Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Aberdeenshire (Scotland, United Kingdom)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 262
1375
2378 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 262
1375
2378 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 247
1339
2324 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 183
1177
2115 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 46
287
545 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 41
227
346 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 2
14
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 2
14
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Aberdeenshire
2 Families width 20 Species
Genera for Aberdeenshire
14 Genera with 20 Species | Acrossus Mulsant, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aegialia Latreille, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anomala Samouelle, 1763 | Shining Leaf Chafer | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplotrupes Jekel, 1791 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chilothorax Motschulsky, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geotrupes Latreille, 1802 | Dor Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melinopterus Mulsant, 1798 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melolontha Fabricius, 1758 | Billy witch | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1895 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllopertha Stephens, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Serica MacLeay, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sparrmannia Laporte de C..., 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Typhaeus Leach, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Aberdeenshire
20 Species | Acrossus rufipes Linnaeus, 1758 | Night-Flying Dung Beetle | | Aegialia (Aegialia) arenaria Fabricius, 1787 | Dune sand scarab beetle | | Anomala (Anomala) dubia (Scopoli, 1763) | ⇒ Anomala undulata Melsheimer, 1845 | | Anoplotrupes stercorosus Scriba, 1791 | Dor Beetle | | Chilothorax paykulli Bedel, 1907 | | | Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | Brown dung beetle | | Geotrupes (Geotrupes) stercorarius (Marsham, 1802) | ⇒ Geotrupes spiniger Marsham, 1802 | | Melinopterus prodromus Brahm, 1790 | Spring small dung beetle | | Melinopterus sphacelatus Panzer, 1798 | | | Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha Linnaeus, 1758 | Cockchafer | | Onthophagus (Onthophagus) depressus Harold, 1871 | Flat African dung beetle | | Onthophagus australis Guérin-Ménev..., 1830 | Southern dung beetle | | Onthophagus binodis Thunberg, 1818 | Humpbacked Dung Beetle | | Onthophagus capella (Kirby, 1818) | ⇒ Onthophagus ramosellus Bates, 1891 | | Onthophagus chepara Matthews, 1972 | | | Onthophagus leai Blackburn, 1895 | | | Phyllopertha horticola (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Phyllopertha intermixta Arrow, 1913 | | Serica (Serica) brunnea (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Serica similis Lewis, 1895 | | Sparrmannia flava Arrow, 1917 | | | Typhaeus (Typhaeus) typhoeus Linnaeus, 1758 | Minotaur Beetle |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Aberdeenshire | Family | Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring dung beetles, Earth-boring scarab beetles | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 11
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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