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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Phanaeini

Tribe Phanaeini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
One of my favorites - Phanaeus vindex - male Scarabaeidae - Phanaeus? - Phanaeus - male mislabeled specimen from 1870's (!) - Phanaeus triangularis - female mislabeled specimen from 1870's (!) - Phanaeus triangularis - female Phanaeus igneus from dung trap in scrub habitat - Phanaeus igneus - male Rainbow Scarab - Phanaeus vindex Phanaeus triamgularis? - Phanaeus triangularis Rainbow dung beetle, Phanaeus vindex? - Phanaeus vindex
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)
Tribe Phanaeini
Explanation of Names
Phanaeini Hope 1838
Numbers
9 genera total(1)
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.
Contributed by v belov on 1 December, 2013 - 4:46pm
Last updated 1 December, 2013 - 8:51pm

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