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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Subfamily Scarabaeinae - Dung Beetles

Scrab beetle - Onthophagus orpheus Dung Beetle in Pennsylvania - Onthophagus hecate - male Scooped Scarab female - Onthophagus hecate - female Dung Beetle - Melanocanthon Scarabaeidae (Onthophagus depressus) ? - Onthophagus depressus Dung Beetle - Copris Scarab Beetle - Onthophagus hecate Dichotomius carolinus
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.