Checklist for Subfamily Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802 (Dung Beetles)
and region Kwale County (Coast Province, Kenya)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 84
307
430 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 84
307
430 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 72
279
378 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 57
254
356 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 8
22
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 7
19
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 2
12
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 2
12
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 11
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 9
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Kwale County
9 Genera with 13 Species
Species list for Kwale County
13 Species | Aptychonitis anomalus Gestro, 1895 | | | Copris bootes Klug, 1855 | | | Copris harrisi Waterhouse, 1891 | | | Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | Brown dung beetle | | Digitonthophagus petilus Génier, 2017 | | | Digitonthophagus ulcerosus Génier, 2017 | | | Gymnopleurus laevicollis (Castelnau, 1840) | ⇒ Gymnopleurus purpureus Garreta, 1914 | | Gymnopleurus sericeifrons Fairmaire, 1887 | | | Heteronitis castelnaui Harold, 1862 | | | Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835) | ⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789 | | Onthophagus (Proagoderus) pegesimallus Marcus, 1917 | | | Pachysoma bennigseni Felsche, 1907 | | | Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) sacer (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Scarabaeus pius Illiger, 1803 |
Subnodes of Scarabaeinae with occurrences in Kwale County
Links, sources and further information Scarabaeinae at artfakta.se
Scarabaeinae at dyntaxa.se
Scarabaeinae at itis.gov
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