Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Seychelles (Indian Ocean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 319
2025
3758 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 317
2021
3753 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 309
1997
3712 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 198
1539
2917 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 57
479
888 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 53
443
836 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 4
29
42 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 4
29
42 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 24
33 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Seychelles
24 Genera with 33 Species #ACLMNOPRS
| Adoretus Laporte, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrilinus Mulsant & Rey, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ataenius Harold, 1867 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Caccobius Thomson, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leiopsammodius Rakovic, 1979 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptocnemis Selys, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucocelis Burmeister, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lonchotus Burmeister, 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mausoleopsis Lansberge, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Microthyrea Kraatz, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neotrichiorhyssemus RakoviÄ & K..., 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nesohoplia | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nialaphodius Kolbe, 1801 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odontolytes Koshantschikov, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orsilochus Stål, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oryctes Hellwig, 1789 | Coconut rhinoceros beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Parastasia Westwood, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Passaliolla Balthasar, 1945 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Perissosoma Waterhouse, 1895 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Protaetia Burmeister, 1968 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyparus Westwood, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyssemus Mulsant, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Saprosites Redtenbacher, 1877 | | 5 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Seychelles
33 Species and 4 Subspecies | Adoretus (Adoretus) versutus Harold, 1869 | Fijian cane root grub | | Agrilinus hasegawai aka Nakane, 1960 | | | Ataenius atramentarius Erichson, 1847 | | | Ataenius scutellaris (Harold, 1867) | ⇒ Ataenius atramentarius Erichson, 1847 | | Caccobius meridionalis Boucomont, 1914 | | | Labarrus pseudolividus Balthasar, 1941 | | | Leiopsammodius seychellensis Rakovic, 1979 | | | Leptocnemis cyanops Selys, 1869 | | | Leucocelis abbotti Linell, 1897 | | | Leucocelis aldabrensis Linell, 1897 | | | Lonchotus aldabrensis Dechambre, 1986 | | | Mausoleopsis aldabrensis Linell, 1897 | | | Mausoleopsis provindenciae Linell, 1897 | | | Microthyrea aldabrensis (Linell, 1897) | ⇒ Leucocelis aldabrensis Linell, 1897 | | Microthyrea providenciae | | | Neotrichiorhyssemus hirsutus Clouët, 1901 | | | Nesohoplia senecionus Scott, 1912 | | | Nialaphodius nigrita Fabricius, 1801 | | | Odontolytes capitosus Harold, 1867 | | | Orsilochus crassiceps Attems, 1900 | | | Oryctes erebus Burmeister, 1847 | | | Oryctes erebus erebus | | | Oryctes monoceros Olivier, 1789 | African rhinoceros beetle | | Parastasia coquereli Fairmaire, 1868 | | | Perissosoma aenescens Waterhouse, 1875 | | | Perissosoma grande Scott, 1912 | | | Perissosoma tenuitarsis Fairmaire, 1895 | | | Protaetia (Potosiomima) aurichalcea Fabricius, 1775 | | | Protaetia aurichalcea madagassae Miksic, 1968 | | | Rhyparus blantoni Cartwright &..., 1969 | | | Rhyssemus testudo Pittino, 1990 | | | Saprosites laticeps Fairmaire, 1871 | | | Saprosites laticeps seychellensis Bordat, 1990 | | | Saprosites lodoicea Scott, 1912 | | | Saprosites palmarum Scott, 1912 | | | Saprosites pygmaeus Harold, 1877 | Birthworts |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Seychelles | Subfamily | Aphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles | 11
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers | 4
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 3
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Rutelinae
MacLeay, 1819
Shining Flower Chafers, Shining Leaf Chafers | 2
2 | 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
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