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Scavenger and Pill Scarab Beetles
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Scavenger and Pill Scarab Beetles

Hybosoridae

Hybosoridae, sometimes known as the scavenger scarab beetles, is a family of scarabaeiform beetles. The 210 species in 33 genera occur widely in the tropics, but little is known of their biology.

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

Scavenger Scarab Beetles

subfamilyHybosorinae

Pill Scarab Beetles

subfamilyCeratocanthinae

Anaidinae

subfamilyAnaidinae

Liparochrinae

subfamilyLiparochrinae

Pachyplectrinae

subfamilyPachyplectrinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 174507.