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family

scarabs
Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods »  class Insecta - Insects »  order Coleoptera - beetles

Scientific synonyms

incl. Aegialiidae Laporte de Castelnau, 1840, Aphodiidae, Cetoniidae, Dynastidae MacLeay, 1819, Melolonthidae Samouelle, 1819, Pachypodidae, Rutelidae MacLeay, 1819
Silluviinae Landin, 1949
Cetonidae (misspelling) m

Other names

= scarab beetles

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Mecynorrhina passerinii

Polyphylla fullo

Dynastes hercules - Hercules Beetle

Dynastes hercules - Hercules Beetle, male

Author: Lubomír Klátil

Important groups

Scarabaeinae, Aphodiinae - aphodiine dung beetles, Melolonthinae, Rutelinae - shining leaf chafers, Dynastinae - rhinoceros beetles, Cetoniinae - fruit and flower chafers
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Intertaxon relationships

parasite: Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus (Pallas, 1781)

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 18

subfamily Aclopinae Blanchard, 1850
subfamily Allidiostomatinae Arrow, 1940
subfamily Aphodiinae Leach, 1815 - aphodiine dung beetles
subfamily Aulonocneminae Janssens, 1946
subfamily Cetoniinae Leach, 1815 - fruit and flower chafers
subfamily Chironinae Blanchard, 1845
subfamily Cretoscarabaeinae Nikolajev, 1995 †
subfamily Dynamopodinae Arrow, 1911
subfamily Dynastinae MacLeay, 1819 - rhinoceros beetles
subfamily Eremazinae Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1977
subfamily Lithoscarabaeinae Nikolajev, 1992 †
subfamily Melolonthinae Leach, 1819
subfamily Orphninae Erichson, 1847
subfamily Phaenomeridinae Erichson, 1847
subfamily Prototroginae Nikolajev, 2000 †
subfamily Rutelinae MacLeay, 1819 - shining leaf chafers
subfamily Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802
subfamily Termitotroginae Wasmann, 1918

Links and literature

CZ Cetoniidae - Beetles breeding
Cetoniidae - Beetles breeding [http://www.cetoniidae.com]
EN Wikipedia Articles [Scarabaeidae]
Wikipedia Articles [http://en.wikipedia.org]
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m misspelling

† extinct taxon



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