Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Swellendam (Overberg District)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 74
181
188 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 74
181
188 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 74
181
188 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 62
166
170 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 14
39
33 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 12
35
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 2
10
13 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 2
10
13 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Swellendam
2 Families width 13 Species
Genera for Swellendam
10 Genera with 13 Species | Catharsius Hope, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1776 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colophon Gray, 1855 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epirinus Reiche, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euoniticellus Janssens, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucocelis Burmeister, 1801 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onitis Fabricius, 1875 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichonotulus Bedel, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Swellendam
13 Species | Catharsius tricornutus DeGeer, 1778 | | | Cheironitis scabrosus Fabricius, 1776 | | | Colophon barnardi Endrödy-Younga, 1986 | Decorated warbonnet | | Colophon thunbergi Westwood, 1855 | | | Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | Brown dung beetle | | Epirinus flagellatus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Euoniticellus triangulatus Harold, 1873 | | | Leucocelis adspersa Fabricius, 1801 | | | Onitis aygulus Fabricius, 1781 | | | Onitis caffer Boheman, 1857 | | | Onitis minutus Lansberge, 1875 | | | Onthophagus immundus Boheman, 1858 | | | Trichonotulus pilosellus Schmidt, 1907 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Swellendam | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 9
11 | 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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