Checklist for Subfamily Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802 (Dung Beetles)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 211
830
1111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 211
830
1111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 206
825
1106 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 144
685
939 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 43
256
383 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 40
227
338 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 5
44
96 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 5
44
96 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 39
91 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 10
18 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape Peninsula
10 Genera with 18 Species | Ateuchus Weber, 1818 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Catharsius Hope, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copris Geoffroy, 1818 | Mexican dung beetle | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Epirinus Reiche, 1901 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Onitis Fabricius, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1807 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pachysoma MacLeay, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Sceliages Westwood, 1837 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Sisyphus Latreille, 1818 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Peninsula
18 Species | Ateuchus pius (Illiger, 1803) | ⇒ Scarabaeus pius Illiger, 1803 | | Ateuchus spinipes Thunberg, 1818 | | | Catharsius tricornutus DeGeer, 1778 | | | Copris anceus Olivier, 1789 | | | Copris binodis Thunberg, 1818 | | | Copris ciliatus | | | Copris orion Klug, 1835 | | | Copris sexdentatus (Thunberg, 1818) | ⇒ Copris sarpedon Harold, 1868 | | Epirinus flagellatus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Epirinus hilaris Péringuey, 1901 | | | Onitis aygulus Fabricius, 1781 | | | Onthophagus aceroides Krikken & Hu..., 2013 | | | Onthophagus amphicoma Boucomont, 1914 | | | Onthophagus giraffa Hausmann, 1807 | | | Pachysoma barbatus | | | Scarabaeus convexus Hausmann, 1807 | | | Scarabaeus ruficornis | | | Sisyphus costatus Thunberg, 1818 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeinae with occurrences in Cape Peninsula
Links, sources and further information Scarabaeinae at artfakta.se
Scarabaeinae at dyntaxa.se
Scarabaeinae at itis.gov
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