Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 271
1469
2337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 271
1469
2337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 253
1436
2291 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 194
1288
2132 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 68
724
1234 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 62
624
1049 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 3
47
91 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 3
47
91 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 38
80 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Melbourne
38 Genera with 80 Species #ACDEFHLMNOPRST
| Acrossidius Schmidt, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anomalomorpha Arrow, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplognathus Leach, 1815 | Christmas beetle | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Antitrogus Burmeister, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ataenius Harold, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Australaphodius Balthasar, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Candezeollus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cheiroplatys Kirby, 1830 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chondropyga Kraatz, 1873 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Clithria Burmeister, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colpochila Erichson, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Comophorina Strand, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptodus MacLeay, 1841 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dasygnathus MacLeay, 1889 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Diaphonia Newman, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eupoecila Burmeister, 1805 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Frenchella Blackburn, 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronychus Seidlitz, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronyx Guérin-Ménev..., 1842 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Liparetrus Guérin-Ménev..., 0 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Maechidius MacLeay, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microvalgus Kraatz, 0 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Neorrhina Thomson, 1805 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1869 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Ophropyx Britton, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllotocus Fischer, 1835 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pimelopus Erichson, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Podotenus Schmidt, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnoschema Thomson, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopaea Erichson, 1911 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Saprosites Redtenbacher, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Saulostomus Waterhouse, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scabrostomus Gordon and S..., 1991 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scitala Erichson, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Semanopterus Hope, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sericesthis Hope, 1890 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Strategus Kirby, 1809 | Ox Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trissodon Prell, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Melbourne
80 Species and 3 Subspecies | Acrossidius tasmaniae Hope, 1847 | Black-headed pasture cockchafer | | Anomalomorpha giveni Carne, 1957 | | | Anoplognathus chloropyrus Drapiez, 1819 | | | Anoplognathus hirsutus Burmeister, 1844 | | | Anoplognathus montanus MacLeay, 1873 | | | Anoplognathus olivieri Dalman, 1817 | Christmas beetle | | Anoplognathus pallidicollis Blanchard, 1851 | Christmas Beetle | | Anoplognathus porosus Dalman, 1817 | | | Anoplognathus suturalis Boisduval, 1835 | | | Anoplognathus velutinus Boisduval, 1835 | | | Anoplognathus viriditarsis Leach, 1815 | | | Antitrogus tasmanicus Burmeister, 1855 | | | Ataenius basiceps Lea, 1923 | | | Australaphodius frenchi Blackburn, 1892 | Little pasture cockchafer | | Candezeollus candezei Harold, 1868 | | | Cheiroplatys bifossus Blackburn, 1896 | | | Cheiroplatys latipes Guérin-Ménev..., 1830 | | | Chondropyga dorsalis Donovan, 1805 | Cowboy beetle | | Chondropyga gulosa Janson, 1873 | | | Clithria eucnemis Burmeister, 1842 | | | Colpochila gagatina Burmeister, 1855 | | | Comophorina testaceipennis Blanchard, 1851 | | | Cryptodus paradoxus (MacLeay, 1819) | ⇒ Cryptodus variolosus White, 1841 | | Cryptodus piceus Germar, 1848 | | | Cryptodus tasmannianus Westwood, 1841 | | | Dasygnathus dejeani MacLeay, 1819 | Redheaded whitegrub | | Dasygnathus trituberculatus Blackburn, 1889 | | | Diaphonia luteola Janson, 1873 | | | Eupoecila australasiae Donovan, 1805 | Fiddler beetle | | Frenchella iridescens Blanchard, 1850 | | | Heteronychus arator Fabricius, 1775 | African black beetle | | Heteronyx dimidiata Erichson, 1842 | | | Heteronyx dimidiatus Erichson, 1842 | | | Heteronyx granum Burmeister, 1855 | | | Heteronyx oblongus Blanchard, 1850 | | | Heteronyx pubescens (Erichson, 1842) | ⇒ Heteronyx australis Boisduval, 1835 | | Liparetrus asper MacLeay, 1886 | | | Liparetrus ferrugineus Blanchard, 1850 | | | Liparetrus gracilipes Blackburn, 1888 | | | Liparetrus marginipennis Blanchard, 1850 | | | Liparetrus sylvicola (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Liparetrus iridipennis Germar, 1848 | | Liparetrus vestitus vestitus | | | Maechidius excisicollis Blackburn, 1898 | | | Microvalgus bursariae (Lea, 1914) | ⇒ Microvalgus bursuriae Lea, 1914 | | Microvalgus bursuriae Lea, 1914 | | | Microvalgus lapeyrousei Gory & Perch..., 1833 | | | Microvalgus scutellaris Blackburn, 1894 | | | Microvalgus squamiventris Lea, 1914 | | | Microvalgus vagans Lea, 1914 | | | Microvalgus vagans vagans | | | Neorrhina punctatum Donovan, 1805 | Punctate Flower Chafer | | Onthophagus auritus Erichson, 1842 | | | Onthophagus australis Guérin-Ménev..., 1830 | Southern dung beetle | | Onthophagus dunningi Harold, 1869 | | | Onthophagus granulatus (Boheman, 1858) | ⇒ Onthophagus consentaneus Harold, 1867 | | Onthophagus hoplocerus Lea, 1923 | | | Onthophagus mniszechi Harold, 1869 | Kershaw´s burying beetle | | Onthophagus pexatus Harold, 1869 | | | Ophropyx hispida Blackburn, 1898 | | | Phyllotocus australis Boisduval, 1835 | | | Phyllotocus bimaculatus Erichson, 1842 | | | Phyllotocus macleayi Fischer, 1823 | | | Phyllotocus rufipennis Boisduval, 1835 | | | Pimelopus dubius dubius | | | Podotenus suberosus Blackburn, 1904 | | | Podotenus victoriae Blackburn, 1897 | | | Pycnoschema prostomis Fairmaire, 1897 | | | Rhopaea heterodactyla Germar, 1848 | | | Rhopaea laticollis Blackburn, 1911 | | | Saprosites mendax Blackburn, 1892 | | | Saulostomus villosus Waterhouse, 1878 | Hairy scarab | | Scabrostomus tanytarsus Skelley & Wo..., 1991 | Masked stargazer | | Scitala sericans Erichson, 1842 | Shiny pasture scarab | | Semanopterus subcostatus Castelnau, 1840 | | | Sericesthis geminata Boisduval, 1835 | Pruinose scarab | | Sericesthis micans Blackburn, 1890 | | | Sericesthis nigrolineata Boisduval, 1835 | Dusky pasture scarab | | Sericesthis suturalis MacLeay, 1871 | | | Sericesthis vigilans Sharp, 1890 | | | Strategus splendens Palisot de B..., 1809 | Surf blenny | | Trissodon australasiae Hope, 1837 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Melbourne | Subfamily | Aphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles | 7
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers | 6
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles | 10
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 12
29 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Rutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers | 2
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 1
7 | Genus
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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