | | Lophorrhina pentachordia Klug, 1835 | | | Lophorrhina pseudincoides Kolbe, 1892 | | | Marmylida hilaris Westwood, 1874 | | | Microvalgus elongatus Bourgoin, 1921 | | | Mimela rufoprasina Ohaus, 1902 | | | Myodermides lepesmei Ruter, 1964 | | | Myodermum alutaceum Afzelius, 1817 | | | Onthophagus biplagiatus Thomson, 1858 | | | Onthophagus densipilis d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus denudatus d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus denudatus denudatus | | | Onthophagus epilamprus Bates, 1888 | | | Onthophagus fasciculiger d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873 | | | Onthophagus fossifrons d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus fuscidorsis (d´Orbigny, 1902) | ⇒ Onthophagus fuscatus d´Orbigny, 1908 | | Onthophagus laeviceps d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Onthophagus liberianus Lansberge, 1883 | | | Onthophagus mucronatus (Thomson, 1858) | ⇒ Pseudosaproecius validicornis Quedenfeldt, 1884 | | Onthophagus orthocerus Thomson, 1858 | | | Onthophagus semiviridis d´Orbigny, 1904 | | | Oryctes owariensis (Palisot de B..., 1807) | ⇒ Oryctes gigas Castelnau, 1840 | | Oryctes sjoestedti Kolbe, 1905 | | | Pachnoda sciencesnati Rigout, 1989 | | | Pedinorrhina watkinsiana Lewis, 1879 | | | Pilinopyga ornatipennis Hope, 1847 | | | Plaesiorrhina watkinsiana (Lewis, 1879) | ⇒ Pedinorrhina watkinsiana Lewis, 1879 | | Popillia candezei Kraatz, 1892 | | | Popillia mokana Ohaus, 1936 | | | Proagoderus laticollis Klug, 1835 | | | Problerhinus mouffleti Deyrolle, 1864 | | | Pseudinca incoides Thomson, 1860 | | | Pseudosaproecius validicornis Quedenfeldt, 1884 | | | Saprosites calvus Schmidt, 1911 | | | Saprosites declivis Schmidt, 1911 | | | Saprosites gestroi Schmidt, 1911 | | | Sisyphus angulicollis (Felsche, 1909) | ⇒ Neosisyphus angulicollis Felsche, 1909 | | Stephanorrhina bella insulanus Allard, 1988 | | | Stephanorrhina guttata insularis Allard, 1988 | | | Synistovalgus minutus Kolbe, 1897 | | | Tiaronthophagus liberianus Lansberge, 1883 | | | Tiniocellus setifer Kraatz, 1895 | | | Tmesorrhina pilosipes Allard, 1988 | | | Tmesorrhina pilosipes pilosipes | | | Tmesorrhina simillima viridipes Allard, 1988 | | | Tmesorrhina tridens Duvivier, 1891 | | | Tribialus punctatus Dupuis & Perrin, 2022 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Equatorial Guinea | Subfamily | Aphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles | 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers | 29
35 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Rutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers | 4
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 9
24 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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