Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Natal (Kwazulu-Natal)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 395
3771
6641 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 393
3769
6639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 376
3726
6590 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 253
3215
5922 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 66
1173
2108 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 61
1007
1734 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 8
252
684 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 8
252
684 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Natal
8 Families width 684 Species and 14 Subspecies
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Natal | Family | Aphodiidae
Leach, 1815
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring dung beetles, Earth-boring scarab beetles | 6
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybosoridae
Erichson, 1847
Pill scarab beetles, scavenger scarab beetle, Scavenger scarab beetles, Scavenging scarab beetles | 4
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 7
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Passalidae
Leach, 1815
bess beetle, Bess beetles, Betsy beetles, Passalid beetles, Patent leather beetles, Peg | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rutelidae
MacLeay, 1819
| 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 228
635 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Trogidae
MacLeay, 1819
Gnawer beetles, Hide, hide beetle, Hide beetles, Keratin Beetles, Skin and hide beetles, Skin beetles | 4
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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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