Checklist of Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 434
4744
11078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 432
4729
11035 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 411
4620
10820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 261
3767
9372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 67
1354
3313 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 60
1163
2720 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 9
278
950 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 9
278
950 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Namibia
9 Families width 950 Species and 38 Subspecies
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Namibia | Family | Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring dung beetles, Earth-boring scarab beetles | 10
21 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Glaresidae
Kolbe, 1905
enigmatic scarab beetle, Enigmatic scarab beetles | 1
8 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybosoridae
Erichson, 1847
Pill scarab beetles, scavenger scarab beetle, Scavenger scarab beetles, Scavenging scarab beetles | 3
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 5
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Melolonthidae
Leach, 1817
Chafers, June beetles, May beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ochodaeidae ♰
Mulsant & Rey, 1870
sand-loving scarab beetle, Sand-loving scarab beetles | 5
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rutelidae
MacLeay, 1819
| 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 248
857 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Trogidae
MacLeay, 1819
Gnawer beetles, Hide, hide beetle, Hide beetles, Keratin Beetles, Skin and hide beetles, Skin beetles | 4
35 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information
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