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Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Samburu (Kwale County, Kenya)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
38
79
91
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
38
79
91
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
33
69
79
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
29
65
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
5
15
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
4
12
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
1
9
12
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
1
9
12
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
9
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Samburu
9 Genera with 12 Species
Aptychonitis Janssens, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1891Mexican dung beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 20172SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Heteronitis Gillet, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Onitis Fabricius, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Pachysoma MacLeay, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Serica MacLeay, 19331SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Samburu
12 Species
Aptychonitis anomalus Gestro, 1895
Copris bootes Klug, 1855
Copris harrisi Waterhouse, 1891
Digitonthophagus petilus Génier, 2017
Digitonthophagus ulcerosus Génier, 2017
Gymnopleurus laevicollis (Castelnau, 1840)⇒ Gymnopleurus purpureus Garreta, 1914
Gymnopleurus sericeifrons Fairmaire, 1887
Heteronitis castelnaui Harold, 1862
Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835)⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789
Onthophagus (Proagoderus) pegesimallus Marcus, 1917
Pachysoma bennigseni Felsche, 1907
Serica acontia Dawson, 1933

Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Samburu
SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
8
11
Genera
Species

Taxom



Scarabaeidae (Latreille 1802)
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