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Tribe Phanaeini

Phanaeus difformis - male Pupal female P. vindex - Phanaeus vindex Dung Beetle - Phanaeus difformis - male Rainbow Scarab Beetle - Phanaeus vindex - female Phanaeus difformis LeConte - Phanaeus difformis - male Phanaeus igneus Phanaeus vindex or Phanaeus difformis?  - Phanaeus vindex - male Rainbow Scarab - Phanaeus vindex  - Phanaeus difformis
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)
Tribe Phanaeini
Explanation of Names
Phanaeini Hope 1838
Numbers
>200 spp. in 9 genera total(1)(2)
Range
mostly neotropical(1)
Works Cited
1.The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska
Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.
2.Catalogue of Life