Checklist for Subfamily Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802 (Dung Beetles)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 275
1655
2186 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
1494
2029 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 57
623
794 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 54
527
631 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 4
78
123 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 4
78
123 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 75
119 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 15
28 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape Town
15 Genera with 28 Species | Catharsius Hope, 1778 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1776 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copris Geoffroy, 1789 | Mexican dung beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Epirinus Reiche, 2005 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Euoniticellus Janssens, 1873 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Frankenbergerius | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heliocopris Hope, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Kheper Janssens, 1821 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Liatongus Reitter, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neosisyphus Müller, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odontoloma Boheman, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onitis Fabricius, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1807 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pachysoma MacLeay, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1807 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Town
28 Species | Catharsius calaharicus Kolbe, 1893 | | | Catharsius tricornutus DeGeer, 1778 | | | Cheironitis scabrosus Fabricius, 1776 | | | Copris capensis Waterhouse, 1891 | | | Copris corniger (Sahlberg, 1823) | ⇒ Onthophagus taurus Schreber, 1759 | | Copris fidius Olivier, 1789 | | | Epirinus aeneus Wiedemann, 1823 | | | Epirinus flagellatus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Epirinus hilaris Péringuey, 1901 | | | Epirinus pseudorugosus Medina & Sch..., 2005 | | | Euoniticellus africanus Harold, 1873 | Greater sandy dung beetle | | Euoniticellus triangulatus Harold, 1873 | | | Frankenbergerius nanus Frolov & Sch..., 2005 | | | Heliocopris faunus Boheman, 1857 | | | Heliocopris hamadryas Fabricius, 1775 | | | Kheper bonellii MacLeay, 1821 | | | Liatongus militaris Castelnau, 1840 | Yellow Shouldered Dung Beetle | | Neosisyphus barbarossa Wiedemann, 1823 | | | Odontoloma pygidiale Péringuey, 1901 | | | Onitis caffer Boheman, 1857 | | | Onthophagus carpophilus Pereira & Ha..., 1961 | | | Onthophagus dinoderus d´Orbigny, 1913 | | | Onthophagus giraffa Hausmann, 1807 | | | Onthophagus immundus Boheman, 1858 | | | Onthophagus minutus (Hausmann, 1807) | ⇒ Onthophagus centricornis Fabricius, 1798 | | Pachysoma aesculapius Olivier, 1789 | | | Scarabaeus convexus Hausmann, 1807 | | | Scarabaeus rugosus (Hausmann, 1807) | ⇒ Onthophagus taurus Schreber, 1759 |
Subnodes of Scarabaeinae with occurrences in Cape Town
Links, sources and further information Scarabaeinae at artfakta.se
Scarabaeinae at dyntaxa.se
Scarabaeinae at itis.gov
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