Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Fiji (Melanesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 292
2001
4417 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 292
2001
4417 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 286
1980
4363 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 184
1536
3519 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 45
394
885 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 42
365
843 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 4
21
29 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 4
21
29 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Fiji
4 Families width 29 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Fiji
21 Genera with 29 Species #ADFGHMNOPRSX
| Adoretus Laporte, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aegus MacLeay, 1823 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Anomacaulus Fairmaire, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antecessorirhyparus Minkina, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ataenius Harold, 1861 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Figulus MacLeay, 1922 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Gonatas Kaup, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hadrorhyparus Howden, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monteitheolus Howden & Storey, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neotrichiorhyssemus RakoviÄ & K..., 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omorgus Erichson, 1775 | Hastate Hide Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oryctes Hellwig, 1758 | Coconut rhinoceros beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paralissotes Holloway, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parastasia Westwood, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poecilopharis Kraatz, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Protaetia Burmeister, 1790 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyparus Westwood, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Saprosites Redtenbacher, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xenotrogus Britton, 1915 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xylonychus Blanchard, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Fiji
29 Species and 1 Subspecies | Adoretus (Adoretus) versutus Harold, 1869 | Fijian cane root grub | | Aegus (Aegus) grandis Deyrolle, 1874 | | | Aegus (Aegus) hyperpunctatus Boucher, 1996 | | | Aegus cicatricosus Wiedemann, 1823 | | | Anomacaulus fulvovestitus Fairmaire, 1878 | | | Antecessorirhyparus octovirgatus Schmidt, 1917 | | | Ataenius peregrinator Harold, 1877 | Birthworts | | Ataenius picinus Harold, 1861 | Antarctic blennies | | Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | Brown dung beetle | | Figulus (Figulinus) fissicollis Fairmaire, 1849 | | | Figulus (Figulus) lilliputanus Westwood, 1855 | | | Figulus foveicollis Boisduval, 1835 | | | Figulus lozoki Kriesche, 1922 | | | Gonatas naviculator Percheron, 1844 | | | Hadrorhyparus pecki Howden, 1995 | | | Monteitheolus fijiensis Howden & Storey, 2000 | | | Neotrichiorhyssemus hirsutus Clouët, 1901 | | | Omorgus (Omorgus) suberosus Fabricius, 1775 | Hide beetle | | Oryctes rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758 | Asiatic rhinoceros beetle | | Paralissotes reticulatus Westwood, 1844 | New Zealand Reticulate Stag Beetle | | Parastasia dolens Fairmaire, 1879 | | | Poecilopharis porioni Allard, 1995 | | | Protaetia (Heteroprotaetia) fusca Herbst, 1790 | Asian Mango Flower Beetle | | Rhyparus fijiensis Minkina, Ani..., 2022 | | | Rhyparus octovirgatus Schmidt, 1916 | | | Saprosites pygmaeus Harold, 1877 | Birthworts | | Xenotrogus subnitida Arrow, 1915 | | | Xenotrogus vestita Arrow, 1915 | | | Xylonychus eucalypti pentaphyllus Arrow, 1924 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Fiji | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 3
8 | 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 | 16
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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