Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Tanzania (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 521
7875
25069 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 517
7870
25062 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 498
7773
24792 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 322
6415
21860 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 89
2548
8817 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 83
2237
7457 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 10
448
2119 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 10
448
2119 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Tanzania
10 Families width 2119 Species and 229 Subspecies | Aphodiidae Leach, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802 | Dor beetles | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Glaresidae Kolbe, 1905 | Enigmatic scarab beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847 | Pill scarab beetles | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 | Stag Beetle | 45 | Species | Taxom | | Ochodaeidae Mulsant & Rey, 1870 | Sand-loving scarab beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Passalidae Leach, 1815 | Bess beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Rutelidae (MacLeay, 1819) | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 | Dung beetles | 1985 | Species | Taxom | | Trogidae (MacLeay, 1819) | Gnawer beetles | 33 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Tanzania | Family | Aphodiidae
Leach, 1815
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring dung beetles, Earth-boring scarab beetles | 6
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Glaresidae
Kolbe, 1905
enigmatic scarab beetle, Enigmatic scarab beetles | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Hybosoridae
Erichson, 1847
Pill scarab beetles, scavenger scarab beetle, Scavenger scarab beetles, Scavenging scarab beetles | 7
28 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 9
45 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ochodaeidae ♰
Mulsant & Rey, 1870
sand-loving scarab beetle, Sand-loving scarab beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Passalidae
Leach, 1815
bess beetle, Bess beetles, Betsy beetles, Passalid beetles, Patent leather beetles, Peg | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rutelidae
MacLeay, 1819
| 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 415
1985 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Trogidae
MacLeay, 1819
Gnawer beetles, Hide, hide beetle, Hide beetles, Keratin Beetles, Skin and hide beetles, Skin beetles | 4
33 | 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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