Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region China (East Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 999
16363
78101 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 996
16356
78088 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 922
16029
77370 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 543
11801
60222 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 160
4514
27995 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 131
3823
22196 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 17
514
4258 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 17
514
4258 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for China
17 Families width 4258 Species and 498 Subspecies | Alloioscarabaeidae Bai & al., 2012 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphodiidae Leach, 1815 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cetoniidae (Leach, 1815) | Flower beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802 | Dor beetles | 235 | Species | Taxom | | Glaphyridae MacLeay, 1819 | Bumble bee scarab beetle | 51 | Species | Taxom | | Glaresidae Kolbe, 1905 | Enigmatic scarab beetle | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847 | Pill scarab beetles | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Lithoscarabaeidae Nikolajev, 1992 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 | Stag Beetle | 570 | Species | Taxom | | Melolonthidae (Leach, 1817) | Chafers | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Ochodaeidae Mulsant & Rey, 1870 | Sand-loving scarab beetle | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Passalidae Leach, 1815 | Bess beetle | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Pleocomidae LeConte, 1861 | Rain beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rutelidae (MacLeay, 1819) | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 | Dung beetles | 3245 | Species | Taxom | | Septiventeridae Bai & al., 2013 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trogidae (MacLeay, 1819) | Gnawer beetles | 49 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in China | Family | Alloioscarabaeidae ♰
Bai & al., 2012
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Aphodiidae
Leach, 1815
| 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cetoniidae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers, Rose chafers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring dung beetles, Earth-boring scarab beetles | 27
235 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Glaphyridae
MacLeay, 1819
bumble bee scarab beetle, Bumble bee scarab beetles, The bumble bee scarab beetles | 7
51 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Glaresidae
Kolbe, 1905
enigmatic scarab beetle, Enigmatic scarab beetles | 1
5 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybosoridae
Erichson, 1847
Pill scarab beetles, scavenger scarab beetle, Scavenger scarab beetles, Scavenging scarab beetles | 12
25 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lithoscarabaeidae ♰
Nikolajev, 1992
| 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 56
570 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Melolonthidae
Leach, 1817
Chafers, June beetles, May beetles | 5
24 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ochodaeidae ♰
Mulsant & Rey, 1870
sand-loving scarab beetle, Sand-loving scarab beetles | 6
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Passalidae
Leach, 1815
bess beetle, Bess beetles, Betsy beetles, Passalid beetles, Patent leather beetles, Peg | 9
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pleocomidae
LeConte, 1861
rain beetle, Rain beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rutelidae
MacLeay, 1819
| 3
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 375
3245 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Septiventeridae ♰
Bai & al., 2013
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Trogidae
MacLeay, 1819
Gnawer beetles, Hide, hide beetle, Hide beetles, Keratin Beetles, Skin and hide beetles, Skin beetles | 5
49 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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