Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 625
10660
39198 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 622
10652
39182 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 597
10495
38766 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 380
8377
33824 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 103
3387
15033 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 93
3031
12856 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 12
407
2199 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 12
407
2199 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Indian Ocean islands
12 Families width 2199 Species and 131 Subspecies | Belohinidae Paulian, 1959 | Belohina inexpectata | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802 | Dor beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Glaphyridae MacLeay, 1819 | Bumble bee scarab beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaresidae Kolbe, 1905 | Enigmatic scarab beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847 | Pill scarab beetles | 97 | Species | Taxom | | Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 | Stag Beetle | 46 | Species | Taxom | | Ochodaeidae Mulsant & Rey, 1870 | Sand-loving scarab beetle | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Passalidae Leach, 1815 | Bess beetle | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Pleocomidae LeConte, 1861 | Rain beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rutelidae (MacLeay, 1819) | | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 | Dung beetles | 1981 | Species | Taxom | | Trogidae (MacLeay, 1819) | Gnawer beetles | 17 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Indian Ocean islands | Family | Belohinidae
Paulian, 1959
Belohina inexpectata | 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 | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Glaphyridae
MacLeay, 1819
bumble bee scarab beetle, Bumble bee scarab beetles, The bumble bee scarab beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Glaresidae
Kolbe, 1905
enigmatic scarab beetle, Enigmatic scarab beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybosoridae
Erichson, 1847
Pill scarab beetles, scavenger scarab beetle, Scavenger scarab beetles, Scavenging scarab beetles | 10
97 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 17
46 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ochodaeidae ♰
Mulsant & Rey, 1870
sand-loving scarab beetle, Sand-loving scarab beetles | 3
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Passalidae
Leach, 1815
bess beetle, Bess beetles, Betsy beetles, Passalid beetles, Patent leather beetles, Peg | 8
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pleocomidae
LeConte, 1861
rain beetle, Rain beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rutelidae
MacLeay, 1819
| 6
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 351
1981 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Trogidae
MacLeay, 1819
Gnawer beetles, Hide, hide beetle, Hide beetles, Keratin Beetles, Skin and hide beetles, Skin beetles | 6
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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