Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Sahara (North Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 78
419
608 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 78
419
608 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 74
412
601 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 54
321
482 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 16
65
94 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 15
48
62 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 1
13
17 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 1
13
17 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 13
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Sahara
13 Genera with 17 Species | Anomala Samouelle, 1867 | Shining Leaf Chafer | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Didactylia Orbigny, 1942 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Escarabaeus Zidek & Pokorny, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Granulopsammodius Rakovic, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronychus Seidlitz, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesontoplatys Motschulsky, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oryctes Hellwig, 1960 | Coconut rhinoceros beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxythyrea Mulsant, 1761 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parabodilus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Podalgus Burmeister, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prodoretus Brenske, 1943 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sitiphus Fairmaire, 1958 | | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Sahara
17 Species and 1 Subspecies | Anomala atriplicis Fabricius, 1787 | | | Anomala ferruginea Marseul, 1867 | | | Didactylia clementi Peyerimhoff, 1929 | | | Didactylia volkonskyi Paulian, 1942 | | | Escarabaeus cristatus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Granulopsammodius plicatulus Fairmaire, 1892 | | | Heteronychus monodi Paulian, 1954 | | | Mesontoplatys arabicus Harold, 1875 | | | Onthophagus viridicatus d´Orbigny, 1902 | | | Oryctes sahariensis De Miré, 1960 | | | Oxythyrea funesta Poda, 1761 | | | Parabodilus wollastoni Harold, 1862 | | | Podalgus cuniculus reichei Paulian, 1954 | | | Prodoretus chudeaui Stralla, 1943 | | | Sitiphus ammodites Peyerimhoff, 1939 | | | Sitiphus brevitarsis Reitter, 1894 | | | Sitiphus sefrensis Petrovitz, 1958 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Sahara | Subfamily | Aphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles | 5
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Rutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 1
1 | 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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