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Checklist of Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 (Insects)
for Central Australia (Northern Territory, Australia)


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Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
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List of families for Central Australia
41 Families width 191 Species and 3 Subspecies
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Curculionidae (Latreille, 1802)Ambrosia beetles55SpeciesTaxom
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815Diving beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Blattidae (Stephens, 1829)American cockroaches12SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802Dung beetles13SpeciesTaxom
Anthicidae Latreille, 1819Ant beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Blaberidae Saussure, 1864Blaberids1SpeciesTaxom
Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802Dor beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Silvanidae Kirby, 1837Flat bark beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudophyllodromiidae Hebard, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Belidae Schönherr, 1826Belid Beetle6SpeciesTaxom
Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802Auger beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Buprestidae Leach, 1815Flat-headed wood-borers2SpeciesTaxom
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ant31SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900Rove beetles7SpeciesTaxom
Cossidae Leach, 1815Borers1SpeciesTaxom
Carabidae Latreille, 1802Carabid beetles8SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802Silver Water Beetles6SpeciesTaxom
Cylindrachetidae Giglio-Tos, 1914Sandgroper1SpeciesTaxom
Dermestidae Hope, 1840Carpet beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802Casebearers0SpeciesTaxom
Geometridae Leach, 1815Cankerworm moths2SpeciesTaxom
Lucanidae Latreille, 1804Stag Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Myrmeleontidae Latreille, 1802Ant lions3SpeciesTaxom
Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802Darkling Beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Reduviidae Latreille, 1807Assassin and thread-legged bugs2SpeciesTaxom
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809Armyworms1SpeciesTaxom
Corduliidae Selys-Longch..., 1850Baskettails1SpeciesTaxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815Admirals2SpeciesTaxom
Pentatomidae Leach, 1815Lesser shield bugs3SpeciesTaxom
Colletidae Lepeletier, 1841Colletid bees1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829Chinch bugs1SpeciesTaxom
Trogidae MacLeay, 1819Gnawer beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843Dirt-colored Seed Bugs1SpeciesTaxom
Blattellidae Karny, 1908German Cockroach2SpeciesTaxom
Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802Long Horn beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Oecophoridae Bruand, 1851Concealer Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Crambidae (Latreille, 1810)Crambid Snout Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Pteromalidae Dalman, 1820Pteromalid wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Cicadidae Westwood, 1840Cicada1SpeciesTaxom
Erebidae Leach, 1815Erebid Moths0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Central Australia
124 Genera with 191 Species
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Acantholophus Boisduval, 18656SpeciesTaxom
Allodessus Guignot, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Amorphorhinus Lacordaire, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Amorphorrhinus Gemminger & ..., 18631SpeciesTaxom
Amycterus sch�n..., 18963SpeciesTaxom
Anamesia Tepper, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Aneucomides Blackburn, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Anthicus Paykull, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Antiporus Sharp, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Aphodopsammobius Endrodi, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Ataxigamia Tepper, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Atychonia1SpeciesTaxom
Australobolbus Howden & Cooper, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Austronausibius Halstead, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Balta Tepper, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Belus Schönherr, 1893Belids2SpeciesTaxom
Blackburnium Boucomont, 19793SpeciesTaxom
Bostrychopsis Lesne, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Bothynorhynchus Schoenherr, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Bryachus Pascoe, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Bubaris Pascoe, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Bubastes Laporte & Gory, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Calomyrmex Emery, 18762SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1910Black carpenter ant7SpeciesTaxom
Carneodon Özdikmen, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Carneoryctes Özdikmen, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Carpelimus Kirby, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Catasarcus Schoenherr, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Catoxophylla Turner, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Chondropyga Kraatz, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Clilopocha Lea, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Clivina Latreille, 19533SpeciesTaxom
Coelostoma Brullé, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1831Acrobat Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Cubicorhynchus Lacordaire, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Cubicorrhynchus Gemminger & ..., 18932SpeciesTaxom
Cylindraustralia Günther, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Dermestes Linnaeus, 1758larder beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Desmozosteria Shelford, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Dicranosterna Motschulsky, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Dinophalus Prout, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Egestrina Champion, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Enochrus Thomson, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Eppertia Shaw, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Ethemaia Pascoe, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Euryscaphus MacLeay, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Figulus MacLeay, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Glenoleon Banks, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Gnathaphanus MacLeay, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Gonocephalum Solier, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Harpagocnema Turner, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Harpechys Britton, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Havinthus Stål, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Heliothis Ochsenheimer, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Hemicordulia Selys, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Heoclisis Navas, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Heteronyx Guérin-Ménev..., 19083SpeciesTaxom
Horcinia Stål, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Hydrochus Leach, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophilus Müller, 1891Giant Water Scavenger Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Idea Fabricius, 1773Paper butterflies1SpeciesTaxom
Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1907Rainbow ants1SpeciesTaxom
Kalkadoona Distant, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Leioproctus F. Smith, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Leptopius Oke, 18963SpeciesTaxom
Leptozosteria Tepper, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Macromalocera Hope, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Megacephala Latreille, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Megaporus Brinck, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Megazosteria Mackerras, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Melaps Carter, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Melophorus Lubbock, 1910Honey carrier7SpeciesTaxom
Meranoplus Smith, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Merimna Saunders, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Molochtus Pascoe, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecia Fabricius, 1862Bull ants2SpeciesTaxom
Navigator Moeseneder &..., 20161SpeciesTaxom
Neagenor Bergroth, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Neobisnius Ganglbauer, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Nosopsyllus Jordan, 18001SpeciesTaxom
Nysius Dallas, 1891False Chinch Bug1SpeciesTaxom
Ochetellus Shattuck, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Ochthephilum Stephens, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Oechalia Stål, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Omorgus Erichson, 1871Hastate Hide Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Onesorus Pascoe, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Ophryota Pascoe, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Opisthopsis Emery, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Orthorhynchus Kirby, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Oxyops Schoenherr, 18969SpeciesTaxom
Pamerapa Malipatil, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Paratemnopteryx Saussure, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Periclystus Gerstaecker, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Phacodes Newman, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1910Big-headed Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Philonthus Stephens, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Phorticosomus Shaum, 18672SpeciesTaxom
Platyphanes Westwood, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Platyzosteria Brunner, 19095SpeciesTaxom
Podomyrma Smith, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Pogonus Dejean, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Polyphrades Schoenherr, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Rhinotia Kirby, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Rhytidoponera Mayr, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Rhytiphora Audinet-Serv..., 18632SpeciesTaxom
Saragus Erichson, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Saropla Meyrick, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Sclerorinus MacLeay, 18658SpeciesTaxom
Scopaeus Erichson, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Scoparia Haworth, 1900And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Sosytelus Pascoe, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Stenocorus Geoffroy, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Sternolophus Solier, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Syarbis Pascoe, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Talaurinus Macleay, Jr., 18967SpeciesTaxom
Thinodytes Graham, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Thopha Amyot & Serv..., 19071SpeciesTaxom
Trogoderma Dejean, 19422SpeciesTaxom
Uracanthus Hope, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Utetheisa Hübner, 1819Rattlebox moths1SpeciesTaxom
Vanessa Fabricius, 1868Admirals1SpeciesTaxom
Zietzia Blackburn, 18941SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Australia
191 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acantholophus aruntarum Fergusson, 1915
Acantholophus blackburni Lea, 1904
Acantholophus granulatus Sloane, 1893
Acantholophus tatei Blackburn, 1896
Acantholophus tennantensis (Fergusson, 1915)⇒ Acantholophus tatei Blackburn, 1896
Acantholophus transitus MacLeay, W. S., 1865
Allodessus bistrigatus Clark, 1862
Amorphorhinus australis Germar, 1848
Amorphorrhinus australis Lacordaire, 1863
Amycterus caudatus MacLeay, 1865
Amycterus rufipes Blackburn, 1896
Anamesia lambii Tepper, 1893
Aneucomides coloratus Blackburn, 1898
Anthicus inglorius Lea, 1895
Antiporus gilbertii Clark, 1862
Aphodopsammobius zietzi Blackburn, 1895
Ataxigamia tatei Tepper, 1893
Atychonia rudis Blackburn, 1896
Australobolbus bihamus Howden, 1992
Austronausibius aridulus Blackburn, 1903
Balta litura Tepper, 1896
Belus difficilis (Blackburn, 1892)⇒ Orthorhynchus difficilis Blackburn, 1893
Belus halmaturinus (Lea, 1893)⇒ Orthorhynchus halmaturinus Lea, 1917
Blackburnium angulicorne MacLeay, 1873
Blackburnium centrale Howden, 1979
Bostrychopsis jesuita Fabricius, 1775Large auger beetle
Bothynorhynchus decorum Blackburn, 1896
Bryachus squamicollis Pascoe, 1870
Bubaris pubescens (Lea, 1911)⇒ Sosytelus pubescens Lea, 1911
Bubaris rudis (Fergusson, 1923)⇒ Sosytelus rudis Blackburn, 1896
Bubastes sphaenoida Laporte & Gory, 1836Hammerclaw snapping shrimp
Calomyrmex purpureus Mayr, 1876Reddish lepton
Calomyrmex splendidus Mayr, 1876Bauble beauty ant
Camponotus (Myrmosaulus) aurocinctus Smith, F., 1858Golden bearded sugar ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) discors Forel, 1902Yellow Disc Sugar Ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) novaehollandiae Mayr, 1870Northern common sugar ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) wiederkehri Forel, 1894Moneybox sugar ant
Camponotus (Thlipsepinotus) oetkeri Forel, 1910
Camponotus fieldellus Forel, 1910
Camponotus sponsorum Forel, 1910
Carneodon bidens Blackburn, 1896
Carneodon glauerti Carne, 1957
Carneoryctes pimbus Carne, 1957
Carpelimus adelaidae Blackburn, 1904
Catasarcus memnonius Pascoe, 1870
Catoxophylla cyanauges Turner, 1945
Chondropyga frenchi Schoch, 1898
Clilopocha angularis Carne, 1954
Clivina (Semiclivina) australasiae Boheman, 1858
Clivina (Semiclivina) quadratifrons Sloane, 1896
Clivina (Semiclivina) wiluna Darlington, 1953
Coelostoma (Coelostoma) fabricii Montrouzier, 1860Water scavenger beetle
Cubicorhynchus calcaratus MacLeay, 1865
Cubicorrhynchus calcaratus MacLeay, W. S., 1865
Cubicorrhynchus occultus Sloane, 1893
Cylindraustralia arenivaga Tindale, 1928
Desmozosteria easti Tepper, 1893
Desmozosteria eastii Tepper, 1893
Dinophalus lechriomita Turner, 1930
Egestrina sulcicollis Blackburn, 1896
Enochrus (Methydrus) elongatulus MacLeay, 1871
Eppertia furcata Tepper, 1895
Ethemaia parallela Blackburn, 1893
Euryscaphus waterhousei MacLeay, 1864Black gound beetle
Figulus (Figulus) regularis Westwood, 1834
Glenoleon tillyardi New, 1985
Gnathaphanus aridus Blackburn, 1892
Gonocephalum cowardense Blackburn, 1894
Harpagocnema eremoplana Turner, 1919
Harpechys chilo Britton, 1957
Havinthus rufovarius Bergroth, 1895
Heliothis (Heliothis) punctifera Walker, 1857Lesser Budworm
Hemicordulia flava Theischinger..., 1991Desert Emerald
Heoclisis fundata Walker, 1853Antlion
Heteronyx advena Blackburn, 1890
Heteronyx callabonnae Blackburn, 1909
Heteronyx squalidus Blackburn, 1908
Horcinia gigas Miller, 1951
Hydrochus horni Blackburn, 1896
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) brevispina Fairmaire, 1879
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) pedipalpus Bedel, 1891
Idea lynceus lynceus Drury, 1773Tree Nymph
Iridomyrmex suchieri Forel, 1907
Kalkadoona pallida Van Duzee, 1905
Leioproctus (Minycolletes) finkei Michener, 1965Mountain cave amphipod
Leptopius duponti Boisduval, 1835Broad-back Weevil
Leptopius gravis Blackburn, 1892Large leptops weevil
Leptopius tempeensis Blackburn, 1896
Leptozosteria ferox Shelford, 1909
Leptozosteria spenceri Shelford, 1909
Macromalocera affinis Blackburn, 1890
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) cylindrica MacLeay, 1863
Megaporus howittii Clark, 1862
Megazosteria purpurascens Shaw, 1925
Melaps glaber Carter, 1920
Melophorus bagoti Lubbock, 1883Bagot´s furnace ant
Melophorus fieldi Forel, 1910Common furnace ant
Melophorus ludius Forel, 1902
Melophorus ludius ludius Forel, 1902
Melophorus sulla Forel, 1910
Melophorus turneri Forel, 1910Furnace Ant
Melophorus wheeleri Forel, 1910Harvester furnace ant
Meranoplus mcarthuri Schödl, 2007
Merimna atrata Gory & Laporte, 1837Fire beetle
Molochtus gagates Pascoe, 1873
Monomorium fieldi Forel, 1910Little black mono ant
Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Myrmecia desertorum Wheeler, W.M., 1915Many-line lucine
Myrmecia nigriceps Mayr, 1862Black-headed bull ant
Neagenor spinosus Dallas, 1851
Neobisnius procerulus Gravenhorst, 1806Staph beetle
Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) fasciatus Bosc, 1800European rat flea
Nysius vinitor Bergroth, 1891Australian fly bug
Ochetellus flavipes Kirby, W.F., 1896Graceful lepton
Ochthephilum mastersii W. J. MacLeay, 1871
Oechalia schellenbergii Guérin, 1831Predatory Shield Bug
Omorgus (Omorgus) crotchi Harold, 1871
Onesorus farinosus Blackburn, 1896
Ophryota rapax Blackburn, 1896
Opisthopsis haddoni Emery, 1893Red-headed strobe ant
Orthorhynchus (Australobelus) halmaturinus Lea, 1917
Orthorhynchus (Pararhinotia) difficilis Blackburn, 1893
Oxyops alphabetica (Lea, 1917)⇒ Oxyops alphabeticus Lea, 1917
Oxyops alphabeticus Lea, 1917
Oxyops fasciata Boisduval, J..., 1835
Oxyops obliquata Boheman, 1835
Oxyops posticalis Lea, 1910
Oxyops sicca (Blackburn, 1896)⇒ Oxyops siccus Blackburn, 1896
Oxyops siccus Blackburn, 1896
Oxyops soror Lea, 1910
Oxyops spenceri Blackburn, 1896
Pamerapa thoracica Distant, 1901
Paratemnopteryx australis Saussure, 1869
Paratemnopteryx rufa Tepper, 1893
Periclystus aureolatus Tillyard, 1916
Phacodes tenuitarsis Pascoe, 1871
Pheidole deserticola Forel, 1910
Philonthus (Trionthus) macellus Fauvel, 1877
Philonthus (Trionthus) ornatus Blackburn, 1888
Philonthus (Trionthus) subcingulatus MacLeay W.J., 1871
Phorticosomus grandis Castelnau, 1867
Platyphanes chalcopteroides Carter, 1913
Platyzosteria brunnea Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria ferox (Shelford, 1909)⇒ Leptozosteria ferox Shelford, 1909
Platyzosteria prima Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria pseudatrata Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria spenceri (Shelford, 1909)⇒ Leptozosteria spenceri Shelford, 1909
Podomyrma adelaidae Smith, 1858Desert muscleman ant
Pogonus (Pogonus) zietzi Sloane, 1895
Polyphrades satelles Blackburn, 1890
Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) macropa Wheeler, W.M., 1916Crenulate tellin
Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) pyrrhus Forel, 1910
Rhinotia difficilis Blackburn, 1893
Rhinotia halmaturina Lea, 1917
Rhytidoponera incisa Crawley, 1915
Rhytidoponera mayri Emery, 1883Titan Pony Ant
Rhytidoponera metallica Smith, 1858Green ant
Rhytidoponera taurus Forel, 1910Greater horned pony ant
Rhytiphora (Saperdopsis) heros Pascoe, 1863
Rhytiphora costata Pascoe, 1863
Saragus sphaeroides Carter, 1911
Saropla hemixantha Turner, 1939
Sclerorinus adelaidae MacLeay, W. S., 1865
Sclerorinus convexus Blackburn, 1896
Sclerorinus insignis Fergusson, 1914
Sclerorinus noctis Fergusson, 1914
Sclerorinus pilularius MacLeay, W. S., 1866
Sclerorinus spenceri Fergusson, 1914
Sclerorinus stewarti MacLeay, W. S., 1965
Sclerorinus waterhousei (MacLeay, W. S., 1865)⇒ Sclerorinus adelaidae MacLeay, W. S., 1865
Scopaeus ovicollis M´Leay, 1871
Scoparia mesogramma (Lower, 1900)⇒ Phanomorpha mesogramma Lower, 1900
Sosytelus pubescens Lea, 1911
Sosytelus rudis Blackburn, 1896
Stenocorus heterocerus heterocerus Ganglbauer, 1882
Sternolophus (Neosternolophus) marginicollis Hope, 1841
Syarbis gonipteroides Pascoe, 1870
Talaurinus crassiceps Sloane, 1893
Talaurinus imitator Blackburn, 1896
Talaurinus inaequalis Blackburn, 1896
Talaurinus insignis (Sloane, 1893)⇒ Sclerorinus insignis Fergusson, 1914
Talaurinus noctis (Sloane, 1893)⇒ Sclerorinus noctis Fergusson, 1914
Talaurinus prosternalis Fergusson, 1914
Talaurinus rufipes (Blackburn, 1896)⇒ Amycterus rufipes Blackburn, 1896
Thinodytes cyzicus Walker, 1839
Thopha colorata Distant, 1907Double Drummer
Trogoderma exsul Blackburn, 1903
Trogoderma whitei Armstrong, 1942
Uracanthus ater Lea, 1917
Vanessa (Cynthia) kershawi Mccoy, 1868Australian Painted Lady
Zietzia geologa Blackburn, 1894

Subnodes of Insecta with occurrences in Central Australia
SubclassPterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
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Insecta (Linnaeus 1758)
Insecta (Linnaeus 1758)


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