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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae)

Subfamily Scarabaeinae - Dung Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
Small scarabaeidae on cowdung - Euoniticellus intermedius - male Beetle - Dichotomius carolinus Phanaeus texensis Edmonds - Phanaeus texensis - male Canthon viridis (Palisot de Beauvois) - Canthon viridis Dung Beetle - Onthophagus? - Canthon pilularius Dung Beetle - Pseudocanthon perplexus Dung Beetle - Dichotomius carolinus? - Dichotomius carolinus Female, Copris lecontei? - Copris - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see (1)
Numbers
б,850 spp. in ~280 genera worldwide(2)
Identification
keys to MD spp. in (3)
Tribe ID detail
Works Cited
1.The taxonomic revolution of New World dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
Cupello M., Silva F.A.B., Vaz-de-Mello F.Z. 2023. Front. Ecol. Evol. 11: 1‒42.
2.Catalogue of Life
3.Illustrated keys to the Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Maryland
Nemes S.N., Price D.L. 2015. Northeastern Naturalist 22: 318‒344.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 23 March, 2004 - 4:49pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Phillip Harpootlian, Lynette Elliott, v belov
Last updated 14 November, 2023 - 1:32pm

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