SCARABAEIDAE Latreille, 1802
(scarab, dung and carrion beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
APHODIINAE
a subfamily of dung beetles
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 		Subfamily 10 subtaxa 51 images 5 ident. refs
CETONIINAE
a subfamily of chafers
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 		Subfamily 2 subtaxa 14 images 3 ident. refs
MELOLONTHINAE
cockchafers
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 		Subfamily 5 subtaxa 55 images 4 ident. refs
RUTELINAE
a subfamily of beetles
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 		Subfamily 1 subtaxa 23 images 1 ident. refs
SCARABAEINAE
a subfamily of beetles
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 		Subfamily 3 subtaxa 7 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySCARABAEIDAE (scarab, dung and carrion beetles)
SuperfamilySCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
Series Scarabaeiformia (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Paulian, R. 1941 *** Coléoptères Scarabéides ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 38, 240pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
in the field() Team DUMP Dung beetle UK mapping project dungbeetlemap.wordpress.com/

SCARABAEIDAE (scarab, dung and carrion beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SCARABAEIDAE (scarab, dung and carrion beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 234 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SCARABAEIDAE (scarab, dung and carrion beetles)
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