Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Thursday Island (Torres Strait Islands, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 65
174
216 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 65
174
216 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 60
157
192 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 44
126
156 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 15
28
29 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 12
25
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 3
10
11 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 3
10
11 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Thursday Island
3 Families width 11 Species
Genera for Thursday Island
10 Genera with 11 Species | Anomala Samouelle, 1817 | Shining Leaf Chafer | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ataenius Harold, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Australobolbus Howden & Cooper, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cladognathus Burmeister, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coptodactyla Burmeister, 1976 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ischiopsopha Gestro, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidiota Kirby, 1900 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Novapus Sharp, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onthophagus Latreille, 1877 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Prosopocoilus Westwood, 1845 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Thursday Island
11 Species | Anomala antiqua Gyllenhal, 1817 | | | Ataenius spinipennis Lea, 1923 | | | Australobolbus cruciatus Howden, 1989 | | | Cladognathus limbatus Waterhouse, 1887 | | | Coptodactyla torresica Mathews, 1976 | | | Ischiopsopha esmeralda Wallace, 1867 | | | Lepidiota aspera Britton, 1978 | | | Lepidiota oblonga Brenske, 1900 | | | Novapus bifidus Lea, 1910 | | | Onthophagus consentaneus Harold, 1867 | Common northern dung beetle | | Onthophagus vilis Harold, 1877 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Thursday Island | Family | Geotrupidae
Latreille, 1802
Dor beetles, Dung beetles, Earth-Boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring dung beetles, Earth-boring scarab beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 7
9 | 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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