Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 314
3514
7841 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 313
3513
7840 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 302
3456
7694 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 209
2933
6972 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 59
1059
2461 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 55
924
2086 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 5
139
309 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 5
139
309 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Sierra Leone
5 Families width 309 Species and 42 Subspecies
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Sierra Leone | Family | Hybosoridae
Erichson, 1847
Pill scarab beetles, scavenger scarab beetle, Scavenger scarab beetles, Scavenging scarab beetles | 4
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 8
23 | 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 | 121
273 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Trogidae
MacLeay, 1819
Gnawer beetles, Hide, hide beetle, Hide beetles, Keratin Beetles, Skin and hide beetles, Skin beetles | 4
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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