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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Enigmatic Scarab Beetles (Glaresidae)

Family Glaresidae - Enigmatic Scarab Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Works Cited
Enigmatic scarab beetle - Glaresis inducta Glaresis ecostata Glaresidae? - Glaresis small scarab - Glaresis ecostata Mojave-1 - Glaresis ecostata Glaresis california ? - Glaresis california Glaresis california ? - Glaresis california Small Scarab - Glaresis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Glaresidae (Enigmatic Scarab Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
our fauna revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Glaresidae Kolbe 1905
Numbers
a single genus worldwide, with 25 spp. in our area, 35 spp. in the New World, and ~80 spp. total(1)
Size
2.5-6.0 mm(1)
Range
all major continents except Australia; in our area, western, by far most diverse in sw. US (one sp. reaches east to MI, 3 spp. range into Canada)(1)
Works Cited
1.Systematic revision of American Glaresidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)
Gordon R.D., Hanley G.A. 2014. Insecta Mundi 0333: 1‒91.
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 20 October, 2007 - 5:18pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, ghanley1, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 13 January, 2014 - 5:40pm

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