Checklist of Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Beetles)
for Kuwait (Near East)
List of families for Kuwait
12 Families width 64 Species and 16 Subspecies | Curculionidae Latreille, 1802 | Ambrosia beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carabidae Latreille, 1802 | Carabid beetles | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802 | Silver Water Beetles | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Elateridae Leach, 1815 | Click Beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807 | Coccinelles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Melolonthidae Leach, 1817 | Chafers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 | Diving beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 | Dung beetles | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 | Blister Beetle | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cleridae Latreille, 1802 | Checkered Beetle | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808 | Clown beetle | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802 | Dor beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Kuwait
52 Genera with 64 Species
| Aeoloides Schwarz, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amara Bonelli, 1866 | Seed-Eating Ground Beetles | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Anthia Weber, 1813 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Archaeocindis Kavanaugh & ..., 1927 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Berosus Leach, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calomera Motschulsky, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calosoma Weber, 1833 | Caterpillar hunters | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 1997 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chlaenius Bonelli, 1920 | Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cicindela Linnaeus, 1903 | Common Tiger Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coccinella Linnaeus, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cymbionotum Baudi di Selve, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasytrogus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dyschirius Bonelli, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Enochrus Thomson, 1888 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eretes Laporte, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erytus Mulsant & Rey, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Escarabaeus Zidek & Pokorny, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euoniticellus Janssens, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grammognatha Motschulsky, 1822 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Graphipterus Latreille, 1848 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnopleurus Illiger, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Helophorus Fabricius, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hippodamia Dejean, 1777 | Black-spotted lady beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lyttonyx Marseul, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Maladera Mulsant, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megacephala Latreille, 1822 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mendidius Harold, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesontoplatys Motschulsky, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metacatharsius Paulian, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myriochila Motschulsky, 1798 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Necrobia Olivier, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orubesa Reitter, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oryctes Hellwig, 1914 | Coconut rhinoceros beetles | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parabodilus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paracymus Thomson, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paravolvulus Reichardt, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pentodon Hope, 1985 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pharaonus Blanchard, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pholioxenus Reichardt, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Podalgus Burmeister, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudesymus Orbigny, 1845 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoathyreus Howden & Mar..., 2020 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyssemus Mulsant, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Salpingophora Rivalier, 1927 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Saprinus Erichson, 1834 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1849 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spercheus Kugelann, 1997 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodrus Clairville, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sternolophus Solier, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tanyproctoides Petrovitz, 1971 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Kuwait
64 Species and 16 Subspecies | Aeoloides figuratus Germar, 1844 | | | Amara (Amathitis) rufescens (Dejean, 1829) | ⇒ Amara aulica Panzer, 1796 | | Amara rufescens rufescens Dejean, 1829 | | | Amara (Zabroscelis) ditomoides Putzeys, 1866 | | | Anthia (Thermophilum) duodecimguttata Bonelli, 1813 | | | Archaeocindis johnbeckeri Bänninger, 1927 | | | Berosus asiaticus Kuwert, 1888 | | | Calomera diania Tschitschérine, 1903 | | | Calosoma imbricatum imbricatum Klug, 1832 | | | Calosoma (Caminara) olivieri Dejean, 1831 | | | Calosoma maderae dzungaricum Gebler, 1833 | | | Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) kuwaitianus Platia & Sch..., 1997 | | | Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) skulei Platia & Sch..., 1997 | | | Chlaenius (Chlaenites) spoliatus P. Rossi, 1792 | | | Chlaenius spoliatus spoliatus P. Rossi, 1792 | | | Chlaenius (Epomis) amarae Andrewes, 1920 | | | Cicindela diania Tschitschérine, 1903 | | | Coccinella (Coccinella) septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758 | 7-spot Ladybird | | Coccinella (Spilota) undecimpunctata Linnaeus, 1758 | 11-spot Ladybird | | Cymbionotum (Cymbionotum) semelederi Chaudoir, 1861 | | | Dasytrogus zembi Keith, 2002 | | | Dyschirius (Dyschirius) clypeatus Putzeys, 1866 | | | Enochrus (Lumetus) politus Küster, 1849 | | | Enochrus (Lumetus) segmentinotatus Kuwert, 1888 | | | Eretes griseus Fabricius, 1781 | | | Erytus cognatus Fairmaire, 1860 | | | Escarabaeus cristatus cristatus | | | Euoniticellus pallens Olivier, 1789 | | | Grammognatha euphratica Dejean, 1822 | | | Grammognatha euphratica euphratica Dejean, 1822 | | | Graphipterus minutus Dejean, 1822 | | | Graphipterus minutus goryi Chaudoir, 1848 | | | Gymnopleurus mopsus mopsus | | | Helophorus (Rhopalohelophorus) angustatus Motschulsky, 1860 | | | Hippodamia (Hippodamia) variegata Goeze, 1777 | Adonis' Ladybird | | Labarrus lividus lividus | | | Maladera insanabilis Brenske, 1894 | Khomeini Beetle | | Megacephala euphratica euphratica Dejean, 1822 | | | Megacephala (Grammognatha) euphratica Dejean, 1822 | | | Mendidius palmetincolus Karsch, 1881 | | | Mesontoplatys arabicus Harold, 1875 | | | Metacatharsius inermis Castelnau, 1840 | | | Myriochila (Myriochila) melancholica Fabricius, 1798 | | | Myriochila melancholica melancholica Fabricius, 1798 | | | Necrobia rufipes De Geer, 1775 | Copra beetle | | Orubesa plicifrons semenowi Arrow, 1911 | | | Oryctes agamemnon arabicus Fairmaire, 1896 | | | Oryctes elegans Prell, 1914 | Date palm fruit stalk borer | | Parabodilus wollastoni iranicus Balthasar, 1946 | | | Paracymus aeneus (Germar, 1824) | ⇒ Paracymus scutellaris Rosenhauer, 1856 | | Paravolvulus syphax Reitter, 1904 | | | Pentodon kuwaitense Endrödi & Al..., 1985 | | | Pentodon kuwaitensis Endrodi & Al..., 1985 | | | Pharaonus varicoloreus Burmeister, 1844 | | | Pholioxenus mesopotamicus Olexa, 1984 | | | Podalgus cuniculus arabicus Fairmaire, 1895 | | | Pseudesymus lucidus Klug, 1845 | | | Pseudoathyreus zianii Carpaneto & ..., 2020 | | | Rhyssemus granosus (Klug & Erichson, 1842) | ⇒ Rhyssemus granulosus Ballion, 1871 | | Salpingophora bellana W. Horn, 1905 | | | Salpingophora hanseatica W. Horn, 1927 | | | Saprinus (Saprinus) chalcites Illiger, 1807 | | | Saprinus (Saprinus) moyses Marseul, 1862 | | | Saprinus (Saprinus) ornatus Erichson, 1834 | | | Scarabaeus acuticollis Motschulsky, 1849 | | | Spercheus belli Champion, 1919 | | | Spercheus belli babylonicus Hebauer, 1997 | | | Sphodrus leucophthalmus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Sternolophus (Sternolophus) solieri Laporte de C..., 1840 | | | Tanyproctoides arabicus Petrovitz, 1971 | |
Subnodes of Coleoptera with occurrences in Kuwait
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