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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae)
Subfamily Scarabaeinae - Dung Beetles
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
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Numbers
б,850 spp. in ~280 genera worldwide
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2
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Identification
keys to MD spp. in
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3
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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