SCARABAEOIDEA Latreille, 1802
(scarabs, dung and stag beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
 (Click to open)
Family 5 subtaxa 95 images 3 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Family 3 subtaxa 99 images 2 ident. refs
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)
Family 21 subtaxa 150 images 18 ident. refs
Family 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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
Baraud, J. 1992 Coléoptères Scarabaeoidea d’Europe Faune de France, Faune No 78, 868pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Britton, E.B. 1956 *** Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 11, 29pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Jessop, L. 1986 Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 11, New edition, 53pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Larvae

van Emden, F.I. 1941 Larvae of British Beetles II: A key to the British Lamellicornia larvae Ent. Mon. Mag. 77: 117-127,18-192.

SCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 311 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
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