Checklist for Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bess Beetles)
and region Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 174
738
1015 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 174
738
1015 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 169
730
1007 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 106
580
836 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 37
248
343 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 34
228
315 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 2
18
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 2
18
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Zanzibar Archipelago
2 Families width 18 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Zanzibar Archipelago
18 Genera with 18 Species Anisorrhina Westwood, 1842 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Chalconotus Reiche, 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorocala Kirby & Spence, 1991 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cotinis Burmeister, 1883 | Green June Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | Dicronorhina Hope Westwood, 1841 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Figulus MacLeay, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mecynorhina Hope, 1782 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nigidius MacLeay, 1953 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Onitis Fabricius, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prosopocoelus Parry, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prosopocoilus Westwood, 1864 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhamphorrhina Klug, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sisyphus Latreille, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Taurhina Burmeister, 1842 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Temnorhynchus Hope, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Temnorrhynchus Alluaud, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Valgus Scriba, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Zanzibar Archipelago
18 Species and 2 Subspecies | Chalconotus pembensis Josso & Pré..., 2001 | | | Chlorocala africana pembana Allard, 1991 | | | Cotinis (Cotinis) mutabilis Gory & Perch..., 1883 | Fig beetle | | Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 | Brown dung beetle | | Figulus sublaevis anthracinus Klug, 1832 | | | Mecynorhina torquata Drury, 1782 | African Flower Beetle | | Nigidius dentifer Albers, 1884 | | | Nigidius divergens Waterhouse, 1890 | | | Nigidius hysex Seguy, 1953 | | | Onitis fulgidus (Klug, 1855) | ⇒ Pleuronitis fulgidus Castelnau, 1840 | | Prosopocoelus natalensis Parry, 1864 | | | Prosopocoilus (Metopodontus) umhangi Fairmaire, 1891 | | | Prosopocoilus (Prosopocoilus) natalensis Parry, 1864 | | | Rhamphorrhina bertolonii Lucas, 1879 | | | Sisyphus goryi (Harold, 1859) | ⇒ Sisyphus caffer goryi Harold, 1859 | | Temnorhynchus raffrayi Fairmaire, 1887 | | | Temnorrhynchus coronatus Fabricius, 1781 | | | Valgus smithii MacLeay, 1838 | |
Subnodes of Scarabaeoidea with occurrences in Zanzibar Archipelago | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 4
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Monkey beetles, Rain beetles, Scarab Beetle, Scarab beetles, Scarabs, Tumble bugs | 14
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Scarabaeoidea at scarabeidi.it
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