IRMNG - Caelius Lewis, 1895

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Caelius Lewis, 1895

IRMNG_ID

1292694 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1292694)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Leptaegialia Brown, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Caelius browni Saylor, 1934
Species Caelius denticollis Lewis, 1895
Species Caelius humeralis Brown, 1931
Species Caelius montanus Brown, 1931
Species Caelius rufescens Horn, 1887
Species Caelius bagmatiensis Stebnicka, 1983 accepted as Aparammoecius bagmatiensis Stebnicka, 1983
Species Caelius chinensis Balthasar, 1945 accepted as Aparammoecius yenpingensis Stebnicka, 1986
Species Caelius denticollis Balthasar, 1964 accepted as Silluvia elongata Landin, 1949
Species Caelius mahriensis Stebnicka, 1983 accepted as Aparammoecius mahriensis Stebnicka, 1983
Species Caelius nepalensis Petrovitz, 1968 accepted as Aparammoecius yaralensis Stebnicka, 1986
Species Caelius nipponensis Balthasar, 1956 accepted as Aparammoecius pallidiligonis Waterhouse, 1875
Species Caelius sulcatus Balthasar, 1952 accepted as Aparammoecius nomurai Stebnicka, 1986
Species Caelius yangricus Stebnicka, 1986 accepted as Aparammoecius yangricus Stebnicka, 1986
Species Caelius zojilae Stebnicka, 1981 accepted as Aparammoecius zojilae Stebnicka, 1981

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lewis, G. (1895). On the lamellicorn Coleoptera of Japan, and notices of others. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6. 16(95): 374-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122512
page(s): 381 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Caelius Lewis, 1895. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1292694 on 2025-12-07

Taxonomic edit history

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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Sources (8)

original description Lewis, G. (1895). On the lamellicorn Coleoptera of Japan, and notices of others. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6. 16(95): 374-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122512
page(s): 381 [details]

basis of record SN2000 unverified [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details]

current name source Allsopp, P. G.; Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). All genera of the world: Subfamilies Lithoscarabaeinae, Chironinae, Aegialiinae, Eremazinae, Aphodiinae, Aulonocneminae, Termitotroginae, and Scarabaeinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Megataxa. 17(2): 343-410., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.17.2.3 [details]

extant flag source SN2000 unverified [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Leptaegialia Brown, 1931) Brown, W. J. (1931). Revision of the North American Aegialiinae (Coleoptera). The Canadian Entomologist. 63(1): 9-19, (2):42-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent639-1
page(s): 12 [details]