Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Saint Helena (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 205
929
1524 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 204
927
1522 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 198
916
1503 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 138
766
1314 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 42
243
383 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 38
206
323 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 2
16
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 2
16
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 14
21 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Saint Helena
14 Genera with 21 Species | Adoretus Laporte, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphodius Hellwig, 1789 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ataeniopsis Petrovitz, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ataenius Harold, 1846 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Blackburneus Schmidt, 1845 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cetonia Fabricius, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diplotaxis Kirby, 1909 | Wall-Rockets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euparia Le Peletier ..., 1828 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronychus Seidlitz, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mellissius Wollaston, 1972 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Otophorus Mulsant, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parataenius Balthasar, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platytomus Mulsant, 1948 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Serica MacLeay, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Saint Helena
21 Species and 1 Subspecies | Adoretus (Adoretus) versutus Harold, 1869 | Fijian cane root grub | | Aphodius (Aphodius) foetidus Herbst, 1783 | | | Aphodius (Aphodius) pedellus (DeGeer, 1774) | ⇒ Aphodius fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758 | | Aphodius (Nialus) lividus (Olivier, 1789) | ⇒ Acrossus luridus Fabricius, 1775 | | Ataeniopsis figurator Harold, 1874 | | | Ataenius cylindrus (Horn, 1871) | ⇒ Ataenius ovatulus Horn, 1871 | | Ataenius picinus Harold, 1861 | Antarctic blennies | | Ataenius platensis Blanchard, 1846 | | | Blackburneus stercorosus Melsheimer, 1845 | | | Cetonia aurata Linnaeus, 1758 | Flower beetle | | Diplotaxis tenebrosa Fall, 1909 | | | Euparia castanea Lepeletier &..., 1828 | Butterfly blenny | | Heteronychus arator arator | | | Mellissius adumbratus Wollaston, 1875 | Shadowy Chafer | | Mellissius eudoxus Wollaston, 1877 | Melliss' Hornless Chafer | | Mellissius oryctoides Decelle, 1972 | Melliss' Dented Chafer | | Mellissius popei Endrödi, 1972 | | | Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Bloody small dung beetle | | Parataenius simulator Harold, 1868 | | | Platytomus longulus Cartwright, 1948 | Horned blenny | | Serica acontia Dawson, 1933 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Saint Helena | Subfamily | Aphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles | 8
12 | 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 | 2
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Rutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers | 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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