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SCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs
Family GEOTRUPIDAE (dumbledor beetles) 5 67 25 3
Family LUCANIDAE (stag and rhinocerus beetles) 3      
Species Dorcus parallelipipedus (L., 1758) (Lesser Stag Beetle)   20    
Species Lucanus cervus (L., 1758) (Stag Beetle)   16   4
Species Sinodendron cylindricum (L., 1758) (Rhinoceros Beetle)   18 3  
Family SCARABAEIDAE (dung and carrion beetles) 17 62 50 23
Family TROGIDAE (hide beetles)       1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Britton, E.B., 1956 Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea
Emden, F.I. van, 1941 (Larvae) Larvae of British Beetles II: A key to the British Lamellicornia larvae
Jessop, L., 1986 Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13 general literature references to SCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)

SCARABAEOIDEA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 309 feeding and other relationships of SCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)

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