Genus Phanaeus - Rainbow Scarabs

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods

Class Insecta - Insects

Order Coleoptera - Beetles

Suborder Polyphaga - Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea - Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles

Family Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles

Subfamily Scarabaeinae - Dung Beetles

Genus Phanaeus - Rainbow Scarabs

Species adonis - Blue Phanaeus
Species amithaon - Phanaeus amithaon
Species difformis - Phanaeus difformis
Species igneus - Phanaeus igneus
Species triangularis - Phanaeus triangularis
Species vindex - Rainbow Scarab
Species quadridens - Phanaeus quadridens

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