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Passalidae (bess beetle)
Taxonomy
Passalida was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. Its type is Passalus.
It was corrected as Passalidae by Cockerell (1927), Carpenter (1992), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Cockerell (1927); to Polyphaga by Carpenter (1992); and to Scarabaeoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was corrected as Passalidae by Cockerell (1927), Carpenter (1992), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Cockerell (1927); to Polyphaga by Carpenter (1992); and to Scarabaeoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1927 | Passalidae Cockerell |
| 1992 | Passalidae Carpenter p. 695 |
| 1995 | Passalidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2000 | Passalidae Krell p. 875 |
| 2011 | Passalidae Bouchard et al. |
| 2022 | Passalidae Cai et al. |
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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.
Fm. Passalidae Leach 1815 [bess beetle]
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Subfm. Aulacocyclinae Kaup 1868
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Subfm. Passalinae Leach 1815
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Tr. †Protopassalini Santos et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available