Hongscarabaeus Krell 2000 (scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera

Synonym: Proscarabaeus Hong 1982 [replaced name]

Full reference: F. T. Krell. 2000. The fossil record of Mesozoic and Tertiary Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14:871-905

Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to F. T. Krell 2000

See also Hong 1982

Sister taxa: Aliscarabaeus, Alloioscarabaeidae, Ateuchites, Belohinidae, Bolboceratidae, Ceafornotensis, Copris subterraneus, Cretaclopus, Cretonitis, Diphyllostomatidae, Geotrupidae, Geotrupoides, Glaphyridae, Glaresidae, Gymnopleurus deperditus, Holcorobeini, Holcorobeus, Hybosoridae, Hybosorites, Juraclopus, Lucanidae, Mahengea, Mesaclopus, Mesoscarabaeus, Mongolrobeus, Ochodaeidae, Onthophagus urusheeri, Opiselleipon, Passalidae, Passalopalpidae, Pleocomidae, Prionocephale, Prophaenognatha, Scarabaeidae, Scelocopris, Septiventeridae, Trogidae

Subtaxa: Hongscarabaeus brunneus

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Type: Proscarabaeus brunneus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sample II8P5L6, Chijinqiao, Yumen City (Cretaceous of China)

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