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Checklist for Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Beetles)
and region Olifants River (Western Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
138
449
472
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
138
449
472
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
121
398
429
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
89
336
390
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
31
125
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Olifants River
31 Families width 107 Species and 2 Subspecies
#BTCDSAGNEMHZLOP
Buprestidae Leach, 1815Flat-headed wood-borers18SpeciesTaxom
Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802Darkling Beetle6SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids0SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815Diving beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles10SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802Dung beetles27SpeciesTaxom
Anthicidae Latreille, 1819Ant beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802Whirligig beetle0SpeciesTaxom
Noteridae C. G. Thomson, 1860Burrowing water beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle0SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802Casebearers1SpeciesTaxom
Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810Blister Beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802Long Horn beetles7SpeciesTaxom
Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807Coccinelles5SpeciesTaxom
Melyridae Leach, 1815Malachite Beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Curculionidae Latreille, 1802Ambrosia beetles9SpeciesTaxom
Brentidae Billberg, 1820Brenthidae1SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802Silver Water Beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Haliplidae Aubé, 1836Crawling Water Beetle0SpeciesTaxom
Elmidae Curtis, 1830Drive beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Helophoridae Leach, 1815Water scavenger beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844Cascade Beetles7SpeciesTaxom
Zopheridae Solier, 1834Cylindrical bark beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Lampyridae Latreille, 1817Fireflies1SpeciesTaxom
Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810False Blister Beetle0SpeciesTaxom
Nitidulidae (Latreille, 1802)Nitidules0SpeciesTaxom
Mordellidae Latreille, 1802Pintail beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Discolomatidae Horn, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900Rove beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Ptinidae Latreille, 1802Death-watch and Spider Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Cleridae Latreille, 1802Checkered Beetle1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Olifants River
125 Genera with 107 Species
#ABCDEGHIJKLMNOPRSTUXZ
Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Adesmia Fischer von ..., 17811SpeciesTaxom
Afronycha Wittmer, 1949
0SpeciesTaxom
Agabus Leach, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Agra Fabricius, 2000Elegant canopy beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Alissoderus Deyrolle, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Anoplocheilus MacLeay, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Anthelephila Hope, 1833
0SpeciesTaxom
Anthia Weber, 17642SpeciesTaxom
Aphoenops Bonvouioir, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Aristosoma Saunders, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Aulonogyrus Régimbart, 1883
0SpeciesTaxom
Bizanus Péringuey, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Blenosia Laporte de C..., 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Canthydrus Sharp, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Cardiotarsus Eschscholtz, 1836
0SpeciesTaxom
Cassida Linnaeus, 1827Tortoise Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Catharsius Hope, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Ceroctis Marseul, 18132SpeciesTaxom
Ceroplesis Dejean, 1775Flat-faced longhorns1SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocnema Stephens, 1831
0SpeciesTaxom
Chaetodera Jeannel, 1946
0SpeciesTaxom
Cheilomenes Chevrolat, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Cinacanthus Schmidt, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Clytra Laicharting, 1781
0SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochile Latreille, 01SpeciesTaxom
Denticnema1SpeciesTaxom
Dichelus Lepeletier &..., 1828
0SpeciesTaxom
Dineutus MacLeay, 1825
whirligig beetle0SpeciesTaxom
Dinometopus Gorham, 1900
0SpeciesTaxom
Dromius Bonelli, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Epibrithus Marshall, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Epirinus Reiche, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Episus Billberg, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Eremnus McNeill, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Exochomus Redtenbacher, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Galerucella Crotch, 1873
Water-lily Beetle0SpeciesTaxom
Genestia Théry, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Georissus Latreille, 1809
Minute mud-loving beetles0SpeciesTaxom
Gonopus Latreille, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Graphipterus Latreille, 18403SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Haliplus Latreille, 1802
0SpeciesTaxom
Helminthopsis Grouvelle, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Helopium Westwood, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Henosepilachna Li, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Heteronychus Seidlitz, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Hipporhinus Schonherr, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Hipporrhinus sj�st..., 19071SpeciesTaxom
Hoplocnemis1SpeciesTaxom
Horatoma Solier, 1841
0SpeciesTaxom
Hycleus Latreille, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Hydaticus Leach, 1817
0SpeciesTaxom
Hydraena Kugelann, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Hydrocanthus Say, 1823
0SpeciesTaxom
Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Hyphydrus Illiger, 1802
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypocolobus Schoenherr, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Idactus Pascoe, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Inscutomonomma Pic, 1951
0SpeciesTaxom
Julodella Semenov, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Julodis Eschscholtz, 18354SpeciesTaxom
Kheper Janssens, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Lampetis Dejean, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Lampyris Geoffroy, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Lepithrix Nietner, 17784SpeciesTaxom
Leptelmis Sharp, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Lioadalia Crotch, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Lophyra Motschulsky, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Melananthoides Vázquez, 1996
0SpeciesTaxom
Meliboeus Deyrolle, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Meligethes Stephens, 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Melixanthus Suffrian, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom
Mesoceration Janssens, 19944SpeciesTaxom
Metacatharsius Paulian, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Microdinodes Grouvelle, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Miopristis Lacordaire, 1848
0SpeciesTaxom
Mordellistena Costa, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Mylabris Fabricius, 1775
0SpeciesTaxom
Nastella Kerremans, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Nebria Latreille, 1792Gazelle Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Neojulodis Kerremans, 17903SpeciesTaxom
Nothomorpha Saunders, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Notiophygus Gory, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Obereopsis Chevrolat, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Ochthebius Leach, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Orectogyrus Régimbart, 1884
0SpeciesTaxom
Oulema Gozis, 1886
0SpeciesTaxom
Pachycnema Lepeletier &..., 17751SpeciesTaxom
Pachysoma MacLeay, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Paederus Fabricius, 1775
0SpeciesTaxom
Parhydraena Orchymont, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Perissomerus Gounelle, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Peritrichia Burmeister, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Philodytes Balfour-Browne, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Phlocteis Kerremans, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Phytoecia Dejean, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Platychelus Burmeister, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Polyzonus Castelnau, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Prosthetops Waterhouse, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom
Pyctoderes Schönherr, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Rhysoderes Marshall, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Scabrostomus Gordon and S..., 19911SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeolus Balthasar, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 18071SpeciesTaxom
Scymnus Kugelann, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Somaticus Hope, 1873False wireworms1SpeciesTaxom
Soronia Erichson, 1843
0SpeciesTaxom
Sphenoptera Dejean, 1926metallic wood-boring beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Stenelmis Dufour, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Stenocara Solier, 17951SpeciesTaxom
Stenodesia Reitter, 1916
0SpeciesTaxom
Stethomezium Hinton, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Stips Koch, 01SpeciesTaxom
Tanyrrhynchus f�hra..., 18361SpeciesTaxom
Temnorrhynchus Alluaud, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Tlepolemus Thomson, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Trichodes Herbst, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Trichostetha Burmeister, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Uvarus Guignot, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Xiphoscelis Burmeister, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Zonitodema Péringuey, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Zophosis Latreille, 18321SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Olifants River
107 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acmaeodera congener Spinola, 1838
Acmaeodera hessei Holm, 1978
Adesmia porcata Fabricius, 1781
Agabus (Acatodes) raffrayi Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Agra yola Erwin, 2000
Alissoderus albiventris Gory & Laporte, 1839
Anoplocheilus rusticus Gory & Perch..., 1833
Anthia (Thermophilum) biguttata Bonelli, 1813
Anthia (Thermophilum) decemguttata Linnaeus, 1764
Aphoenops pluto hydrophilus (A. Gaudin, 1945)⇒ Aphaenops pluto hydrophilus A. Gaudin, 1945
Aristosoma suturale Thunberg, 1789
Bizanus caliginosus Péringuey, 1902
Canthydrus (Canthydrus) quadrivittatus Boheman, 1848
Cassida (Cassida) seladonia Gyllenhal, 1827
Catharsius tricornutus DeGeer, 1778
Ceroctis capensis Linnaeus, 1764
Ceroctis gyllenhalli Billberg, 1813
Ceroplesis aethiops Fabricius, 1775
Cheilomenes propinqua Mulsant, 1850
Cinacanthus anomalipus Péringuey, 1901
Cryptochile spinosa
Denticnema striatula Schein, 1959
Dromius (Dromius) eremnus Andrewes, 1933
Epibrithus pustulatus Marshall, 1955
Epirinus flagellatus Fabricius, 1775
Episus mendosus Gyllenhal, 1833
Eremnus atratus Schoenherr, 1834
Exochomus flavipes (Thunberg, 1781)⇒ Exochomus nigromaculatus Goeze, 1777
Graphipterus griseus Chaudoir, 1870
Graphipterus hessei Burgeon, 1929
Graphipterus limbatus Castelnau, 1840
Gymnopleurus humeralis Klug, 1855
Helminthopsis bifida Delève, 1965Point Arena Mountain Beaver
Helopium agabus J. O. Westwood, 1854
Henosepilachna elaterii Rossi, 1794Melon ladybird beetle
Heteronychus arator Fabricius, 1775African black beetle
Hipporhinus granulosus Gyllenhal, 1833
Hipporhinus recurvus Schoenherr, 1833
Hipporrhinus impressicollis Marshall, 1907
Hoplocnemis andreaei Schein, 1959
Hycleus amoenus Marseul, 1872
Hydraena accurata Orchymont, 1948
Hypocolobus unicornis Boheman, 1842
Idactus damarensis Breuning, 1938
Julodella cicatricosa Germar, 1824
Julodis albomaculata Boheman, 1860
Julodis brevicollis Laporte & Gory, 1835
Julodis fascicularis Linnaeus, 1758
Julodis viridipes Laporte, 1835
Kheper bonellii MacLeay, 1821
Lampetis tristis Linnaeus, 1758
Lampyris conspicua Gyllenhal, 1817
Lepithrix fulvipes Thunberg, 1818
Lepithrix longitarsis Schein, 1959
Lepithrix modesta
Lepithrix stigma DeGeer, 1778
Leptelmis major Delève, 1966Eastern woodrat
Lioadalia flavomaculata DeGeer, 1778Ladybird beetle
Lophyra (Lophyra) brevicollis Wiedemann, 1823
Meliboeus virens Thunberg, 1827
Mesoceration fusciceps Perkins & Ba..., 1994
Mesoceration languidum Perkins & Ba..., 1994
Mesoceration repandum Perkins, 2008
Mesoceration rufescens Perkins & Ba..., 1994
Metacatharsius exiguiformis Ferreira, 1964
Microdinodes (Elmidoliana) transvaalicus Grouvelle, 1895
Mordellistena (Mordellistena) coelioxys Lea, 1917
Nastella virgo Obenberger, 1931
Nebria (Eunebria) psammodes P. Rossi, 1792
Neojulodis picta Thunberg, 1827
Neojulodis subcostata Laporte, 1835
Neojulodis tomentosa Olivier, 1790
Nothomorpha minima Kerremans, 1899
Notiophygus hessei John, 1938
Obereopsis pseudocapensis Breuning, 1955
Ochthebius (Ochthebius) spinasus Perkins & Ba..., 1994
Onthophagus vinctus Erichson, 1843
Pachycnema crassipes (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Hoplocnemis spectabilis Péringuey, 1902
Pachysoma aesculapius Olivier, 1789
Parhydraena (Parhydraena) ancylis Perkins, 2009
Perissomerus dasytes Martins, 1968
Peritrichia rigida Schein, 1959
Peritrichia vansoni Schein, 1959
Phlocteis exasperata Swartz, 1817
Phytoecia (Blepisanis) argenteosuturalis (Breuning, 1955)⇒ Blepisanis argenteosuturalis Breuning, 1955
Phytoecia (Blepisanis) larvata (Breuning, 1966)⇒ Blepisanis larvata Pascoe, 1871
Platychelus anomalus Burmeister, 1844
Polyzonus tetraspilotus microspilus (Gahan, 1906)⇒ Polyzonus tetraspilotus Hope, 1835
Pyctoderes ellipticus Marshall, 1955
Rhysoderes divisus Marshall, 1955
Scabrostomus tanytarsus Skelley & Wo..., 1991Masked stargazer
Scarabaeolus canaliculatus Fairmaire, 1888
Scarabaeus suri Hausmann, 1807
Scymnus (Pullus) enochrus Gordon, 1976
Somaticus gracilipes Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
Sphenoptera atomarioides Obenberger, 1926
Stenelmis thusa Hinton, 1941
Stenocara longipes Olivier, 1795
Stethomezium notiale Péringuey, 1899
Stips costata
Tanyrrhynchus affaber Boheman, 1836
Temnorrhynchus coronatus Fabricius, 1781
Trichodes aulicus Klug, 1842
Trichostetha fascicularis Donovan, 1805
Xiphoscelis schuckardi Burmeister, 1842
Zonitodema ruficeps Péringuey, 1888
Zophosis punctata Brullé, 1832

Subnodes of Coleoptera with occurrences in Olifants River
SuborderAdephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles, Predaceous Diving and Whirligig Beetles
5
21
12
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
26
104
95
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Coleoptera (Linnaeus 1758)
Coleoptera (Linnaeus 1758)


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