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Subfamily Scarabaeinae - Dung Beetles

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

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)

Identification

keys to MD spp. in (1)

Tribe ID detail

Works Cited

1.	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 22 July, 2021 - 9:28pm

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