Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Taita-Taveta County (Coast Province, Kenya)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 84
257
324 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 84
257
324 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 81
252
319 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 60
225
296 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 12
32
34 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 11
30
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 3
18
19 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 3
18
19 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 16
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Taita-Taveta County
16 Genera with 17 Species Anisorrhina Westwood, 1842 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Anomala Samouelle, 1919 | Shining Leaf Chafer | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caccobius Thomson, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cinacanthus Schmidt, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copris Geoffroy, 1855 | Mexican dung beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 2017 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | Euonthophagus Balthasar, 1959 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Heliocopris Hope, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neosisyphus Müller, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1845 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parascatonomus Paulian, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pedaria Laporte, 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Proagoderus Lansberge, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sisyphus Latreille, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stiptopodius Harold, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Taita-Taveta County
17 Species | Anomala fulvia Ohaus, 1919 | | | Caccobius postlulatus | | | Cinacanthus anomalipus Péringuey, 1901 | | | Copris elphenor Klug, 1855 | | | Digitonthophagus biflagellatus Génier, 2017 | | | Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | Brown dung beetle | | Digitonthophagus petilus Génier, 2017 | | | Digitonthophagus ulcerosus Génier, 2017 | | | Heliocopris dilloni Guérin-Ménev..., 1847 | | | Neosisyphus trochantericus Fairmaire, 1891 | | | Onthophagus infuscatus Klug, 1845 | | | Parascatonomus penicillatus Harold, 1879 | | | Pedaria barrei Josso & Prév..., 2006 | | | Proagoderus extensus Harold, 1878 | | | Scarabaeus aegyptiacus Stolfa, 1938 | | | Sisyphus goryi (Harold, 1859) | ⇒ Sisyphus caffer goryi Harold, 1859 | | Stiptopodius patrizii Boucomont, 1923 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Taita-Taveta County | 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 | 1
0 | Genus
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 | 12
14 | 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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