Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region North America (America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 1156
31409
217039 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 1150
31356
216933 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 1053
30832
214432 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 585
24354
178963 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 162
8327
62388 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 145
7661
54713 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 16
690
5837 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 16
690
5837 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for North America
16 Families width 5837 Species and 354 Subspecies | Aphodiidae Leach, 1815 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Bolboceratidae (Mulsant, 1842) | Dor beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cetoniidae (Leach, 1815) | Flower beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diphyllostomatidae Holloway, 1972 | False stag beetles | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802 | Dor beetles | 168 | Species | Taxom | | Glaphyridae MacLeay, 1819 | Bumble bee scarab beetle | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Glaresidae Kolbe, 1905 | Enigmatic scarab beetle | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847 | Pill scarab beetles | 46 | Species | Taxom | | Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 | Stag Beetle | 124 | Species | Taxom | | Melolonthidae (Leach, 1817) | Chafers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ochodaeidae Mulsant & Rey, 1870 | Sand-loving scarab beetle | 55 | Species | Taxom | | Passalidae Leach, 1815 | Bess beetle | 158 | Species | Taxom | | Pleocomidae LeConte, 1861 | Rain beetle | 37 | Species | Taxom | | Rutelidae (MacLeay, 1819) | | 104 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 | Dung beetles | 4976 | Species | Taxom | | Trogidae (MacLeay, 1819) | Gnawer beetles | 107 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in North America | Family | Aphodiidae
Leach, 1815
| 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Bolboceratidae
Mulsant, 1842
dor beetle, Dor beetles | 2
3 | 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 | Diphyllostomatidae
Holloway, 1972
False stag beetles | 1
4 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring dung beetles, Earth-boring scarab beetles | 32
168 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Glaphyridae
MacLeay, 1819
bumble bee scarab beetle, Bumble bee scarab beetles, The bumble bee scarab beetles | 4
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Glaresidae
Kolbe, 1905
enigmatic scarab beetle, Enigmatic scarab beetles | 1
33 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybosoridae
Erichson, 1847
Pill scarab beetles, scavenger scarab beetle, Scavenger scarab beetles, Scavenging scarab beetles | 14
46 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 38
124 | 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 | 8
55 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Passalidae
Leach, 1815
bess beetle, Bess beetles, Betsy beetles, Passalid beetles, Patent leather beetles, Peg | 32
158 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pleocomidae
LeConte, 1861
rain beetle, Rain beetles | 2
37 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rutelidae
MacLeay, 1819
| 5
104 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 542
4976 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Trogidae
MacLeay, 1819
Gnawer beetles, Hide, hide beetle, Hide beetles, Keratin Beetles, Skin and hide beetles, Skin beetles | 4
107 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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