Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Berkshire County (Massachusetts, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 304
1448
2044 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 303
1446
2042 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 287
1400
1956 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 201
1152
1647 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 55
318
393 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 51
260
290 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 5
20
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 5
20
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Berkshire County
5 Families width 27 Species
Genera for Berkshire County
20 Genera with 27 Species | Adoretus Laporte, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphodius Hellwig, 1774 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ataenius Harold, 1823 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Calamosternus Motschulsky, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cnemotrupes Jekel, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dorcus MacLeay, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eucanthus Westwood, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euphoria Burmeister, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ligyrus Erichson, 1774 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lucanus Scopoli, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrodactylus Dejean, 1775 | Rose Chafers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odontotaenius Kuwert, 1800 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1961 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pelidnota MacLeay, 1758 | Precious Metal Scarabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllophaga Harris, 1950 | June beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platycerus Geoffroy, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polyphylla Harris, 1856 | Lined June Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strategus Kirby, 1773 | Ox Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trox Fabricius, 1844 | Hide Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Berkshire County
27 Species | Adoretus (Adoretus) lithobius Ohaus, 1914 | | | Aphodius (Aphodius) fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758 | Common dung beetle | | Aphodius (Aphodius) pedellus (DeGeer, 1774) | ⇒ Aphodius fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758 | | Ataenius abditus Haldeman, 1848 | | | Ataenius brevis Fall, 1930 | | | Ataenius gracilis Melsheimer, 1845 | | | Ataenius strigatus Say, 1823 | Black turfgrass ataenius | | Calamosternus granarius Linnaeus, 1767 | Granular Small Dung Beetle | | Cnemotrupes blackburni Fabricius, 1781 | | | Dorcus parallelus Say, 1823 | Antelope Beetle | | Eucanthus lazarus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Euphoria inda Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown Fruit Chafer | | Labarrus pseudolividus Balthasar, 1941 | | | Ligyrus gibbosus DeGeer, 1774 | Carrot beetle | | Lucanus (Pseudolucanus) capreolus (Linnaeus, 1763) | ⇒ Lucanus cervus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Macrodactylus subspinosus Fabricius, 1775 | American Rose Chafer | | Odontotaenius disjunctus Illiger, 1800 | Bessbug | | Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) nuchicornis Linnaeus, 1758 | Mottled dung beetle | | Onthophagus carpophilus Pereira & Ha..., 1961 | | | Pelidnota (Pelidnota) punctata Linnaeus, 1758 | Grapevine beetle | | Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) crenulata Frölich, 1792 | | | Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) panorpa Sanderson, 1950 | | | Platycerus caraboides Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Platycerus virescens (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Platycerus caraboides Linnaeus, 1758 | | Polyphylla (Polyphylla) hammondi LeConte, 1856 | Aquatic oligochaete worm | | Strategus antaeus Drury, 1773 | Ox beetle | | Trox (Trox) variolatus (Melsheimer, 1844) | ⇒ Trox scaber Linnaeus, 1767 |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Berkshire County | Family | Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring dung beetles, Earth-boring scarab beetles | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | 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 | 13
19 | 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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