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Checklist for Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Beetles)
and region Northwest Tasmania (Tasmania, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
133
344
383
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
133
344
383
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
131
341
378
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
99
303
338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
34
129
147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northwest Tasmania
34 Families width 147 Species and 1 Subspecies
#CHSDOTBLEAPGMR
Curculionidae Latreille, 1802Ambrosia beetles10SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802Casebearers16SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802Silver Water Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802Long Horn beetles9SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900Rove beetles13SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscidae (Leach, 1815)Diving beetles7SpeciesTaxom
Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810False Blister Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802Darkling Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Buprestidae Leach, 1815Flat-headed wood-borers9SpeciesTaxom
Lucanidae Latreille, 1804Stag Beetle10SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids2SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802Dung beetles6SpeciesTaxom
Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807Coccinelles1SpeciesTaxom
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles22SpeciesTaxom
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle0SpeciesTaxom
Anthribidae Billberg, 1820Fungus Weevil0SpeciesTaxom
Scydmaenidae Leach, 1815Ant-like stone beetles7SpeciesTaxom
Brachypteridae (Erichson, 1845)Short-winged Flower Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843Feather-wing beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Histeridae (Gyllenhal, 1808)Clown beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Byrrhidae Latreille, 1804Moss beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Phalacridae Leach, 1815Shining flower beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802Whirligig beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Scirtidae Fleming, 1821Marsh Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Leiodidae Fleming, 1821Round fungus beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Cleridae Latreille, 1802Checkered Beetle0SpeciesTaxom
Elmidae Curtis, 1830Drive beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Melandryidae Leach, 1815False Darkling Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820Cerylid Kingfishers1SpeciesTaxom
Lycidae Laporte, 1836Lycid beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Rhipiceridae Latreille, 1834Cedar beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Psephenidae Lacordaire, 1854Water pennies1SpeciesTaxom
Pyrochroidae Latreille, 1807Cardinal beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844Cascade Beetles1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Northwest Tasmania
129 Genera with 147 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPQRST
Acacicis Lea, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Altica Geoffroy, 1842Metallic Flea Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Anacaena Thomson, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Ancita Thomson, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Ancyttalia Zimmerman, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Anotylus Thomson, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Antiporus Sharp, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Aoplocnemis Schönherr, 1845
0SpeciesTaxom
Aporocera Saunders, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Arsipoda Erichson, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Asclera Stephens, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Atelicus Waterhouse, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Brycopia Pascoe, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Callidiopis White, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 18425SpeciesTaxom
Ceratognathus Westwood, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Chauliognathus Hentz, 1840Soldier Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Cheiroplatys Kirby, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Cleobora Mulsant, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Copelatus Erichson, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Coripera Pascoe, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Cryptocephalus Geoffroy, 1863Cylindrical leaf beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrioides Carter, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Dabrosoma Lea, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Diemenoma Matthews, 1998
0SpeciesTaxom
Diphucrania Dejean, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Distichocera Kirby, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Dohrnia Czerniavsky, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Dorytomus Germar, 1761Willow Weevils1SpeciesTaxom
Dystrichothorax Blackburn, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Eboo Reid, 1993
0SpeciesTaxom
Elatichrosis Hyslop, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Enhypnon Carter, 01SpeciesTaxom
Enischnelater Calder, 1996
0SpeciesTaxom
Enneaphyllus Waterhouse, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Erichsonocis Zimmerman, 1994
0SpeciesTaxom
Euconnus Thomson, 19757SpeciesTaxom
Eugastromela Lea, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Eupinella Raffray, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Eusthenia Gray, 18323SpeciesTaxom
Exeiratus Broun, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Garicaphila Hall, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Geloptera Baly, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Geomela Lea, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Heteromastix Boheman, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Heterothops Stephens, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Hololepta Paykull, 1898Clown Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Homethes Newman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Hyderodes Hope, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochus Leach, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Idiothrix Lawrence & al., 19201SpeciesTaxom
Isopteron Hope, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Lepispilus Westwood, 1841
0SpeciesTaxom
Lestignathus Erichson, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Limbodessus Guignot, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Limnoxenus Motschoulsky, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Lissotes Westwood, 19108SpeciesTaxom
Litochrus Erichson, 1845
0SpeciesTaxom
Macrogyrus Straneo, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Macrohelodes Blackburn, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Mandalotus Erichson, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Maydena Chandler, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Mecyclothorax Sharp, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Mecynopus Erichson, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Melanterius Erichson, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Merimnetes Schonherr, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Microchaetes Hope, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Microdonacia Blackburn, 1893
0SpeciesTaxom
Mimanillus Moore, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Mimotrechus Moore, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Monolepta Dejean, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Myrmicholeva Lea, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Nascioides Kerremans, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Necterosoma MacLeay, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Neoscrobiger Blackburn, 1900
0SpeciesTaxom
Notolioon Lawrence & al., 19201SpeciesTaxom
Notonomus Chaudoir, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Notriolus Carter & Zeck, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Ochyra Pascoe, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Pachyporopterus Lea, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Paracrepidomenus Schwarz, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Paragyrtodes Szymczakowski, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Paropsides Motschulsky, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Paropsis Olivier, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Paropsisterna Motschulsky, 18425SpeciesTaxom
Pentagonica Schmidt-Göbel, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Percosoma Schaum, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Perissomerus Gounelle, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Philothermus Aubé, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Phyllochlaenia Blanchard, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Phyllotocus Fischer, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Plagiotelum Solier, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Porrostoma Guérin-Ménev..., 18261SpeciesTaxom
Proctophanes Harold, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Promecoderus Dejean, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Promethis Pascoe, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Prosopogmus Chaudoir, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Protoplectus Raffray, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolycus Guérin, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomicrocara Armstrong, 19532SpeciesTaxom
Pterocyrtus Sloane, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Quedius Stephens, 19253SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdotus Chaudoir, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Rhantus Dejean, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Rhipicera Latreille, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Roptoperus Lea, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Saprinus Erichson, 18343SpeciesTaxom
Sarothrocrepis Chaudoir, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Scaphisoma Leach, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Sclerocyphon Blackburn, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Sericesthis Hope, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Simsonia Carter & Zeck, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Sloaneana Csiki, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Stenoderus Dejean, 17952SpeciesTaxom
Stenoplectus Raffray, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Stichonotus Sloane, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Tanylypa Pascoe, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Tasmanityrus Chandler, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Tasmanotrechus Moore, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Telura Erichson, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Temnopalpus Blackburn, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Thaumastophasis Wollaston, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Theprisa Moore, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Toxeutes Newman, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Trachymela Weise, 1908
0SpeciesTaxom
Tragocerus Latreille, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Trechimorphus Jeannel, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Tympanogaster Janssens, 18961SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northwest Tasmania
147 Species and 1 Subspecies
Altica corusca Erichson, 1842
Anacaena horni Blackburn, 1896
Ancyttalia tarsalis Blackburn, 1894
Anotylus melas Fauvel, 1877
Antiporus femoralis Boheman, 1858
Aporocera (Aporocera) viridipennis Saunders, 1842
Asclera sublineata Brisout, 1875
Atelicus atrophus Pascoe, 1870
Brycopia caelioides Pascoe, 1870
Callidiopis scutellaris Fabricius, 1801
Castiarina dimidiata Carter, 1908
Castiarina erythromelas Boisduval, 1835
Castiarina flavopicta Boisduval, 1835
Castiarina tasmaniensis Barker, 1986Camacuto shrimp
Castiarina virginea Erichson, 1842
Ceratognathus westwoodi Thomson, 1862
Ceratognathus westwoodii Thomson, 1862
Chauliognathus tricolor Castelnau, 1840
Cheiroplatys latipes Guérin-Ménev..., 1830
Cleobora mellyi Mulsant, 1850Southern ladybird
Copelatus australiae (Clark, 1863)⇒ Exocelina australiae Clark, 1863
Cryptocephalus philothermus Suffrian, 1863
Cyrioides imperialis Fabricius, 1801Banksia jewel beetle
Dabrosoma pubescens Lea, 1910
Diphucrania acuducta Kirby, 1837
Distichocera fuliginosa Blanchard, 1832
Dohrnia miranda Newman, 1851
Dorytomus (Dorytomus) tortrix Linnaeus, 1761
Dystrichothorax tasmaniensis Baehr, 2004
Enhypnon costatum Carter Carter, 0
Enneaphyllus aeneipennis Waterhouse, 1877
Euconnus (Euconophron) fimbricollis Lea, 1915
Euconnus (Euconophron) parausitatus Franz, 1975
Euconnus (Euconophron) usitatus Lea, 1915
Euconnus (Euconophron) warratahanus Franz, 1975
Euconnus (Heterotetramelus) carteri Franz, 1975
Euconnus (Tetramelus) elliptipennis Franz, 1975
Euconnus (Tetramelus) warratahaensis Franz, 1975
Eugastromela spiniventer Lea, 1929
Eupinella tarsalis Lea, 1911
Eusthenia costalis Banks, 1913
Eusthenia lacustris Tillyard, 1921
Eusthenia spectabilis (Westwood, 1832)⇒ Eusthenia lacustris Tillyard, 1921
Exeiratus bigranulatus Lea, 1928
Garicaphila pilosa Deane, 1930
Geloptera jugularis Erichson, 1842
Geomela tasmaniensis Lea, 1917
Heteromastix cribripennis Lea, 1921
Heterothops dolichocephalus Lea, 1925
Heterothops mediofuscus Lea, 1925
Hololepta (Hololepta) paropsis Lewis, 1898
Homethes elegans Newman, 1842
Hyderodes schuckardi Hope, 1838
Hydrochus australis Motschulsky, 1860
Idiothrix carinaticeps Lea, 1920
Lestignathus cursor Erichson, 1842
Limbodessus amabilis Clark, 1862
Limbodessus gemellus Clark, 1862
Limnoxenus zealandicus Broun, 1880
Lissotes convexus Lea, 1910
Lissotes cornutus Boileau, 1905
Lissotes desmaresti Deyrolle, 1881
Lissotes forcipula Westwood, 1871
Lissotes laticollis Lea, 1910
Lissotes macrocephalus Bomans, 1986
Lissotes punctatus (Lea, 1910)⇒ Lissotes desmaresti Deyrolle, 1881
Lissotes rudis Lea, 1910
Macrogyrus (Macrogyrus) howittii Clark, 1864
Macrohelodes crassus Blackburn, 1892
Mandalotus hystricosus Lea, 1926
Maydena foveiventris Lea, 1911
Mecyclothorax ambiguus Erichson, 1842
Mecynopus cothurnatus Erichson, 1842
Merimnetes australis Lea, 1911
Microchaetes bryophilus Lea, 1912
Mimanillus gracilis Moore, 1972
Mimotrechus carteri Sloane, 1920
Monolepta incisiventris Lea, 1923
Monolepta tasmaniensis Lea, 1923
Myrmicholeva ligulata Lea, 1910
Nascioides parryi Hope, 1843Carabali shrimp
Nascioides quadrinotatus van de Poll, 1889
Necterosoma penicillatum Clark, 1862
Notolioon gemmatus Lea, 1920
Notonomus (Leiradira) politulus Chaudoir, 1865
Notonomus (Leiradira) tubericauda Bates, 1878
Notriolus simsoni Grouvelle, 1896
Orchesia (Orchesia) alphabetica Lea, 1925
Pachyporopterus humeralis Lea, 1913
Paragyrtodes percalceatus Szymczakowski, 1966
Paropsides catherinae Daccordi & D..., 2003
Paropsis delittlei Selman, 1983Delittle's Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle
Paropsis rubidipes Blackburn, 1901
Paropsisterna agricola Chapuis, 1877Southern eucalyptus leaf beetle
Paropsisterna bimaculata Olivier, 1807Tasmanian eucalyptus leaf beetle
Paropsisterna hectica Boisduval, 1835
Paropsisterna lignea Erichson, 1842
Paropsisterna obliterata Erichson, 1842Obliterate Melaleuca Leaf Beetle
Pentagonica vittipennis Chaudoir, 1877
Percosoma sulcipenne Bates, 1878
Perissomerus dasytes Martins, 1968
Philothermus tasmanicus Slipinski, 1988
Phyllochlaenia rufescens Blanchard, 1846
Phyllotocus nigripennis Lea, 1919
Plagiotelum opalescens Olliff, 1885
Porrostoma (Porrostoma) rhipidium W.S. Macleay, 1826Long-nosed Lycid Beetle
Proctophanes sculptus Hope, 1846
Promecoderus brunnicornis Dejean, 1829
Promecoderus viridiaeneus Sloane, 1915
Promethis angulata Erichson, 1842
Prosopogmus punctifer Sloane, 1920
Protoplectus basalis Lea, 1911
Pseudolycus haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1801
Pseudomicrocara rufusensis Watts, 2007
Pseudomicrocara variabilis Armstrong, 1953
Pterocyrtus rubescens Sloane, 1920
Quedius (Raphirus) cuprinus Fauvel, 1877
Quedius (Raphirus) inaequalipennis Lea, 1925
Quedius (Raphirus) nitidissimus Lea, 1925
Rhabdotus reflexus Chaudoir, 1865
Rhantus (Rhantus) suturalis (W.S.Macleay, 1825)⇒ Rhantus frontalis Marsham, 1802
Rhipicera (Agathorhipis) femorata Kirby, 1818Feather-horned Beetle
Roptoperus tasmaniensis Lea, 1908
Saprinus (Saprinus) cyaneus Fabricius, 1775Round green hister
Saprinus cyaneus cyaneus Fabricius, 1775
Saprinus (Saprinus) laetus (Erichson, 1834)⇒ Saprinus cyaneus Fabricius, 1775
Sarothrocrepis corticalis Fabricius, 1801
Scaphisoma novicum Blackburn, 1891
Sclerocyphon aquaticus Lea, 1919
Sericesthis nigrolineata Boisduval, 1835Dusky pasture scarab
Simsonia tasmanica Blackburn, 1894Florida golden aster
Simsonia tasmanicus Blackburn, 1894
Sloaneana tasmaniae Sloane, 1915
Stenoderus concolor MacLeay, 1826
Stenoderus suturalis Olivier, 1795
Stenoplectus quadrifoveatus Lea, 1911
Stichonotus leai Sloane, 1910
Tasmanityrus auricomus Lea, 1911
Tasmanotrechus leai Sloane, 1920
Telura vitticollis Erichson, 1842
Temnopalpus bicolor Blackburn, 1888
Thaumastophasis bicolor Blackburn, 1892
Thaumastophasis inconstans Lea, 1911
Theprisa convexa Sloane, 1920
Toxeutes (Toxeutes) arcuatus Fabricius, 1787
Tragocerus spencii Hope, 1834
Trechimorphus diemenensis Bates, 1878
Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) novicia Blackburn, 1896

Subnodes of Coleoptera with occurrences in Northwest Tasmania
SuborderAdephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles, Predaceous Diving and Whirligig Beetles
3
27
30
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
31
102
117
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Coleoptera (Linnaeus 1758)
Coleoptera (Linnaeus 1758)


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