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Scarabaeinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Scarabaeinae Latreille p. 144
1870Elytridium rugulosum Heer p. 78 figs. Pl 16, figs 36,37
1977Onthophagus rugulosus Birket-Smith p. 25 fig. 11
1995Scarabaeinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2000Scarabaeinae Krell p. 879
2003Scarabaeinae Wappler
2007Scarabaeinae Nikolajev p. 130
2010Onthophagus spitsbergeniensis Krell
2011Scarabaeinae Bouchard et al. p. 242
2016Scarabaeinae Tarasov and Dimitrov
2016Scarabaeinae Tarasov et al. p. 7
2022Scarabaeinae Cai et al.
2023Scarabaeinae Tello et al. p. 1315

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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
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyScarabaeinae
subfamilyScarabaeinae

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.

Subfm. Scarabaeinae Latreille 1802
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G. Anachalcos Hope 1837
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Anachalcos mfwangani Paulian 1976
Tr. Ateuchini Perty 1830
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Subtr. Ateuchina Perty 1830
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G. Ateuchus Weber 1801
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Invalid names: Choeridium Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau and Audinet-Serville 1828 [synonym], Choeridium ebeninum Horn 1876 [nomen dubium]
G. †Lobateuchus Montreuil et al. 2010
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Lobateuchus parisii Montreuil et al. 2010
G. Canthochilum Chapin 1934
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Canthochilum alleni Tarasov and Vaz-de-Mello 2016
Canthochilum philipsivieorum Tarasov and Vaz-de-Mello 2016
Tr. Coprini Leach 1815
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G. Copris Geoffroy 1762
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Subg. Copris (Copris) Geoffroy 1762
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Copris (Copris) kartlinus Kabakov 1988
Copris druidum Heer 1862
Copris incertus Say 1835
Copris leakeyorum Paulian 1976
Copris lunaris Linnaeus 1758 [horned dung beetle]
Copris pristinus Pierce 1946
Tr. Deltochilini Lacordaire 1856
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G. Canthon Hoffmannsegg 1817
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G. Deltochilum Eschscholtz 1822
G. Scybalophagus Martínez 1953
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Scybalophagus brellenthinae Tello et al. 2023
Tr. Gymnopleurini Lacordaire 1856
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G. Gymnopleurus Illiger 1803
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Gymnopleurus sisyphus Heer 1847
G. Heliocopris Hope 1837
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Heliocopris antiquus Fujiyama 1968
G. Metacatharsius Paulian 1939
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Metacatharsius rusingae Paulian 1976
Tr. Oniticellini Kolbe 1905
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Subtr. Drepanocerina van Lansberge 1875
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G. Eodrepanus Barbero et al. 2009
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Eodrepanus coopei Barbero et al. 2009
Subtr. Oniticellina Kolbe 1905
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G. Oniticellus Dejean 1821
Tr. Onitini Laporte 1840
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G. Onitis Fabricius 1798
Tr. Onthophagini Burmeister 1846
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G. Onthophagus Latreille 1802
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Onthophagus arvernus Piton and Théobald 1939
Onthophagus crassus Heer 1862
Onthophagus everestae Pierce 1946
Onthophagus fracticornis Preyssler 1790
Onthophagus janus Panzer 1794
Onthophagus lenzii Harold 1874
Onthophagus ovatulus Heer 1847
Onthophagus pilauco Tello et al. 2021
Onthophagus prodromus Heer 1862
Onthophagus statzi Krell 1990
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Invalid names: Onthophagus muelleri Statz 1952 [replaced]
Onthophagus taurus Schreber 1759
G. Phalops Erichson 1848
Tr. Phanaeini Hope 1838
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G. Phanaeus Macleay 1819
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Phanaeus labreae Pierce 1946
Phanaeus violetae Zunino 2013
Invalid names: Palaeocopris Pierce 1946 [synonym], Phanaeus antiquus Horn 1876 [nomen dubium]
Tr. Scarabaeini Latreille 1802
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G. Scarabaeus Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Onthophagus spitsbergeniensis Krell 2010 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available