Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region New Guinea (Australasia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 397
4697
21747 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 396
4696
21746 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 381
4612
21406 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 237
3397
17247 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 65
1298
7004 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 61
1061
5507 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 6
88
517 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 6
88
517 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for New Guinea
6 Families width 517 Species and 44 Subspecies
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in New Guinea | Family | Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring dung beetles, Earth-boring scarab beetles | 3
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybosoridae
Erichson, 1847
Pill scarab beetles, scavenger scarab beetle, Scavenger scarab beetles, Scavenging scarab beetles | 10
40 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 22
184 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Passalidae
Leach, 1815
bess beetle, Bess beetles, Betsy beetles, Passalid beetles, Patent leather beetles, Peg | 11
78 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 39
191 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Trogidae
MacLeay, 1819
Gnawer beetles, Hide, hide beetle, Hide beetles, Keratin Beetles, Skin and hide beetles, Skin beetles | 3
9 | 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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