Checklist for Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 (Dung beetles)
and region Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 378
2427
3666 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 376
2423
3662 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 361
2383
3584 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 254
2026
3108 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 68
511
803 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 63
427
585 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 2
37
52 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 2
37
52 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 34
48 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Vancouver Island
34 Genera with 48 Species #ACDEHLMNOPST
| Adoretus Laporte, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphodius Hellwig, 1774 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Caccobius Thomson, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calamosternus Motschulsky, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catharsius Hope, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cinacanthus Schmidt, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colobopterus Mulsant, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copris Geoffroy, 1857 | Mexican dung beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyptochirus Lesne, 1828 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diplotaxis Kirby, 1866 | Wall-Rockets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Drepanocerus Kirby, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eodrepanus Barbero, Pal..., 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epirinus Reiche, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heliocopris Hope, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucocelis Burmeister, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Litocopris Waterhouse, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanocanthon Halffter, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melinopterus Mulsant, 1790 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neosisyphus Müller, 1818 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Onitis Fabricius, 1855 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1843 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Otophorus Mulsant, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pardalosus Gordon and S..., 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phobetus LeConte, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllophaga Harris, 1866 | June beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Planolinoides Dellacasa an..., 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Polybaphes Kirby, 1827 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Proagoderus Lansberge, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnoschema Thomson, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scabrostomus Gordon and S..., 1991 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Serica MacLeay, 1856 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sisyphus Latreille, 1859 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Teuchestes Mulsant, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Vancouver Island
48 Species | Adoretus (Adoretus) lithobius Ohaus, 1914 | | | Aphodius (Aphodius) fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758 | Common dung beetle | | Aphodius (Aphodius) pedellus (DeGeer, 1774) | ⇒ Aphodius fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758 | | Caccobius obtusus Fahraeus, 1857 | | | Calamosternus granarius Linnaeus, 1767 | Granular Small Dung Beetle | | Catharsius tricornutus DeGeer, 1778 | | | Cinacanthus anomalipus Péringuey, 1901 | | | Colobopterus erraticus Linnaeus, 1758 | Erratic small dung beetle | | Copris corniger (Sahlberg, 1823) | ⇒ Onthophagus taurus Schreber, 1759 | | Copris obesus Boheman, 1857 | | | Cyptochirus ambiguus (Kirby, 1828) | ⇒ Drepanocerus trogiformis Roth, 1851 | | Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | Brown dung beetle | | Diplotaxis brevicollis LeConte, 1856 | Aquatic oligochaete worm | | Diplotaxis consequens Walker, 1866 | | | Drepanocerus ambiguus Kirby, 1828 | | | Drepanocerus trogiformis Roth, 1851 | | | Eodrepanus fastiditus Péringuey, 1901 | | | Epirinus asper Péringuey, 1901 | | | Heliocopris hamadryas Fabricius, 1775 | | | Leucocelis rubra Gory & Perch..., 1833 | | | Litocopris simplex Harold, 1869 | | | Melanocanthon nigricornis Say, 1823 | | | Melinopterus prodromus Brahm, 1790 | Spring small dung beetle | | Neosisyphus rubrus Paschalidis, 1974 | | | Neosisyphus spinipes Thunberg, 1818 | Grey dungball roller | | Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835) | ⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789 | | Onitis pecuarius Lansberge, 1875 | | | Onitis perpunctatus Balthasar, 1963 | | | Onitis tortuosus Houston, 1983 | | | Onitis uncinatus Klug, 1855 | | | Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851 | | | Onthophagus interstitialis (Fahraeus, 1857) | ⇒ Euonthophagus carbonarius Klug, 1855 | | Onthophagus naso Fahraeus, 1857 | | | Onthophagus parumnotatus Fahraeus, 1857 | | | Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843 | | | Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Bloody small dung beetle | | Pardalosus pardalis LeConte, 1857 | | | Phobetus testaceus LeConte, 1861 | | | Phyllophaga nigropicea Walker, 1866 | | | Planolinoides aenictus Cooper & Gordon, 1987 | Benttooths | | Proagoderus lanista Castelnau, 1840 | | | Pycnoschema prostomis Fairmaire, 1897 | | | Scabrostomus tanytarsus Skelley & Wo..., 1991 | Masked stargazer | | Serica anthracina LeConte, 1856 | Aquatic oligochaete worm | | Serica curvata LeConte, 1856 | Aquatic oligochaete worm | | Sisyphus caffer Boheman, 1857 | | | Sisyphus goryi (Harold, 1859) | ⇒ Sisyphus caffer goryi Harold, 1859 | | Teuchestes fossor Linnaeus, 1758 | Digger small dung beetle |
Subnodes of Scarabaeidae with occurrences in Vancouver Island | Subfamily | Aphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles | 10
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cetoniinae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers | 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 4
6 | Genera
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 | 16
28 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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