Checklist of Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
for Ferntree Gully (Melbourne, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 117
520
712 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 117
520
712 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 111
512
704 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 99
494
686 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 42
310
433 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 39
274
382 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 2
17
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 2
17
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 15
23 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Ferntree Gully
15 Genera with 23 Species | Anoplognathus Leach, 1835 | Christmas beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Antitrogus Burmeister, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chondropyga Kraatz, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptodus MacLeay, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasygnathus MacLeay, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eupoecila Burmeister, 1805 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronyx Guérin-Ménev..., 1850 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Liparetrus Guérin-Ménev..., 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microvalgus Kraatz, 0 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Neorrhina Thomson, 1805 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1869 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllotocus Fischer, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnoschema Thomson, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scitala Erichson, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trissodon Prell, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ferntree Gully
23 Species and 1 Subspecies | Anoplognathus suturalis Boisduval, 1835 | | | Anoplognathus velutinus Boisduval, 1835 | | | Antitrogus tasmanicus Burmeister, 1855 | | | Chondropyga gulosa Janson, 1873 | | | Cryptodus paradoxus (MacLeay, 1819) | ⇒ Cryptodus variolosus White, 1841 | | Dasygnathus trituberculatus Blackburn, 1889 | | | Eupoecila australasiae Donovan, 1805 | Fiddler beetle | | Heteronyx dimidiata Erichson, 1842 | | | Heteronyx dimidiatus Erichson, 1842 | | | Heteronyx oblongus Blanchard, 1850 | | | Liparetrus marginipennis Blanchard, 1850 | | | Microvalgus bursariae (Lea, 1914) | ⇒ Microvalgus bursuriae Lea, 1914 | | Microvalgus bursuriae Lea, 1914 | | | Microvalgus lapeyrousei Gory & Perch..., 1833 | | | Microvalgus squamiventris Lea, 1914 | | | Microvalgus vagans Lea, 1914 | | | Microvalgus vagans vagans | | | Neorrhina punctatum Donovan, 1805 | Punctate Flower Chafer | | Onthophagus auritus Erichson, 1842 | | | Onthophagus mniszechi Harold, 1869 | Kershaw´s burying beetle | | Phyllotocus australis Boisduval, 1835 | | | Pycnoschema prostomis Fairmaire, 1897 | | | Scitala sericans Erichson, 1842 | Shiny pasture scarab | | Trissodon australasiae Hope, 1837 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Ferntree Gully | Subfamily | Cetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers | 4
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles | 4
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 5
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Rutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
|
 | | Scarabaeidae (Latreille 1802) |
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