Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Nelson Mandela Bay (Eastern Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 145
572
627 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 145
572
627 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 140
562
620 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 113
522
581 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 32
134
128 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 29
109
95 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 2
26
28 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 2
26
28 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 25
27 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Nelson Mandela Bay
25 Genera with 27 Species #ACDEGHKNOPS
| Anomala Samouelle, 1821 | Shining Leaf Chafer | 1 | Species | Taxom | Camenta Erichson, 1847 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Catharsius Hope, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cinacanthus Schmidt, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Circellium Latreille, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copris Geoffroy, 1835 | Mexican dung beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | Dichelus Lepeletier &..., 1828 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Dicranocnemus Burmeister, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dischista Burmeister, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epirinus Reiche, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euoniticellus Janssens, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnopleurus Illiger, 1792 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronychus Seidlitz, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hoplocnemis | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Khoina Péringuey, 1818 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neosisyphus Müller, 1974 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oniticellus Serville, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onitis Fabricius, 1860 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1807 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pedaria Laporte, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phalops Erichson, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Smaragdesthes Kraatz, 1836 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stripsipher Gory & Perch..., 1833 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Syrictes Prell, 1936 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nelson Mandela Bay
27 Species and 1 Subspecies | Anomala vetula Wiedemann, 1821 | | | Catharsius tricornutus DeGeer, 1778 | | | Cinacanthus anomalipus Péringuey, 1901 | | | Circellium bacchus Fabricius, 1781 | Flightless dung beetle | | Copris fidius Olivier, 1789 | | | Copris orion Klug, 1835 | | | Dicranocnemus squamosus Burmeister, 1844 | | | Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | Brown dung beetle | | Dischista rufa De Geer, 1778 | | | Epirinus flagellatus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Euoniticellus triangulatus Harold, 1873 | | | Gymnopleurus leei Fabricius, 1792 | | | Heteronychus arator Fabricius, 1775 | African black beetle | | Hoplocnemis fuliginosa Burmeister, 1844 | | | Khoina bilateralis Thunberg, 1818 | | | Neosisyphus rubrus Paschalidis, 1974 | | | Oniticellus planatus Castelnau, 1840 | | | Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835) | ⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789 | | Onitis aygulus Fabricius, 1781 | | | Onitis caffer Boheman, 1857 | | | Onitis confusus Boheman, 1860 | | | Onthophagus minutus (Hausmann, 1807) | ⇒ Onthophagus centricornis Fabricius, 1798 | | Pedaria picea Fahraeus, 1857 | | | Phalops bubalus Harold, 1867 | | | Smaragdesthes africana smaragdina Chevrolat, 1836 | | | Stripsipher longipes Swederus, 1787 | | | Stripsipher zebra Gory & Perch..., 1833 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Nelson Mandela Bay | 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 | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles | 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 5
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Rutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 13
17 | 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
Scarabaeidae at irmng.org
Scarabaeidae at itis.gov
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