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Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

June beetle - Phyllophaga - male Onthophagus - Onthophagus taurus Strigodius robinsoni (Cartwright) - Strigodius robinsoni - male Phyllophaga curialis Reinhard - Phyllophaga curialis - male Scarabaeidae - Aphodius? - Oscarinus rusicola Scarab larvae small scarab - Glaresis ecostata spotted beetle - Pelidnota punctata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Numbers
11 families in our area (16 total), mostly elevated from former subfamilies of the Scarabaeidae; ~42,000 spp. worldwide(1)
Identification
New World(2) ▪ so.CA(3) ▪ Nebraska(4) ▪ Florida(5) ▪ South Carolina(6) ▪ Texas(7)
Guide to larvae in (8)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Life
2.Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles (by Brett Ratcliffe and Mary Liz Jameson)
3.The Scarabaeoid beetles of San Diego County, California. Part I. Introduction...
McPeak R.H., Oberbauer T.A. 2008. Proc. San Diego Soc. Nat.Hist. 40: 1‒24.
4.The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska
Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.
5.The Scarab Beetles of Florida
Robert Woodruff. 1973. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
6.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.
7.An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
8.White Grubs and Their Allies, a Study of North American Scarabaeoid Larvae
Paul O. Ritcher. 1966. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis. 219 pp.