Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Australasia (Oceania)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 942
23049
129157 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 938
23017
129086 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 883
22694
128014 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 534
17158
106564 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 144
6439
46908 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 127
5615
39050 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 11
581
4660 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 11
581
4660 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Australasia
11 Families width 4660 Species and 232 Subspecies | Aphodiidae Leach, 1815 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802 | Dor beetles | 197 | Species | Taxom | | Glaphyridae MacLeay, 1819 | Bumble bee scarab beetle | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847 | Pill scarab beetles | 106 | Species | Taxom | | Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 | Stag Beetle | 350 | Species | Taxom | | Melolonthidae (Leach, 1817) | Chafers | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Passalidae Leach, 1815 | Bess beetle | 121 | Species | Taxom | | Pleocomidae LeConte, 1861 | Rain beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rutelidae (MacLeay, 1819) | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 | Dung beetles | 3766 | Species | Taxom | | Trogidae (MacLeay, 1819) | Gnawer beetles | 109 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Australasia | Family | Aphodiidae
Leach, 1815
| 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring dung beetles, Earth-boring scarab beetles | 16
197 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Glaphyridae
MacLeay, 1819
bumble bee scarab beetle, Bumble bee scarab beetles, The bumble bee scarab beetles | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybosoridae
Erichson, 1847
Pill scarab beetles, scavenger scarab beetle, Scavenger scarab beetles, Scavenging scarab beetles | 13
106 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 52
350 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Melolonthidae
Leach, 1817
Chafers, June beetles, May beetles | 1
8 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Passalidae
Leach, 1815
bess beetle, Bess beetles, Betsy beetles, Passalid beetles, Patent leather beetles, Peg | 19
121 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pleocomidae
LeConte, 1861
rain beetle, Rain beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rutelidae
MacLeay, 1819
| 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 472
3766 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Trogidae
MacLeay, 1819
Gnawer beetles, Hide, hide beetle, Hide beetles, Keratin Beetles, Skin and hide beetles, Skin beetles | 3
109 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Scarabaeoidea at scarabeidi.it
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