Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Neotropical (Ecozones)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 184
3292
39626 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 184
3292
39626 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 169
3163
38903 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 124
2593
36581 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 26
1384
21522 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 24
977
15889 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 15
779
10105 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 15
779
10105 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Neotropical
15 Families width 10105 Species and 713 Subspecies | Aphodiidae Leach, 1815 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cetoniidae (Leach, 1815) | Flower beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dynastidae (MacLeay, 1819) | Horn beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802 | Dor beetles | 235 | Species | Taxom | | Glaphyridae MacLeay, 1819 | Bumble bee scarab beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Glaresidae Kolbe, 1905 | Enigmatic scarab beetle | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847 | Pill scarab beetles | 275 | Species | Taxom | | Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 | Stag Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melolonthidae (Leach, 1817) | Chafers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ochodaeidae Mulsant & Rey, 1870 | Sand-loving scarab beetle | 46 | Species | Taxom | | Orphnidae Orphnus mash..., 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Passalidae Leach, 1815 | Bess beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rutelidae (MacLeay, 1819) | | 309 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 | Dung beetles | 9118 | Species | Taxom | | Trogidae (MacLeay, 1819) | Gnawer beetles | 86 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Neotropical | Family | Aphodiidae
Leach, 1815
| 2
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cetoniidae
Leach, 1815
Flower beetles, Flower chafers, Flower scarabs, Fruit and flower chafers, Rose chafers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Dynastidae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring dung beetles, Earth-boring scarab beetles | 26
235 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Glaphyridae
MacLeay, 1819
bumble bee scarab beetle, Bumble bee scarab beetles, The bumble bee scarab beetles | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Glaresidae
Kolbe, 1905
enigmatic scarab beetle, Enigmatic scarab beetles | 1
20 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybosoridae
Erichson, 1847
Pill scarab beetles, scavenger scarab beetle, Scavenger scarab beetles, Scavenging scarab beetles | 34
275 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 4
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Melolonthidae
Leach, 1817
Chafers, June beetles, May beetles | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ochodaeidae ♰
Mulsant & Rey, 1870
sand-loving scarab beetle, Sand-loving scarab beetles | 7
46 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Orphnidae
Orphnus mashunensis Péringuey, 1908
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Passalidae
Leach, 1815
bess beetle, Bess beetles, Betsy beetles, Passalid beetles, Patent leather beetles, Peg | 4
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rutelidae
MacLeay, 1819
| 15
309 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 674
9118 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Trogidae
MacLeay, 1819
Gnawer beetles, Hide, hide beetle, Hide beetles, Keratin Beetles, Skin and hide beetles, Skin beetles | 4
86 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Scarabaeoidea at scarabeidi.it
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