Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. 3:1-467
Parent taxon: Staphyliniformia according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Crowson 1981 and Lawrence and Newton 1995
Sister taxa: Histeroidea, Hydrophiloidea, Staphylinoidea
Subtaxa: Aliscarabaeus Alloioscarabaeidae Ateuchites Belohinidae Bolboceratidae Ceafornotensis Copris subterraneus Cretaclopus Cretonitis Diphyllostomatidae Geotrupidae Geotrupoides Glaphyridae Glaresidae Gymnopleurus deperditus Holcorobeini Holcorobeus Hongscarabaeus Hybosoridae Hybosorites Juraclopus Lucanidae Mahengea Mesaclopus Mesoscarabaeus Mongolrobeus Ochodaeidae Onthophagus urusheeri Opiselleipon Passalidae Passalopalpidae Pleocomidae Prionocephale Prophaenognatha Scarabaeidae Scelocopris Septiventeridae Trogidae
Type: Scarabaeus
Ecology: