Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Nairobi (Kenya)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 172
803
1105 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 172
803
1105 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 164
771
1056 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 122
697
981 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 23
110
111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 20
103
105 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 3
43
62 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 3
43
62 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 41
60 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Genera for Nairobi
41 Genera with 60 Species #ACDEGHLMNOPST
Adoretus Laporte, 1840 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Allogymnopleurus Janssens, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anomala Samouelle, 1969 | Shining Leaf Chafer | 3 | Species | Taxom | Apogonia Melichar, 1926 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Caccobius Thomson, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catharsius Hope, 1855 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Copris Geoffroy, 1884 | Mexican dung beetle | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cotinis Burmeister, 1883 | Green June Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deltochilum Eschscholtz, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1787 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Diplognatha Gory & Perch..., 1771 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dischista Burmeister, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drepanocerus Kirby, 1828 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elaphinis Burmeister, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epidrepanus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euoniticellus Janssens, 1873 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Euonthophagus Balthasar, 1959 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Eurypeza | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnopleurus Illiger, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hamonthophagus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heliocopris Hope, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Liatongus Reitter, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Marmylida Thomson, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metacatharsius Paulian, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neosisyphus Müller, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oniticellus Serville, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onitis Fabricius, 1886 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1857 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Oryctes Hellwig, 1775 | Coconut rhinoceros beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachnoda Burmeister, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachysoma MacLeay, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parascatonomus Paulian, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Planolinoides Dellacasa an..., 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platyonitis Janssens, 1942 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyplastus Janson, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Popillia Leach, 1894 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Proagoderus Lansberge, 1883 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Sisyphus Latreille, 1859 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stiptopodius Harold, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tibiodrepanus Krikken, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Trochalus Laporte, 1832 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nairobi
60 Species | Allogymnopleurus signaticollis Waterhouse, 1890 | | | Anomala fausta Ohaus, 1919 | | | Anomala fulvia Ohaus, 1919 | | | Anomala siccana Machatschke, 1969 | | | Caccobius obtusus Fahraeus, 1857 | | | Catharsius jacksoni Waterhouse, 1891 | | | Catharsius platycerus Klug, 1855 | | | Copris algol Nguyen-phung, 1989 | | | Copris evanidus Klug, 1855 | | | Copris fallaciosus Gillet, 1907 | Kenyan dung beetle | | Copris harrisi Waterhouse, 1891 | | | Copris orphanus (Guérin-Ménev..., 1847) | ⇒ Copris evanidus Klug, 1855 | | Copris typhoeus Gerstaecker, 1884 | | | Cotinis (Cotinis) mutabilis Gory & Perch..., 1883 | Fig beetle | | Deltochilum enceladus Kolbe, 1893 | | | Digitonthophagus biflagellatus Génier, 2017 | | | Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | Brown dung beetle | | Diplognatha gagates Forster, 1771 | | | Dischista cincta DeGeer, 1778 | | | Drepanocerus kirbyi Kirby, 1828 | | | Elaphinis (Micrelaphinis) adspersula Gerstaecker, 1884 | | | Epidrepanus pulvinarius Balthasar, 1963 | | | Euoniticellus inaequalis Reiche, 1850 | | | Euoniticellus triangulatus Harold, 1873 | | | Eurypeza aurora Sehnal, 2017 | | | Gymnopleurus sericeifrons Fairmaire, 1887 | | | Hamonthophagus depressus Harold, 1871 | Scarab beetle | | Heliocopris hermes Gillet, 1911 | | | Liatongus militaris Castelnau, 1840 | Yellow Shouldered Dung Beetle | | Liatongus spathulatus Roth, 1851 | | | Marmylida marginella Fabricius, 1775 | | | Metacatharsius opacus Waterhouse, 1891 | | | Neosisyphus tibialis Raffray, 1877 | | | Oniticellus planatus Castelnau, 1840 | | | Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835) | ⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789 | | Onitis anthracinus Felsche, 1907 | | | Onitis meruensis Ferreira, 1977 | | | Onitis uncinatus Klug, 1855 | | | Onitis vanderkelleni Lansberge, 1886 | Dung beetle | | Onitis viridulus (Boheman, 1857) | ⇒ Onitis pecuarius Lansberge, 1875 | | Onitis westermanni Lansberge, 1886 | | | Onthophagus (Proagoderus) pegesimallus Marcus, 1917 | | | Onthophagus aeruginosus Roth, 1851 | | | Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873 | | | Onthophagus impressicollis Boheman, 1860 | | | Onthophagus infuscatus Klug, 1845 | | | Onthophagus parumnotatus Fahraeus, 1857 | | | Oryctes boas Fabricius, 1775 | African rhinoceros beetle | | Pachnoda ephippiata Gerstaecker, 1867 | East-African Sun Beetle | | Pachysoma bennigseni Felsche, 1907 | | | Parascatonomus penicillatus Harold, 1879 | | | Planolinoides aenictus Cooper & Gordon, 1987 | Benttooths | | Platyonitis oberthueri Janssens, 1942 | | | Polyplastus bicolor Kolbe, 1895 | | | Popillia aeneipennis Ohaus, 1908 | | | Popillia browni Kolbe, 1894 | | | Sisyphus gazanus Arrow, 1909 | | | Sisyphus goryi (Harold, 1859) | ⇒ Sisyphus caffer goryi Harold, 1859 | | Stiptopodius patrizii Boucomont, 1923 | | | Tibiodrepanus sulcicollis Castelnau, 1840 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Nairobi | Subfamily | Aphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers | 7
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 3
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Rutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers | 3
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 23
42 | 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
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