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Checklist for Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Beetles)
and region Kangaroo Island (South Australia, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
133
412
550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
133
412
550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
128
406
544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
88
313
437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
27
113
159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kangaroo Island
27 Families width 159 Species
#ACHSTBDEPMLGO
Acanthocnemidae Crowson, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Curculionidae Latreille, 1802Ambrosia beetles21SpeciesTaxom
Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808Clown beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802Dung beetles17SpeciesTaxom
Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802Darkling Beetle8SpeciesTaxom
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles13SpeciesTaxom
Buprestidae Leach, 1815Flat-headed wood-borers25SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscidae (Leach, 1815)Diving beetles13SpeciesTaxom
Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802Long Horn beetles9SpeciesTaxom
Dermestidae Hope, 1840Carpet beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845Cocoon-forming beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Attelabidae Billberg, 1820Leaf Rolling Weevil4SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802Silver Water Beetles8SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802Casebearers12SpeciesTaxom
Anthicidae Latreille, 1819Ant beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Ptinidae Latreille, 1802Death-watch and Spider Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900Rove beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815Ant-like stone beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Cleridae Latreille, 1802Checkered Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Melyridae Leach, 1815Malachite Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Lucanidae Latreille, 1804Stag Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802Auger beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802Whirligig beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Trogidae MacLeay, 1819Gnawer beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Belidae Schönherr, 1826Belid Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810False Blister Beetle0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kangaroo Island
113 Genera with 159 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRSTUZ
Acanthocnemus Perris, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Acantholophus Boisduval, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Acritus LeConte, 1925Hister Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Acrossidius Schmidt, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Adelium Kirby, 18923SpeciesTaxom
Agonocheila Chaudoir, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Agrilus Curtis, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Agroicus Jekel, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Allodessus Guignot, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Amblytelus Erichson, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Amphirhoe Newman, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Ancita Thomson, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Anoplognathus Leach, 1835Christmas beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Anthrenocerus Arrow, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Antiporus Sharp, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Ascetoderes Pope, 1961
0SpeciesTaxom
Auletes Schoenherr, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Auletobius Desbrochers ..., 19262SpeciesTaxom
Bembidion Latreille, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Berosus Leach, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Calomela Hope, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Carenum Bonelli, 1813
0SpeciesTaxom
Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 184718SpeciesTaxom
Catasarcus Schoenherr, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Chileanthicus Werner, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Chrysolopus Germar, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Chrysophtharta Weise, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 18633SpeciesTaxom
Corticeus Piller& Mitt..., 1921Darkling beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Crepidomenus Erichson, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Cryptodus MacLeay, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Decilaus Pascoe, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Demetrida White, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Dermestes Linnaeus, 1774larder beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Diaphonia Newman, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Dignomus Wollaston, 18071SpeciesTaxom
Diphucrania Dejean, 18463SpeciesTaxom
Ditropidus Erichson, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Dryophilodes Blackburn, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Earinis Pascoe, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Eboo Reid, 19155SpeciesTaxom
Ecnolagria Borchmann, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Edocranes Reitter, 1885
0SpeciesTaxom
Elaphodes Suffrian, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Enochrus Thomson, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Eretes Laporte, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Euconnus Thomson, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Eunatalis Schenkling, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Gnathaphanus MacLeay, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Gonipterus Schoenherr, 1833
Eucalyptus Weevils0SpeciesTaxom
Hebecerus Dejean, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Helea Latreille, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Helochares Mulsant, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Heteronyx Guérin-Ménev..., 18903SpeciesTaxom
Heterothops Stephens, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Hololepta Paykull, 1898Clown Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilus Müller, 1840Giant Water Scavenger Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Hypattalus Blackburn, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Lamprima Latreille, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Leptopius Oke, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Lepturidea Fauvel, 1862
0SpeciesTaxom
Limbodessus Guignot, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Limnoxenus Motschoulsky, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Liparetrus Guérin-Ménev..., 18881SpeciesTaxom
Listroderes Schoenherr, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Lyctus Fabricius, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Macrogyrus Straneo, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Mandalotus Erichson, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Megaporus Brinck, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Melobasis Laporte & Gory, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Microlestodes Baehr, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Microporopterus Lea, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Misophrice Pascoe, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Monolepta Dejean, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Myossita Pascoe, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Naupactus Dejean, 1840White-fringed Weevils1SpeciesTaxom
Necterosoma MacLeay, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Oedichirus Erichson, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Omorgus Erichson, 1892Hastate Hide Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Oncopterus Léon Fairmaire, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 18427SpeciesTaxom
Oroderes Saunders, 1850
0SpeciesTaxom
Oxyops Schoenherr, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Paropsis Olivier, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Paropsisterna Motschulsky, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Peltoschema Reitter, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Philonthus Stephens, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Philophlaeus Chaudoir, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Phoracantha Newman, 1875Common eucalypt longhorn2SpeciesTaxom
Phyllotocus Fischer, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Platylister Lewis, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Platynectes Régimbart, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Platyphanes Westwood, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Poropterus Schoenherr, ..., 18711SpeciesTaxom
Psaldus Pascoe, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Psapharus Schönherr, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Pselaphaulax Reitter, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Ptinus Linnaeus, 1923Brown spider beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Rhantus Dejean, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Rhinotia Kirby, 18483SpeciesTaxom
Sarothrocrepis Chaudoir, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Sciacharis Broun, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Sessinia Pascoe, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Sloaneana Csiki, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Sphallomorpha Westwood, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Stenoderus Dejean, 17951SpeciesTaxom
Steriphus Erichson, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Temognatha Solier, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Tessaromma Newman, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Trachymela Weise, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Trogoderma Dejean, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Ulomoides Blackburn, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Zoedia Pascoe, 18621SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kangaroo Island
159 Species
Acanthocnemus nigricans Hope, 1845
Acantholophus foveirostris Lea, 1911
Acantholophus halmaturinus Fergusson, 1915
Acantholophus simulator Fergusson, 1915
Acritus (Acritus) halmaturinus Lea, 1925
Acrossidius tasmaniae Hope, 1847Black-headed pasture cockchafer
Adelium angulicolle Castelnau, 1840
Adelium brevicorne Blessig, 1861Bronzed field beetle
Adelium inconspicuum Blackburn, 1892
Agonocheila curtula Erichson, 1842
Agrilus (Agrilus) australasiae Castelnau, 1837
Agroicus subfasciatus Blackburn, 1894
Allodessus bistrigatus Clark, 1862
Amblytelus brevis Blackburn, 1892
Amphirhoe decora Newman, 1840Decora longicorn
Ancita varicornis Germar, 1848
Anoplognathus montanus MacLeay, 1873
Anoplognathus velutinus Boisduval, 1835
Anthrenocerus australis Hope, 1843Australian carpet beetle
Antiporus femoralis Boheman, 1858
Antiporus gilbertii Clark, 1862
Auletes flavipennis (Lea, 1926)⇒ Auletobius flavipennis Lea, 1926
Auletes inflaticollis (Lea, 1926)⇒ Auletobius inflaticollis Lea, 1926
Auletobius (Auletobius) flavipennis Lea, 1926
Auletobius (Auletobius) inflaticollis Lea, 1926
Bembidion (Australoemphanes) blackburni (Csiki, 1928)⇒ Bembidion ateradustum Liebherr, 2008
Berosus (Berosus) duplopunctatus Blackburn, 1888
Berosus (Enoplurus) veronicae Watts, 1987
Castiarina adelaidae Hope, 1846
Castiarina alternozona Thomson, 1878
Castiarina australasiae Gory & Laporte, 1838Mudflat visored shrimp
Castiarina carminea Saunders, 1868
Castiarina cupreoflava Saunders, 1869
Castiarina decemmaculata Kirby, 1818Ten-spot Jewel Beetle
Castiarina flavopicta Boisduval, 1835
Castiarina grata Saunders, 1869
Castiarina jospilota Gory & Laporte, 1838
Castiarina kirbyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1830
Castiarina marginata Barker, 1983
Castiarina media Hope, 1847Cerulean sargassum shrimp
Castiarina parallela White, 1859
Castiarina piliventris Saunders, 1868Polar lebbeid
Castiarina rufipennis Kirby, 1818
Castiarina simulata Gory & Laporte, 1838
Castiarina triramosa Thomson, 1879
Castiarina vegeta Hope, 1847
Catasarcus transversalis Germar, 1848
Chileanthicus quadrimaculatus King, 1869
Chrysolopus spectabilis Fabricius, 1775Botany Bay diamond beetle
Copelatus australiae (Clark, 1863)⇒ Exocelina australiae Clark, 1863
Copelatus ferrugineus (Sharp, 1882)⇒ Exocelina ferruginea Sharp, 1882
Copelatus simplex (Clark, 1863)⇒ Copelatus aldabricus J.Balfour-Br..., 1950
Corticeus ulomoides Blair, 1921
Crepidomenus neboissi Calder, 1986
Cryptodus paradoxus (MacLeay, 1819)⇒ Cryptodus variolosus White, 1841
Decilaus apicatus Lea, 1905
Demetrida (Xanthophaea) lineata Dejean, 1831
Demetrida (Xanthophaea) vittata Dejean, 1831
Dermestes (Dermestinus) maculatus DeGeer, 1774Common hide beetle
Diaphonia dispar Newman, 1840
Dignomus (Dignomus) dilophus Illiger, 1807
Diphucrania acuducta Kirby, 1837
Diphucrania leucosticta Kirby, 1818
Diphucrania roseocuprea Hope, 1846
Ditropidus brachysomus Lea, 1903
Dryophilodes ubiquitosus Lea, 1924
Earinis kreuslerae (Pascoe, 1866)⇒ Earinis krueslerae Pascoe, 1866
Eboo apicicollis Lea, 1915
Eboo aureoviridis Lea, 1915
Eboo foveiventris Lea, 1915
Eboo gracilicornis Lea, 1915
Eboo tepperi Lea, 1915
Elaphodes cervinus Suffrian, 1859
Enochrus (Methydrus) elongatulus MacLeay, 1871
Enochrus (Methydrus) eyrensis Blackburn, 1895
Eretes australis Erichson, 1842
Euconnus (Euconophron) kangarouanus Franz, 1975
Eunatalis porcata Fabricius, 1787Clerid Beetle
Gnathaphanus melbournensis Laporte de C..., 1867
Hebecerus varicornis Germar, 1848
Helea perroni Boisduval, 1835
Helochares (Hydrobaticus) tristis W.J. Macleay, 1871
Heteronyx cygneus Blackburn, 1889
Heteronyx posticalis Blackburn, 1890
Heteronyx pustulosus Blackburn, 1890
Heterothops obscuripennis Lea, 1925
Hololepta (Hololepta) paropsis Lewis, 1898
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) albipes Laporte de C..., 1840
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) latipalpus Castelnau, 1840Large water beetle
Hypattalus minutus Lea, 1921
Lamprima aurata (Latreille, 1817)⇒ Lamprima latreillii W.S. Macleay, 1819
Lamprima varians Germar, 1848
Leptopius duponti Boisduval, 1835Broad-back Weevil
Limbodessus praelargus Lea, 1899
Limnoxenus zealandicus Broun, 1880
Liparetrus insularis Blackburn, 1888
Listroderes delaiguei Germain, 1895Subterranean clover weevil
Listroderes foveatus Lea, 1928
Lyctus parallelocollis Blackburn, 1888Powderpost beetle
Macrogyrus (Tribologyrus) australis Brullé, 1835
Mandalotus striatus Lea, 1926
Megaporus hamatus Clark, 1862
Melobasis (Melobasis) vittata Blackburn, 1887
Microlestodes (Microlestodes) macleayi Csiki, 1932
Microporopterus tumulosus Lea, 1898
Misophrice setosa Lea, 1915
Misophrice setulosa Blackburn, 1890
Monolepta angulata Blackburn, 1888
Naupactus cervinus Boheman, 1840Fuller rose beetle
Necterosoma dispar Germar, 1848
Necterosoma penicillatum Clark, 1862
Oedichirus tricolor Lea., 1904
Omorgus (Omorgus) alternans MacLeay, 1827Carcass Beetle
Omorgus (Omorgus) australasiae Erichson, 1842
Omorgus (Omorgus) euclensis Blackburn, 1892
Oncopterus acantholophus Fairmaire, 1887
Onthophagus auritus Erichson, 1842
Onthophagus australis Guérin-Ménev..., 1830Southern dung beetle
Onthophagus granulatus (Boheman, 1858)⇒ Onthophagus consentaneus Harold, 1867
Onthophagus pentacanthus Harold, 1867Five horned dung beetle
Onthophagus pexatus Harold, 1869
Onthophagus posticus Erichson, 1842
Onthophagus pronus Erichson, 1842
Oxyops farinosa Pascoe, 1871
Oxyops farinosus Pascoe, 1871
Oxyops pictipennis Blackburn, 1894
Paropsis roseola Baly, 1866
Paropsisterna inspersa Newman, 1842
Peltoschema suturalis Germar, 1848
Philonthus (Philonthus) longicornis Stephens, 1832Gumtree
Philophlaeus opaciceps Blackburn, 1890
Philophlaeus ornatus Blackburn, 1892
Phoracantha mastersi (Wang, 1995)⇒ Phoracantha mastersii Pascoe, 1875
Phoracantha mastersii Pascoe, 1875
Phyllotocus kingii MacLeay, 1864
Platylister (Popinus) strangulatus Marseul, 1870
Platynectes (Platynectes) reticulosus Clark, 1863
Platyphanes chalcopteroides Carter, 1913
Poropterus flexuosus Pascoe, 1871
Psapharus ruficornis Blackburn, 1893
Ptinus (Octopitnus) australiae Lea, 1923
Rhantus (Rhantus) suturalis (W.S.Macleay, 1825)⇒ Rhantus frontalis Marsham, 1802
Rhinotia bidentata Donovan, 1805Two-spotted Weevil
Rhinotia halmaturina Lea, 1917
Rhinotia hemisticta Germar, 1848
Sarothrocrepis benefica Newman, 1842
Sarothrocrepis civica Newman, 1840
Sciacharis (Magellanoconnus) carinifrons Franz, 1975
Sloaneana tasmaniae Sloane, 1915
Sphallomorpha suturalis Germar, 1848
Stenoderus suturalis Olivier, 1795
Steriphus caudatus Pascoe, 1870Cereal Curculio
Temognatha mitchellii Hope, 1846
Temognatha pubicollis Waterhouse, 1874
Tessaromma undatum Newman, 1840Velvet eucalypt longhorn
Trachymela sordida Blackburn, 1896
Trogoderma explanaticolle Armstrong, 1942
Ulomoides tetraspilotus Hope, 1843
Zoedia divisa Pascoe, 1862

Subnodes of Coleoptera with occurrences in Kangaroo Island
SuborderAdephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles, Predaceous Diving and Whirligig Beetles
3
21
27
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
24
92
132
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Coleoptera (Linnaeus 1758)
Coleoptera (Linnaeus 1758)


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