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Checklist for Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Beetles)
and region São Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
118
476
694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
116
472
690
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
115
470
688
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
96
444
659
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
24
112
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for São Tomé
24 Families width 128 Species and 17 Subspecies
#CPHSGAMEBLOT
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles9SpeciesTaxom
Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802Long Horn beetles41SpeciesTaxom
Ptiliidae Heer, 1843Feather-wing beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802Casebearers3SpeciesTaxom
Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808Clown beetle8SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900Rove beetles11SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802Dung beetles26SpeciesTaxom
Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802Dor beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Anthribidae Billberg, 1820Fungus Weevil1SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815Hairy fungus beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847Pill scarab beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Passalidae Leach, 1815Bess beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Elateridae Leach, 1815Click Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807Coccinelles1SpeciesTaxom
Brentidae Billberg, 1820Brenthidae1SpeciesTaxom
Lucanidae Latreille, 1804Stag Beetle9SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802Silver Water Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820Cerylid Kingfishers1SpeciesTaxom
Curculionidae Latreille, 1802Ambrosia beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Oedemeridae Latreille, 1810False Blister Beetle0SpeciesTaxom
Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802Darkling Beetle0SpeciesTaxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856Cantharids0SpeciesTaxom
Ciidae Leach, 1819Minute tree fungus beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Mordellidae Latreille, 1802Pintail beetles2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for São Tomé
112 Genera with 128 Species
#ABCDEFGHILMNOPRSTXY
Abacetus Dejean, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Achryson Audinet-Serv..., 17671SpeciesTaxom
Acmocera Thomson, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Acridoschema Thomson, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Acrotrichis Motschulsky, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Acutandra Santos-Silva, 20123SpeciesTaxom
Afroeurydemus Selman, 1965
0SpeciesTaxom
Afrosoma Mazur, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Afrosorius Fagel, 19584SpeciesTaxom
Ancylonotus Dejean, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Apobletes Marseul, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Apogonia Melichar, 20083SpeciesTaxom
Bangalaia Duvivier, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Bolbocaffer Vulcano, Mar..., 18351SpeciesTaxom
Branconymus Hoffmann, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Calanthemis Thomson, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Caserus Dajoz, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Ceratocentrus Aurivillius, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Chaetophilharmostes Paulian, 20221SpeciesTaxom
Cheiridella Jacoby, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Chlorida Audinet-Serv..., 17581SpeciesTaxom
Chromalizus Schmidt, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Clastocnemis Burmeister &..., 20051SpeciesTaxom
Comythovalgus Kolbe, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Coptops Serville, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Corticalinus Gomy, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Cryptodontes Burmeister, 02SpeciesTaxom
Cryptodontus Cryptodontus..., 19461SpeciesTaxom
Cyphonistes Burmeister, 01SpeciesTaxom
Diaspila Jordan, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Didimus Kaup, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Diplognatha Gory & Perch..., 17711SpeciesTaxom
Dischista Burmeister, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Dromistomus Jeannel, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Dyscolus Dejean, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Elasmosomus Schwarz, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Endochilus Weise, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Epitrix Foudras, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Erichsonius Fauvel, 20211SpeciesTaxom
Eumecopodus Calabresi, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Eunidia Erichson, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Exochomus Redtenbacher, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Figulus MacLeay, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Frea Thomson, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Glenea Newman, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Grammopyga Kolbe, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Helochares Mulsant, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Hololepta Paykull, 1900Clown Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Insulochamus Dillon & Dillon, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Laccobius Erichson, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Lamprocopa Hincks, 1949
0SpeciesTaxom
Lanelater Arnett, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Leucocelis Burmeister, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Lioadalia Crotch, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Macrotoma Serville, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Mallodon Lepeletier, ..., 18431SpeciesTaxom
Manobia Jacoby, 1885
0SpeciesTaxom
Mesotopus Burmeister, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Metacerylon Grouvelle, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Metamasius Horn, 1758Bromeliad Weevils1SpeciesTaxom
Monochamus Dejean, 2014Sawyer beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Monosigynes Vázquez, 2004
0SpeciesTaxom
Nacaeus Blackwelder, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Neoplocaederus Sama, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Neoteretrius Kryzhanovski..., 19001SpeciesTaxom
Nesopatrum Gebien, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Nigidius MacLeay, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Oryctes Hellwig, 1789Coconut rhinoceros beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Pachnoda Burmeister, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Pachycraerus Marseul, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Pachyroxochus Straneo, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Paederus Fabricius, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Paraphytus Harold, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Pentagonica Schmidt-Göbel, 19432SpeciesTaxom
Pentalobus Kaup, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Phaneresthes Kraatz, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Philematium Thomson, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Philomeces Kolbe, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Philonthus Stephens, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Phrynetopsis Kolbe, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Platylomalus Cooman, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Platypria Guérin-Ménev..., 19051SpeciesTaxom
Platyxythrius Straneo, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Propsephus Hyslop, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Prosopocera Dejean, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Prosopocoelus Parry, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Prosopocoilus Westwood, 19199SpeciesTaxom
Prosthaptus Gorham, 1900
0SpeciesTaxom
Protonarthron Thomson, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudhammus Kolbe, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotephraea2SpeciesTaxom
Pterolophia Newman, 19383SpeciesTaxom
Rhyparus Westwood, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Rhyssemus Mulsant, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Ropica Pascoe, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Sarothrogastra Karsch, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Scarites Fabricius, 1937Scarites Ground Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Steirastoma Audinet-Serv..., 18661SpeciesTaxom
Stenosternus Karsch, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Sternotomis Percheron, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Straneoa Basilewsky, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Tachinomorphus Kraatz, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Temnorhynchus Hope, 18863SpeciesTaxom
Thomispa Würmli, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Tracypum Fagel, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Tragocephala Laporte de C..., 18561SpeciesTaxom
Trochalus Laporte, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Xylographus Mellié, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Xylotrechus Chevrolat, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Xystrocera Audinet-Serv..., 19031SpeciesTaxom
Yakuhananomia Kono, 18972SpeciesTaxom


Species list for São Tomé
128 Species and 17 Subspecies
Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) amplithorax Straneo, 1940
Achryson surinamum Linnaeus, 1767
Acmocera insularis Breuning, 1940
Acmocera lutosa Jordan, 1903
Acridoschema thomense (Jordan, 1903)⇒ Acridoschema thomensis Jordan, 1903
Acrotrichis discoloroides Johnson, 1969Feather-winged beetle
Acrotrichis tersa Johnson, 1969
Acutandra barclayi Bouyer, Drum..., 2012
Acutandra delahayei Bouyer, Drum..., 2012
Acutandra oremansi Bouyer, Drum..., 2012
Afrosoma servulum Lewis, 1897
Afrosorius assiniensis Fauvel, 1903
Afrosorius curtipennis Fagel, 1958
Afrosorius strigifrons Kolbe & H.J., 1889
Afrosorius viettei Fagel, 1958
Ancylonotus tribulus Fabricius, 1775
Apobletes macer Lewis, 1905
Apogonia decellei LaCroix, 2008
Apogonia insulana Karsch, 1882
Apogonia tomeensis LaCroix, 2008
Bangalaia thomensis Breuning, 1947
Bolbocaffer pallens Klug, 1835
Branconymus vayssierei Hoffmann, 1959
Calanthemis thomensis Aurivillius, 1910
Caserus convexus ♰ Dajoz, 1969
Ceratocentrus principiensis Nylander, 2000
Chaetophilharmostes filippii Ballerio & C..., 2022
Cheiridella principis Zoia, 2017
Chlorida festiva Linnaeus, 1758
Chromalizus (Chromalizus) rhodoscelis Jordan, 1903
Clastocnemis quadrimaculatus oremansi Antoine, 2005
Comythovalgus aemulus Kolbe, 1897
Coptops hypocrita Lameere, 1892
Corticalinus minusculus Schmidt, 1893
Cryptodontes latreilleanus desaegeri Burgeon, 1946
Cryptodontes latreilleanus latreilleanus
Cryptodontus latreilleanus desaegeri Burgeon, 1946
Cyphonistes camurus camurus
Diaspila periscelis Jordan, 1903
Didimus laevis Klug, 1835
Diplognatha gagates gagates Forster, 1771
Dischista rufa De Geer, 1778
Dromistomus complanatus Bates, 1889
Dromistomus complanatus levistriatus Straneo, 1941
Dyscolus (Dyscolidion) lissomus Bates, 1882
Elasmosomus mocquerysi Fleutiaux, 1902
Erichsonius saotomeensis Kapell & M.U..., 2021
Eumecopodus fuliginosus Calabresi, 1920
Eunidia thomensis Breuning, 1970
Exochomus flavipes (Thunberg, 1781)⇒ Exochomus nigromaculatus Goeze, 1777
Figulus sublaevis decipiens Albers, 1884
Figulus decipiens Albers, 1884
Frea (Frea) maculicornis Thomson, 1858
Frea puncticollis Jordan, 1903
Glenea (Glenea) thomensis Breuning, 1958
Grammopyga marginicollis Moser, 1904
Helochares tamsi J.Balfour-Br..., 1947
Hololepta (Hololepta) syntexis Lewis, 1900
Insulochamus thomensis Jordan, 1903
Laccobius (Cyclolaccobius) sanfilippoi Gentili, 1996
Lanelater substriatus Candeze, 1857
Leucocelis feana Janson, 1907
Macrotoma (Macrotoma) palmata Fabricius, 1793
Mallodon downesii Hope, 1843
Mesotopus tarandus Swederus, 1787
Metacerylon pressulum Dajoz, 1979
Metamasius hemipterus Linnaeus, 1758Rotten cane stalk borer
Monochamus rubiginosus Teocchi, Sud..., 2014
Nacaeus aethiops Eppelsheim, 1895
Neoplocaederus fucatus Thomson, 1858
Neoteretrius braganzae Lewis, 1900
Nigidius bubalus bubalus bubalus Swed..., 1787
Onthophagus sellatus Klug, 1845
Oryctes latecavatus Fairmaire, 1891
Oryctes monoceros Olivier, 1789African rhinoceros beetle
Pachnoda prasina Karsch, 1881
Pachycraerus chlorites Lewis, 1900
Pachycraerus ellipsodes Lewis, 1902
Pachyroxochus subquadratus Straneo, 1942
Paederus angusticeps Bernhauer, 1915
Paraphytus africanus Boucomont, 1923
Pentagonica conradti Kolbe, 1898
Pentagonica nigritula Straneo, 1943
Pentalobus barbatus Fabricius, 1801
Pentalobus kaupi Boucher, 2005
Phaneresthes flavosignata Moser, 1904
Philematium greeffi Karsch, 1881
Philomeces thomensis Aurivillius, 1910
Philonthus (Trionthus) cruentus Bernhauer, 1915Staph beetle
Philonthus (Trionthus) peregrinus Fauvel, 1866
Phrynetopsis thomensis Jordan, 1903
Platylomalus longicornis Lewis, 1905
Platypria (Platypria) paucispinosa Gestro, 1905
Platyxythrius insularis Straneo, 1956
Propsephus (Propsephus) campyloides Candeze, 1897
Prosopocera (Alphitopola) insularis Breuning, 1936
Prosopocoelus antilope insulanus Kriesche, 1919
Prosopocoilus (Cladognathus) girafa (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Prosopocoilus confucius Hope, 1842
Prosopocoilus (Cyclotropus) faber Thomson, 1862
Prosopocoilus faber faber faber Thomson, 1862
Prosopocoilus (Metopodontus) downesii Hope, 1835
Prosopocoilus downesii downesii
Prosopocoilus downesii savagei Hope, 1842
Prosopocoilus (Prosopocoilus) antilopus (Swederus, 1787)⇒ Prosopocoilus antilope Swederus, 1787
Prosopocoilus antilopus antilopus antilopus Sw..., 1787
Prosopocoilus antilopus insulanus Kriesche, 1919
Protonarthron microps Jordan, 1903
Pseudhammus (Pseudhammus) feae Aurivillius, 1910
Pseudotephraea ancilla Harold, 1879
Pseudotephraea ancilla ancilla
Pterolophia (Insularepraonetha) insularis Breuning, 1938
Pterolophia (Principipraonetha) pseudoprincipis Breuning, 1943
Pterolophia (Pterolophia) thomensis Breuning, 1938
Rhyparus clavipes Arrow, 1935
Rhyssemus thomasi Endrödi, 1964
Ropica thomensis Breuning, 1970
Sarothrogastra edulis Karsch, 1881
Scarites (Scarites) feanus Banninger, 1937
Steirastoma stellio Pascoe, 1866
Stenosternus costatus Karsch, 1881
Sternotomis (Pseudolemur) rufozonata Fairmaire, 1902
Sternotomis (Ultiolemur) ducalis Klug, 1835
Straneoa seligmani Kavanaugh, 2005
Tachinomorphus africanus Eppelsheim, 1895
Temnorhynchus coronatus diana Palisot de B..., 1805
Temnorhynchus burgeoni Paulian, 1946
Temnorhynchus tridentatus Lansberge, 1886
Thomispa feae Gestro, 1906
Tracypum vietteanum Fagel, 1977
Tragocephala guerinii White, 1856
Trochalus pilula Klug, 1835
Xylographus nitidissimus Pic, 1916
Xylotrechus aedon Jordan, 1903
Xystrocera interrupta Jordan, 1903
Yakuhananomia ermischi Franciscolo, 1952
Yakuhananomia polyspila Fairmaire, 1897

Subnodes of Coleoptera with occurrences in São Tomé
SuborderAdephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles, Predaceous Diving and Whirligig Beetles
1
8
9
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
23
104
119
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Coleoptera (Linnaeus 1758)
Coleoptera (Linnaeus 1758)


Links, sources and further information
Coleoptera at szmn.sbras.ru
Coleoptera at papua-insects.nl
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Coleoptera at dyntaxa.se
Coleoptera at gbif.org
Coleoptera at irmng.org
Coleoptera at itis.gov
Coleoptera at kaefer-der-welt.de
Coleoptera at marinespecies.org