Superfamily Scarabaeoidea - Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

Lucanus capreolus - Lucanus placidus - female

Phanaeus triangularis texanus? - Phanaeus triangularis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

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)

Numbers

Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm, Version 4, 2009

Consists of eleven families (many were until recently treated as subfamilies of the Scarabaeidae);

Lucanidae - Stag Beetles [generally distributed] [chapter 23 (1)]

Diphyllostomatidae - False Stag Beetles [California] [chapter 24 (1)]

Passalidae - Bess Beetles [mostly eastern US] [chapter 25 (1)]

Glaresidae - Enigmatic Scarab Beetles [Western US] [chapter 26 (1)]

Trogidae - Hide Beetles [chapter 27 (1)]

Pleocomidae - Rain Beetles [western US] [chapter 28 (1)]

Geotrupidae - Earth-boring Scarab Beetles [generally distributed] [chapter 29 (1)]

Ochodaeidae - Sand-loving Scarab Beetles [generally distributed] [chapter 30 (1)]

Hybosoridae - Scavenger Scarab Beetles [chapters 31 & 32 (1)] (incl. Ceratocanthidae)

Glaphyridae - Bumble Bee Scarab Beetles [chapter 33 (1)]

Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles [chapter 34 (1)]

Print References

The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska (2)

The Scarab Beetles of Florida, parts 1 & 2 (3)

Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina (4)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

2.	The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska By Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen

3.	The Scarab Beetles of Florida By Robert Woodruff

4.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina By Phillip J. Harpootlian

Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:11am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 28 July, 2009 - 7:09am

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