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Checklist of Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
for Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
348
2667
4080
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
348
2667
4080
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
333
2610
3989
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
220
2112
3277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
73
984
1617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
68
881
1437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
8
71
117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
8
71
117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ryukyu Islands
8 Families width 117 Species and 26 Subspecies
Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802Dung beetles85SpeciesTaxom
Lucanidae Latreille, 1804Stag Beetle24SpeciesTaxom
Glaphyridae (MacLeay, 1819)Bumble bee scarab beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802Dor beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Rutelidae MacLeay, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Melolonthidae Leach, 1817Chafers1SpeciesTaxom
Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847Pill scarab beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Trogidae (MacLeay, 1819)Gnawer beetles1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ryukyu Islands
71 Genera with 117 Species
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Adoretus Laporte, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Aegus MacLeay, 18739SpeciesTaxom
Aganocrossus Reitter, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Allomyrina Arrow, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Amphicoma Latreille, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Anomala Samouelle, 1913Shining Leaf Chafer12SpeciesTaxom
Anthypna Eschscholtz, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Aphodius Hellwig, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Apogonia Melichar, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Ataenius Harold, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Blitopertha Reitter, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Bolbelasmus Boucomont, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Bolbochromus Boucomont, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Chaetadoretus Ohaus, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Cheirotonus Hope, 19842SpeciesTaxom
Clinterocera Motschulsky, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Coenochilus Burmeister &..., 18741SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 0Mexican dung beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Cosmiomorpha Saunders, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Dasylepida Moser, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Dorcus MacLeay, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Eophileurus Arrow, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Eurytrachellelus Didier, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Exomala Reitter, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Figulus MacLeay, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Gametis Burmeister, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Heterosoma Schaum, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Holotrichia Hope, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Hoplia Illiger, 1959Monkey Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Leiopsammodius Rakovic, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Lepadoretus Reitter, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Macrodorcas Motschulsky, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Macrodorcus Motschulsky, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Maladera Mulsant, 19639SpeciesTaxom
Melolontha Fabricius, 1952Billy witch2SpeciesTaxom
Mimela Kirby, 19653SpeciesTaxom
Neolucanus Thomson, 18648SpeciesTaxom
Nigidius MacLeay, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Nipponovalgus Sawada, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Odochilus Harold, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Odontolabis Hope, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Oryctes Hellwig, 1758Coconut rhinoceros beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Oxycetonia Arrow, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pachyserica Brenske, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Paraserica Reitter, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Parastasia Westwood, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Pedinotrichia1SpeciesTaxom
Pentodon Hope, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Phaeochrous Laporte de C..., 19612SpeciesTaxom
Platytomus Mulsant, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Polybathes Kirby, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Polyphylla Harris, 1890Lined June Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Popillia Leach, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Proagopertha Reitter, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Prosopocoilus Westwood, 19767SpeciesTaxom
Protaetia Burmeister, 18799SpeciesTaxom
Psalidoremus Motschoulsky, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Psammodius Fallen, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Rhomborhina Hope, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Rhyparus Westwood, 19053SpeciesTaxom
Serrognathus Motschulsky, 19856SpeciesTaxom
Smaragdesthes Kraatz, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Sophrops Fairmaire, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Subrinus Mulsant & Rey, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Trichiorhyssemus Clouët, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Tricholontha1SpeciesTaxom
Trox Fabricius, 1986Hide Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Trypoxylus Arrow, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Xylonychus Blanchard, 19241SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ryukyu Islands
117 Species and 26 Subspecies
Adoretus (Adoretus) falciungulatus Nomura, 1965
Aegus eschscholtzii eschscholtzii abei Ichikaw..., 1976
Aegus eschscholtzii nakanei Ichikawa & I..., 1976
Aegus (Aegus) laevicollis Saunders, 1854
Aegus laevicollis laevicollis abei Ichikaw..., 1976
Aegus laevicollis nakanei (Ichikawa & I..., 1976)⇒ Aegus eschscholtzi nakanei Ichikawa & I..., 1976
Aegus eschscholtzi nakanei Ichikawa & I..., 1976
Aegus ishigakiensis Nomura, 1960
Aegus nayani Schenk, 2008
Aegus subnitidus (C. O. Waterh..., 1873)⇒ Aegus eschscholtzi subnitidus Waterhouse, 1872
Aganocrossus urostigma Harold, 1862
Allomyrina dichotoma Linnaeus, 1771Japanese horned beetle
Amphicoma splendens Yawata, 1942
Anomala albopilosa Hope, 1839Green chafer
Anomala albopilosa yashiroi Sawada, 1950
Anomala cpustulata Matsumura, 1940
Anomala cuprea (Hope, 1839)⇒ Anomala corruscans Chevrolat, 1841
Anomala esakii Sawada, 1950
Anomala limbifera Ohaus, 1915
Anomala miyakona Nomura, 1977
Anomala niijimae Ohaus, 1925
Anomala rufocuprea (Motschulsky, 1860)⇒ Anomala lucens Ballion, 1871
Anomala shirakii Nomura, 1959
Anomala triangularis Schönfeldt, 1890
Anomala xanthopleura Arrow, 1913
Aphodius marginatus (LeConte, 1878)⇒ Cryptoscatomaseter depressiusculus Schmidt, 1907
Apogonia bicarinata Lewis, 1896
Apogonia cupreoviridis Kolbe, 1886
Apogonia major Waterhouse, 1875
Ataenius australasiae Boheman, 1858
Bolbelasmus nativus Krikken, 1977
Bolbochromus ryukyuensis Masumoto, 1984
Chaetadoretus formosanus Ohaus, 1914
Cheirotonus jambar Kurosawa, 1984Yanbaru Long-armed Scarab Beetle
Clinterocera ishikawai Kurosawa, 1973
Coenochilus striatus Westwood, 1874
Copris brachypterus Nomura, 1964
Copris brachypterus brachypterus
Cosmiomorpha similis Fairmaire, 1899
Dasylepida ishigakiensis Niijima & Ki..., 1927
Dorcus titanus (Boisduval, 1835)⇒ Serrognathus typhon Boileau, 1905
Eophileurus chinensis Faldermann, 1835
Eurytrachellelus costatus Boileau, 1898
Exomala okiwaensis Ohaus, 1925
Figulus (Figulus) punctatus (Waterhouse, 1873)⇒ Figulus daitoensis Fujita & Ich..., 1986
Figulus daitoensis Fujita & Ich..., 1986
Gametis forticula Janson, 1881
Gametis jucunda Faldermann, 1835Scarab
Heterosoma exasperata Fairmaire, 1901
Hoplia shirakii Nomura, 1959
Labarrus sublimbatus Motschulsky, 1860
Lepadoretus sinicus Burmeister, 1855
Macrodorcas recta okinawana Nomura, 1964
Macrodorcas recta recta Motschulsky, 1857
Macrodorcus okinawanus Nomura, 1964
Maladera amamiana Nomura, 1959
Maladera imasakai Miyake & Yamaya, 1995
Maladera nitidipes Moser, 1915
Maladera okinawaensis Kobayashi, 1978
Maladera opima Nomura, 1967
Maladera oshimana Nomura, 1962
Maladera shimogana Ahrens & Fab..., 2016
Maladera yaeyamana Nomura, 1963
Melolontha frater Arrow, 1913
Melolontha masafumii Nomura, 1952
Mimela ignicauda Bates, 1866
Mimela sakishimana Nomura, 1973
Mimela yonaguniensis Nomura, 1965
Neolucanus insularis Miwa, 1929
Neolucanus insulicola Y.Kurosawa, 1976
Neolucanus insulicola insulicola hamaii Mizunuma, 1994
Neolucanus insulicola okinawanus Sakaino, 1984
Neolucanus protogenetivus Kurosawa, 1976
Neolucanus protogenetivus okinawanus Sakaino, 1984
Neolucanus saundersi Parry, 1864
Nigidius lewisi Boileau, 1905
Nipponovalgus yonakuniensis (Sawada, 1941)⇒ Dasyvalgus yonakuniensis Sawada, 1941
Odochilus convexus Nomura, 1971
Odontolabis cuvera (Hope, 1842)⇒ Odontolabis delessertii Guérin-Ménev..., 1843
Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) viduus (Harold, 1875)⇒ Onthophagus orbus Boucomont, 1924
Onthophagus (Indachorius) suginoi Ochi, 1984
Onthophagus malthinus Gillet, 1930
Oryctes hisamatsui Nagai, 2002
Oryctes rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758Asiatic rhinoceros beetle
Pachyserica yanoi Nomura, 1959
Paraserica grisea Motschulsky, 1866
Parastasia ferrieri Nonfried, 1895
Pedinotrichia parallela Motschulsky, 1854
Pentodon idiota memnon Jakovlev, 1902
Phaeochrous emarginatus Laporte, 1840
Phaeochrous tokaraensis Nomura, 1961
Platytomus yadai Ochi, Kawaha..., 2006
Polyphylla schoenfeldti Brenske, 1890
Popillia comma Niijima & Ma..., 1923
Popillia dilutipennis Fairmaire, 1888
Popillia insularis Lewis, 1895
Popillia lewisi Arrow, 1913
Proagopertha ohbayashii Nomura, 1965
Prosopocoilus (Cyclotropus) occipitalis Hope & Westwood, 1845
Prosopocoilus occipitalis occipitalis Anoa Kriesche, 1920
Prosopocoilus (Psalidoremus) dissimilis Boileau, 1898
Prosopocoilus dissimilis dissimilis dissimilis B..., 1898
Prosopocoilus dissimilis okinawanus Nomura, 1962
Prosopocoilus (Psalidoremus) motschulskii Waterhouse, 1869
Prosopocoilus pseudodissimilis Y. Kurosawa, 1976
Protaetia lewisi lewisi
Protaetia (Calopotosia) orientalis Gory & Perch..., 1833Asian flower beetle
Protaetia (Heteroprotaetia) fusca Herbst, 1790Asian Mango Flower Beetle
Protaetia (Liocola) formosana Moser, 1910
Protaetia (Liocola) miyakoensis Niijima & Ki..., 1923
Protaetia (Pseudocalopotosia) ishigakia Kurosawa, 1959
Protaetia (Pyropotosia) pryeri Janson, 1888Midway emerald beetle
Protaetia (Tomentoprotaetia) culta Waterhouse, 1879
Psalidoremus dissimilis Boileau, 1898
Psalidoremus dissimilis kumejimaensis Ichikawa & F..., 1985
Psammodius kobayashii Nomura, 1973
Rhomborhina hamai Nomura, 1964
Rhyparus azumai Nakane, 1956
Rhyparus helophoroides Fairmaire, 1893
Rhyparus peninsularis Arrow, 1905
Serrognathus titanus daitoensis Fujita & Ich..., 1986
Serrognathus titanus elegans Boileau, 1899
Serrognathus titanus okinawanus Kriesche, 1922
Serrognathus titanus okinoerabuensis Fujita & Ich..., 1985
Serrognathus titanus takaraensis Fujita & Ich..., 1985
Smaragdesthes africana smaragdina Chevrolat, 1836
Sophrops kawadai okinawaensis Nomura, 1977
Sophrops takatoshii Itoh, 1989
Subrinus sturmi Harold, 1870
Trichiorhyssemus kitayamai Ochi & Kawah..., 2001
Tricholontha papagena Nomura, 1952
Trox (Trox) aphanocephalus (Scholtz, 1986)⇒ Omorgus aphanocephalus Scholtz, 1986
Trypoxylus (Allomyrina) dichotomus (Linnaeus, 1771)⇒ Allomyrina dichotoma Linnaeus, 1771
Xylonychus eucalypti pentaphyllus Arrow, 1924

Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Ryukyu Islands
FamilyGeotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring dung beetles, Earth-boring scarab beetles
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGlaphyridae
MacLeay, 1819
bumble bee scarab beetle, Bumble bee scarab beetles, The bumble bee scarab beetles
2
1
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHybosoridae
Erichson, 1847
Pill scarab beetles, scavenger scarab beetle, Scavenger scarab beetles, Scavenging scarab beetles
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles
12
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelolonthidae
Leach, 1817
Chafers, June beetles, May beetles
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyRutelidae
MacLeay, 1819
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs
51
85
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTrogidae
MacLeay, 1819
Gnawer beetles, Hide, hide beetle, Hide beetles, Keratin Beetles, Skin and hide beetles, Skin beetles
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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