Passalidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Passalidae
Subfamiliae (2): Aulacocyclinae – Passalinae

Overview of genera (70)

Aceraius – Ameripassalus – Analaches – Aponelides – Arrox – Aulacocyclus – Austropassalus – Cacoius – Ceracupes – Cetejus – Chondrocephalus – Ciceronius – Comacupes – Cylindrocaulus – Didimus – Episphenus – Epipleurothrix – Erionomus – Flaminius – Gonatas – Heliscus – Hincksius – Labienus – Leptaulax – Macrolinus – Mastochilus – Odontotaenius – Ogyges – Oileus – Ophrygonius – Paratiberioides – Passalus – Passipassalus – Paxillus – Pelopides – Pertinax – Pentalobus – Petrejoides – Pharochilus – Plesthenus – Pleurarius – Popilius – Proculejus – Proculus – Protomocoelus – Pseudepisphenus – Pseudoarrox – Ptichopus – Rhagonocerus – Rhodocanthopus – Scalmus – Semicyclus – Serrulus – Solenocyclus – Spasalus – Spurius – Stephanocephalus – Taeniocerus – Tarquinius – Tiberioides – Tonantzin – Trichostigmus – Toxeutotaenius – Undulifer – Verres – Veturius – Vindex – Vitellinus – Xylopassaloides – Yumtaax –

Name

Passalidae Leach, 1815

References

Additional references

Boucher, S. 2004. The species of Passalidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) described by Johann Jakob Kaup: Historical overview and critical catalogue, with the description of four new species. Kaupia 13: 99–121. Reference page.
Boucher, S. 2006. Évolution et phylogénie des Coléoptères Passalidae (Scarabaeoidea). Les taxons du groupe famille. La tribu des Proculini et son complexe Veturius. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 41(3–4): 239–604. PDF. Reference page.
Fonseca, C.R.V.D.; Reyes-Castillo, P. 2004: Synopsis on Passalidae family (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of Brazil with description of a new species of Veturius Kaup, 1871. Zootaxa, 789: 1–26. Abstract & excerpt
Gutiérrez-Velázquez, A. et al. 2013: The classic theory of Mexican Transition Zone revisited: the distributional congruence patterns of Passalidae (Coleoptera). Invertebrate systematics 27(3): 282–293. DOI: 10.1071/IS12056 Reference page.
Jiménez-Ferbans, L. et al. 2013: A checklist and key for the identification of bess beetles (Coleoptera: Passalidae) of Argentina. Zootaxa 3701(2): 192–206. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.2.4 Reference page.
Jiménez-Ferbans, L., Reyes-Castillo, P. & Schuster, J.C. 2015: Passalidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of the Greater and Lesser Antilles. Zootaxa 3956(4): 491–512. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.4.3. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Kaup, J.J. 1871. Monographie der Passaliden. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift: 15 (4) : 1–125.
Smith, A.B.T. 2006: A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a current classification. Coleopterists Society monograph, 5: 144–204. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2006)60[144:AROTFN]2.0.CO;2 PDF
Vasconcelos da Fonseca, C.R.; Barbosa, M.L.L.; Farnandez, M.F.S. 2011: A hypothetical evolutionary history of passalid beetles narrated by the comparative anatomy of the hindgut (Coleoptera: Passalidae). Zootaxa, 3012: 1–20. Preview

Links

Australian Faunal Directory
Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2006
ISBN 87-88757-59-5, p.77
Passalidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Tree of Life Web Project. 2007. Passalidae. Bess beetles. Version 02 May 2007 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Zuckerkäfer
English: bess beetles
français: Passale
русский: Сахарные жуки