Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 95
437
696 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 95
437
696 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 90
425
684 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 73
361
591 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 25
126
199 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 25
126
199 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 3
13
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 3
13
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for New Britain
3 Families width 18 Species
Genera for New Britain
13 Genera with 18 Species | Anomala Samouelle, 1883 | Shining Leaf Chafer | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclommatus Parry, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Figulus MacLeay, 1941 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gnaphaloryx Burmeister, 1920 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gonatas Kaup, 1891 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ischiopsopha Gestro, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metopodontus Hope, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poecilopharis Kraatz, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prosopocoilus Westwood, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Protomocoelus Zang, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Serrognathus Motschulsky, 1883 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xylotrupes Hope, 1830 | Elephant beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for New Britain
18 Species | Anomala aeneiventris Fairmaire, 1883 | | | Cyclommatus (Cyclommatus) trifurcatus Mollenkamp, 1902 | | | Figulus (Figulus) sulcicollis Hope & Westwood, 1845 | | | Figulus canaliculatus Nagel, 1941 | | | Gnaphaloryx (Gnaphaloryx) curtus Kirsch, 1877 | | | Gnaphaloryx (Gnaphaloryx) dain Kriesche, 1920 | | | Gonatas cetioides Zang, 1905 | | | Gonatas minimus Kuwert, 1891 | | | Gonatas schellongi Kuwert, 1891 | | | Ischiopsopha purpureitarsis Moser, 1912 | | | Metopodontus bison Olivier, 1789 | | | Onthophagus phrixus Balthasar, 1969 | | | Poecilopharis bimaculata Schürhoff, 1935 | | | Prosopocoilus (Metopodontus) bison Olivier, 1789 | | | Protomocoelus australis Boisduval, 1835 | | | Serrognathus intermedius Gestro, 1881 | | | Serrognathus pilosipes Waterhouse, 1883 | | | Xylotrupes ulysses Guérin-Ménev..., 1830 | Common rhinoceros beetle |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in New Britain | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 6
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Passalidae
Leach, 1815
bess beetle, Bess beetles, Betsy beetles, Passalid beetles, Patent leather beetles, Peg | 2
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 5
5 | Genera
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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