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Subfamily Scarabaeinae - Dung Beetles

Dung Beetle - Onthophagus? - Canthon pilularius

Male, Onthophagus browni? - Onthophagus browni - male

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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