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Subfamily Scarabaeinae - Dung Beetles

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Subphylum Hexapoda - Hexapods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Coleoptera - Beetles
Suborder Polyphaga - Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea - Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles
Family Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles
Subfamily Scarabaeinae - Dung Beetles

Tribe Canthonini
Tribe Coprini
Tribe Ateuchini
Tribe Oniticellini
Genus Onitis
Tribe Onthophagini
Tribe Phanaeini


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