Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Fiji (Melanesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 292
2001
4417 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 292
2001
4417 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 286
1980
4363 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 184
1536
3519 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 45
394
885 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 42
365
843 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 4
21
29 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 4
21
29 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 16
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Fiji
16 Genera with 19 Species | Adoretus Laporte, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anomacaulus Fairmaire, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antecessorirhyparus Minkina, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ataenius Harold, 1861 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hadrorhyparus Howden, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monteitheolus Howden & Storey, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neotrichiorhyssemus RakoviÄ & K..., 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oryctes Hellwig, 1758 | Coconut rhinoceros beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parastasia Westwood, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poecilopharis Kraatz, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Protaetia Burmeister, 1790 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyparus Westwood, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Saprosites Redtenbacher, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xenotrogus Britton, 1915 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xylonychus Blanchard, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Fiji
19 Species and 1 Subspecies | Adoretus (Adoretus) versutus Harold, 1869 | Fijian cane root grub | | Anomacaulus fulvovestitus Fairmaire, 1878 | | | Antecessorirhyparus octovirgatus Schmidt, 1917 | | | Ataenius peregrinator Harold, 1877 | Birthworts | | Ataenius picinus Harold, 1861 | Antarctic blennies | | Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | Brown dung beetle | | Hadrorhyparus pecki Howden, 1995 | | | Monteitheolus fijiensis Howden & Storey, 2000 | | | Neotrichiorhyssemus hirsutus Clouët, 1901 | | | Oryctes rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758 | Asiatic rhinoceros beetle | | Parastasia dolens Fairmaire, 1879 | | | Poecilopharis porioni Allard, 1995 | | | Protaetia (Heteroprotaetia) fusca Herbst, 1790 | Asian Mango Flower Beetle | | Rhyparus fijiensis Minkina, Ani..., 2022 | | | Rhyparus octovirgatus Schmidt, 1916 | | | Saprosites pygmaeus Harold, 1877 | Birthworts | | Xenotrogus subnitida Arrow, 1915 | | | Xenotrogus vestita Arrow, 1915 | | | Xylonychus eucalypti pentaphyllus Arrow, 1924 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Fiji | Subfamily | Aphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles | 6
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 2
3 | Genera
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
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
|
 | | 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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