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Bolboceras

Insecta - Coleoptera - Bolboceratidae

Taxonomy
Bolboceras was named by Kirby (1819). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scarabaeidae by Piton (1940); to Bolboceratidae by Krell (2000); and to Bolboceratini by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Bolboceras Kirby
1940Bolboceras Piton p. 175
2000Bolboceras Krell p. 876
2011Bolboceras Bouchard et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyBolboceratidae(Mulsant 1842)
subfamilyBolboceratinaeMulsant 1842
tribeBolboceratiniMulsant 1842
genusBolbocerasKirby 1819

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Bolboceras Kirby 1819
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Bolboceras inermis Piton 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available