Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Lord Howe Islands (Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 171
504
673 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 169
502
671 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 169
502
671 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 112
359
488 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 48
188
256 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 46
174
238 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 3
14
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 3
14
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Lord Howe Islands
3 Families width 20 Species
Genera for Lord Howe Islands
14 Genera with 20 Species | Aphodius Hellwig, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ataenius Harold, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptodus MacLeay, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euparotrix | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Figulus MacLeay, 1916 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronychus Seidlitz, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lamprima Latreille, 1841 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Liparochrus Erichson, 1980 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metanastes Arrow, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pimelopus Erichson, 1889 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platytomus Mulsant, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Saprosites Redtenbacher, 1923 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Semanopterus Hope, 2023 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Lord Howe Islands
20 Species | Aphodius (Nialus) lividus (Olivier, 1789) | ⇒ Acrossus luridus Fabricius, 1775 | | Ataenius picinus Harold, 1861 | Antarctic blennies | | Cryptodus tasmannianus Westwood, 1841 | | | Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | Brown dung beetle | | Euparotrix squamosa Lea, 1923 | | | Figulus (Figulus) howei De Lisle, 1967 | | | Figulus (Figulus) lilliputanus Westwood, 1855 | | | Figulus (Figulus) nitens Waterhouse, 1874 | | | Figulus (Figulus) tambourinensis Mjoberg, 1916 | | | Heteronychus arator Fabricius, 1775 | African black beetle | | Lamprima insularis (W.J. Macleay, 1885) | ⇒ Lamprima micardi Reiche, 1841 | | Lamprima micardi Reiche, 1841 | | | Liparochrus (Liparochrus) insularis Petrovitz, 1980 | | | Metanastes vulgivagus Olliff, 1889 | Black beetle | | Pimelopus fischeri Montrouzier, 1860 | | | Pimelopus noctis Olliff, 1889 | | | Platytomus pachypus Lea, 1923 | | | Saprosites castaneus Lea, 1923 | | | Saprosites mesosternalis Lea, 1923 | | | Semanopterus kingstoni Reid & Tees, 2023 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Lord Howe Islands | Family | Hybosoridae
Erichson, 1847
Pill scarab beetles, scavenger scarab beetle, Scavenger scarab beetles, Scavenging scarab beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 2
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 11
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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