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Coleoptera: Suborder: Polyphaga: Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia: Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea: Family: Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802: Subfamilies; Aclopinae Blanchard, 1850; Aegialiinae Laporte, 1840; Allidiostomatinae Arrow, 1940; Aphodiinae Leach, 1815; Aulonocneminae Janssens, 1946; Cetoniinae Leach, 1815; Chironinae Blanchard, 1845; Dynamopodinae ...
- Scarabaeidae, Latreille, 1802
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Nov 7, 2023 · Order Coleoptera (Beetles) Suborder Polyphaga. Superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles) Other Common Names. Lamellicorn Beetles. Pronunciation. scare-ah-BEE-i-dee. Synonyms and other taxonomic changes. Several groups formerly treated within Scarabaeidae have been upgraded to family rank [taxonomy discussed in ( 1)]
00:00. Common Name: Scarab Beetles. Description: Scarab beetles are abundant; there are over 1,000 species just in North America. They are diverse in size but can be recognized by their oval bodies, a five segmented tarsi, lamellate antennae, and a front tibiae that is scalloped.
The superfamily Scarabaeoidea is a large, diverse, cosmopolitan group of beetles. Scarabaeoids are adapted to most habitats, and they are fungivores, herbivores, necrophages, coprophages, saprophages, and sometimes carnivores. They are widely distributed, even living in the Arctic in animal burrows. Some scarabs exhibit parental care and sociality.
Jun 23, 2023 · A transcriptome‐based phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea confirms the sister group relationship of dung beetles and phytophagous pleurostict scarabs (Coleoptera) - Dietz - 2023 - Systematic Entomology - Wiley Online Library. Systematic Entomology. Original Article. Open Access.
Colpochila species belong to the subfamily of Scarabaeidae called Melolonthinae, commonly known as chafers. The Melolonthinae are a large subfamily of beetles that range between 5 and 40 millimetres in length depending on the species.
May 11, 2016 · Despite the increasing rate of systematic research on scarabaeine dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), their fossil record has remained largely unrevised. In this paper, we review all 33 named scarabaeine fossils and describe two new species from Dominican amber (Canthochilum alleni sp.n., Canthochilum philipsivieorum sp.n ...