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Checklist for Tribe Vestini McDermott, 1964
and region Continents


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
2110
116133
1222976
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
2101
115931
1221959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1812
113780
1210168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
929
84484
1007160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
234
35522
419905
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
189
32170
363924
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
40
2553
37188
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
18
1525
21940
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glowworms
189
3262
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAmydetinae
E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
14
224
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeVestini
McDermott, 1964
4
81
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Continents
4 Genera with 81 Species
Dodacles E. Olivier, 191119SpeciesTaxom
Dryptelytra Laporte de C..., 189515SpeciesTaxom
Ledocas E. Olivier, 189411SpeciesTaxom
Vesta Laporte de C..., 188638SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Continents
81 Species and 2 Subspecies
Dodacles atrimembris Pic, 1927
Dodacles attenuata E. Olivier, 1885Wild Turkey
Dodacles basalis Pic, 1927
Dodacles bicoloricornis Pic, 1927
Dodacles dubitans E. Olivier, 1911Southern Crested Guineafowl
Dodacles elegans E. Olivier, 1885
Dodacles emissa E. Olivier, 1908
Dodacles erebea E. Olivier, 1896Crested Guineafowl
Dodacles grandjeani E. Olivier, 1912
Dodacles interfusa E. Olivier, 1912
Dodacles lateralis Pic, 1931
Dodacles niger Pic, 1931
Dodacles nigricollis Gorham, 1880
Dodacles nigricornis Pic, 1937
Dodacles noireli E. Olivier, 1910
Dodacles obscuricollis E. Olivier, 1909
Dodacles plumosa Gorham, 1880
Dodacles quadrinotata Pic, 1927
Dodacles remixta E. Olivier, 1911
Dryptelytra apicalis Pic, 1929
Dryptelytra atricollis Pic, 1911
Dryptelytra atriventris Pic, 1926
Dryptelytra basithorax Pic, 1926
Dryptelytra brevelineata Pic, 1926
Dryptelytra calocera Kirsch, 1865Turkeys
Dryptelytra cayennensis Laporte de C..., 1833Bent two-whorl buckwheat
Dryptelytra fulvibasis E. Olivier, 1911Southern Crested Guineafowl
Dryptelytra fulvipennis Pic, 1912
Dryptelytra grandjeani E. Olivier, 1899Great Argus
Dryptelytra inops E. Olivier, 1899Great Argus
Dryptelytra longipennis Pic, 1927
Dryptelytra pampahermosae Bocakova, Ca..., 2021
Dryptelytra plorans E. Olivier, 1899Great Argus
Dryptelytra vittipennis E. Olivier, 1895Guineafowl
Ledocas ambiguus E. Olivier, 1894
Ledocas carbonarius E. Olivier, 1894
Ledocas detectus E. Olivier, 1908
Ledocas emissus E Olivier, 1908Streaky-breasted Flufftail
Ledocas luscus E. Olivier, 1907Helmeted Guineafowl
Ledocas parallelus E. Olivier, 1885
Ledocas pikillactanus Bocakova, Ca..., 2021
Ledocas proteus E. Olivier, 1894
Ledocas remixtus E Olivier, 1911Dark-winged Trumpeter
Ledocas scutellatus E. Olivier, 1895Guineafowl
Ledocas xanthomus E. Olivier, 1894
Vesta arcta E. Olivier, 1907
Vesta aurantiaca E. Olivier, 1886
Vesta basalis Gorham, 1880
Vesta brunnipennis Gorham, 1880
Vesta chevrolati Laportede Ca..., 1833Bent two-whorl buckwheat
Vesta chevrolatii Laporte, 1833
Vesta cincticollis Blanchard, 1846
Vesta colonica E. Olivier, 1909
Vesta concolor Gorham, 1880
Vesta davidis (Fairmaire, 1878)⇒ Vesta chevrolati Laportede Ca..., 1833
Vesta despecta Gorham, 1880
Vesta discrepans E. Olivier, 1910
Vesta elongata Pic, 1944
Vesta fimbriata E. Olivier, 1907
Vesta flavicollis Motschulsky, 1854
Vesta flaviventris Fairmaire, 1878Common Coot
Vesta formosana (Pic, 1944)⇒ Vesta scutellonigra Olivier, 1913
Vesta impressicollis Fairmaire, 1891
Vesta latastei E. Olivier, 1894
Vesta media E. Olivier, 1909
Vesta melanura Laporte, 1833
Vesta menetriesi Motschulsky, 1854
Vesta pecticornis Pic, 1938
Vesta proxima Gorham, 1880
Vesta proxima minor E Olivier, 1886
Vesta proxima proxima Gorham, 1880
Vesta rotundata E. Olivier, 1885
Vesta rufiventris Motschulsky, 1854
Vesta rustica E. Olivier, 1909
Vesta saturnalis Gorham, 1880
Vesta scutellonigra Olivier, 1913
Vesta sinuata Yiu, 2017
Vesta sumatrensis Gorham, 1882
Vesta thoracica G. Olivier, 1790
Vesta urens Gorham, 1883
Vesta vitalisi Pic, 1923
Vesta xanthopyga E. Olivier, 1895Guineafowl
Vesta xanthura E. Olivier, 1886


Links, sources and further information
Vestini at itis.gov