Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Kuwait (Near East)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 72
192
272 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 72
192
272 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 70
190
268 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 45
151
215 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 12
52
64 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 10
36
42 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 3
21
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 3
21
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Kuwait
3 Families width 23 Species and 7 Subspecies
Genera for Kuwait
21 Genera with 23 Species #DEGLMOPRST
| Dasytrogus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erytus Mulsant & Rey, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Escarabaeus Zidek & Pokorny, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euoniticellus Janssens, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnopleurus Illiger, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Maladera Mulsant, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mendidius Harold, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesontoplatys Motschulsky, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metacatharsius Paulian, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orubesa Reitter, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oryctes Hellwig, 1914 | Coconut rhinoceros beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parabodilus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pentodon Hope, 1985 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pharaonus Blanchard, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Podalgus Burmeister, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudesymus Orbigny, 1845 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoathyreus Howden & Mar..., 2020 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyssemus Mulsant, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1849 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tanyproctoides Petrovitz, 1971 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Kuwait
23 Species and 7 Subspecies | Dasytrogus zembi Keith, 2002 | | | Erytus cognatus Fairmaire, 1860 | | | Escarabaeus cristatus cristatus | | | Euoniticellus pallens Olivier, 1789 | | | Gymnopleurus mopsus mopsus | | | Labarrus lividus lividus | | | Maladera insanabilis Brenske, 1894 | Khomeini Beetle | | Mendidius palmetincolus Karsch, 1881 | | | Mesontoplatys arabicus Harold, 1875 | | | Metacatharsius inermis Castelnau, 1840 | | | Orubesa plicifrons semenowi Arrow, 1911 | | | Oryctes agamemnon arabicus Fairmaire, 1896 | | | Oryctes elegans Prell, 1914 | Date palm fruit stalk borer | | Parabodilus wollastoni iranicus Balthasar, 1946 | | | Pentodon kuwaitense Endrödi & Al..., 1985 | | | Pentodon kuwaitensis Endrodi & Al..., 1985 | | | Pharaonus varicoloreus Burmeister, 1844 | | | Podalgus cuniculus arabicus Fairmaire, 1895 | | | Pseudesymus lucidus Klug, 1845 | | | Pseudoathyreus zianii Carpaneto & ..., 2020 | | | Rhyssemus granosus (Klug & Erichson, 1842) | ⇒ Rhyssemus granulosus Ballion, 1871 | | Scarabaeus acuticollis Motschulsky, 1849 | | | Tanyproctoides arabicus Petrovitz, 1971 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Kuwait | Family | Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring dung beetles, Earth-boring scarab beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Melolonthidae
Leach, 1817
Chafers, June beetles, May beetles | 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 | 19
21 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Scarabaeoidea at scarabeidi.it
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