Superfamily Scarabaeoidea - Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Works Cited

Eastern Hercules Beetle - Dynastes tityus - 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

Includes 11 families [all represented in the guide], mostly elevated recently from subfamilies of the Scarabaeidae(1)(2)

Identification

Guide to larvae in(3)

Print References

(4)(5)(6)(7)

Works Cited

1.	Checklist and Nomenclatural Authority File of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm

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

3.	White Grubs and Their Allies, a Study of North American Scarabaeoid Larvae By Paul O. Ritcher. 1966.

4.	Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles (by Brett Ratcliffe and Mary Liz Jameson)

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

6.	The Scarab Beetles of Florida By Robert Woodruff

7.	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, v belov
Last updated 31 July, 2011 - 12:51pm

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