Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Leicester (Leicestershire, United Kingdom)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 237
1160
1970 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 236
1159
1969 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 226
1139
1942 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 180
1002
1768 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 55
349
609 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 50
296
487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 4
12
13 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 4
12
13 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Leicester
4 Families width 13 Species
Genera for Leicester
12 Genera with 13 Species | Acrossus Mulsant, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphodius Hellwig, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dorcus MacLeay, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Esymus Mulsant & Rey, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geotrupes Latreille, 1802 | Dor Beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melinopterus Mulsant, 1790 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melolontha Fabricius, 1758 | Billy witch | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nimbus Mulsant & Rey, 1783 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Otophorus Mulsant, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyomus Dejean, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Teuchestes Mulsant, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trox Fabricius, 1767 | Hide Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Leicester
13 Species | Acrossus rufipes Linnaeus, 1758 | Night-Flying Dung Beetle | | Aphodius (Aphodius) fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758 | Common dung beetle | | Dorcus parallelipipedus Linnaeus, 1758 | Lesser stag beetle | | Esymus merdarius Fabricius, 1775 | | | Geotrupes (Geotrupes) spiniger Marsham, 1802 | Dor Beetle | | Geotrupes (Geotrupes) stercorarius (Marsham, 1802) | ⇒ Geotrupes spiniger Marsham, 1802 | | Melinopterus prodromus Brahm, 1790 | Spring small dung beetle | | Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha Linnaeus, 1758 | Cockchafer | | Nimbus contaminatus Herbst, 1783 | | | Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Bloody small dung beetle | | Oxyomus sylvestris Scopoli, 1763 | Forest small dung beetle | | Teuchestes fossor Linnaeus, 1758 | Digger small dung beetle | | Trox (Trox) scaber Linnaeus, 1767 | Hide beetle |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Leicester | Family | Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring dung beetles, Earth-boring scarab beetles | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | 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 | 9
9 | 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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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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