Checklist for Subfamily Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802 (Dung Beetles)
and region Pietermaritzburg (Msunduzi)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 204
750
948 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 204
750
948 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 192
728
926 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 159
658
860 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 34
144
135 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 28
119
108 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 4
45
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 4
45
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 42
41 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles | 16
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Pietermaritzburg
16 Genera with 20 Species | Caccobius Thomson, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catharsius Hope, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyptochirus Lesne, 1828 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drepanocerus Kirby, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eodrepanus Barbero, Pal..., 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euoniticellus Janssens, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Euonthophagus Balthasar, 1959 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Gymnopleurus Illiger, 1803 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Heliocopris Hope, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Liatongus Reitter, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onitis Fabricius, 1983 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1901 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Proagoderus Lansberge, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarophorus Erichson, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xinidium Harold, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Pietermaritzburg
20 Species | Caccobius obtusus Fahraeus, 1857 | | | Catharsius tricornutus DeGeer, 1778 | | | Cyptochirus ambiguus (Kirby, 1828) | ⇒ Drepanocerus trogiformis Roth, 1851 | | Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | Brown dung beetle | | Drepanocerus ambiguus Kirby, 1828 | | | Drepanocerus trogiformis Roth, 1851 | | | Eodrepanus fastiditus Péringuey, 1901 | | | Euoniticellus triangulatus Harold, 1873 | | | Heliocopris hamadryas Fabricius, 1775 | | | Liatongus militaris Castelnau, 1840 | Yellow Shouldered Dung Beetle | | Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835) | ⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789 | | Onitis pecuarius Lansberge, 1875 | | | Onitis tortuosus Houston, 1983 | | | Onthophagus (Proagoderus) pegesimallus Marcus, 1917 | | | Onthophagus binodis Thunberg, 1818 | Humpbacked Dung Beetle | | Onthophagus vigens Péringuey, 1901 | | | Proagoderus lanista Castelnau, 1840 | | | Sarophorus costatus Fahraeus, 1857 | | | Xinidium dentilabris Harold, 1869 | | | Xinidium dewitzi Harold, 1878 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeinae with occurrences in Pietermaritzburg
Links, sources and further information Scarabaeinae at artfakta.se
Scarabaeinae at dyntaxa.se
Scarabaeinae at itis.gov
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