Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Kwale County (Coast Province, Kenya)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 84
307
430 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 84
307
430 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 72
279
378 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 57
254
356 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 8
22
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 7
19
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 2
12
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 2
12
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Kwale County
2 Families width 16 Species
Genera for Kwale County
12 Genera with 16 Species | Aptychonitis Janssens, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copris Geoffroy, 1891 | Mexican dung beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 2017 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnopleurus Illiger, 1887 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronitis Gillet, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mausoleopsis Lansberge, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nigidius MacLeay, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onitis Fabricius, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachysoma MacLeay, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Serica MacLeay, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Kwale County
16 Species | Aptychonitis anomalus Gestro, 1895 | | | Copris bootes Klug, 1855 | | | Copris harrisi Waterhouse, 1891 | | | Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | Brown dung beetle | | Digitonthophagus petilus Génier, 2017 | | | Digitonthophagus ulcerosus Génier, 2017 | | | Gymnopleurus laevicollis (Castelnau, 1840) | ⇒ Gymnopleurus purpureus Garreta, 1914 | | Gymnopleurus sericeifrons Fairmaire, 1887 | | | Heteronitis castelnaui Harold, 1862 | | | Mausoleopsis amabilis Schaum, 1844 | | | Nigidius gnu Kriesche, 1920 | | | Onitis alexis (Klug, 1835) | ⇒ Cheironitis ungaricus ungaricus Herbst, 1789 | | Onthophagus (Proagoderus) pegesimallus Marcus, 1917 | | | Pachysoma bennigseni Felsche, 1907 | | | Scarabaeus (Scarabaeus) sacer (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Scarabaeus pius Illiger, 1803 | | Serica acontia Dawson, 1933 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Kwale County | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag 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 | 11
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Scarabaeoidea at scarabeidi.it
Scarabaeoidea at artfakta.se
Scarabaeoidea at dyntaxa.se
Scarabaeoidea at itis.gov
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