Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Azores (Macaronesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 291
1643
2746 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 287
1635
2736 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 282
1624
2719 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 189
1260
2137 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 54
449
884 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 51
395
772 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 3
18
24 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 3
18
24 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Azores
3 Families width 24 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Azores
18 Genera with 24 Species | Aegialia Latreille, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphodius Hellwig, 1867 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ataenius Harold, 1845 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brindalus Landin, 1803 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calamosternus Motschulsky, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coelosis Hope, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coprimorphus Mulsant, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nialosternus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1961 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Oxythyrea Mulsant, 1761 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Passalus Fabricius, 1825 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pharaonus Blanchard, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platytomus Mulsant, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pleurophorus Mulsant, 1796 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Popillia Leach, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psammodius Fallen, 1844 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trox Fabricius, 1767 | Hide Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Azores
24 Species and 1 Subspecies | Aegialia (Aegialia) arenaria Fabricius, 1787 | Dune sand scarab beetle | | Aphodius (Aphodius) pedrosi Wollaston, 1854 | | | Aphodius gracilis Boheman, 1857 | | | Aphodius rendalli Wollaston, 1867 | | | Ataenius gracilis Melsheimer, 1845 | | | Brindalus porcicollis Illiger, 1803 | | | Calamosternus granarius Linnaeus, 1767 | Granular Small Dung Beetle | | Coelosis bicornis Leske, 1779 | | | Coprimorphus scrutator Herbst, 1789 | | | Labarrus lividus Olivier, 1789 | Scarab beetle | | Labarrus lividus lividus | | | Nialosternus rendalli Wollaston, 1867 | | | Onthophagus (Onthophagus) illyricus Scopoli, 1763 | | | Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taurus Schreber, 1759 | Bull Headed Dung Beetle | | Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) vacca Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Onthophagus carpophilus Pereira & Ha..., 1961 | | | Oxythyrea funesta Poda, 1761 | | | Passalus (Passalus) punctiger Lepeletier &..., 1825 | Grass klipfish | | Pharaonus caucasicus Reitter, 1888 | | | Platytomus tibialis Fabricius, 1798 | | | Pleurophorus caesus Creutzer, 1796 | Cut small dung beetle | | Popillia japonica Newman, 1838 | Japanese beetle | | Psammodius basalis Mulsant & Rey, 1870 | Crested blenny | | Psammodius laevipennis Costa, 1844 | Awkward-winged small dung beetle | | Trox (Trox) scaber Linnaeus, 1767 | Hide beetle |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Azores | Family | Passalidae
Leach, 1815
bess beetle, Bess beetles, Betsy beetles, Passalid beetles, Patent leather beetles, Peg | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 16
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Trogidae
MacLeay, 1819
Gnawer beetles, Hide, hide beetle, Hide beetles, Keratin Beetles, Skin and hide beetles, Skin beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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