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Scarabs
Scarabaeidae
The family Scarabaeidae as currently defined consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide, often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family is fairly unstable, with numerous competing theories, and new proposals appearing quite often. Many of the subfamilies listed here probably will not be recognized very much longer, as they will likely be reduced in status below subfamily rank, or elevated to family status (the latter is most likely, e.g., with the...
18 branches of this family, most-observed first
Fruit and Flower Chafers
subfamilyCetoniinae
Shining Leaf Chafers
subfamilyRutelinae
June Beetles
subfamilyMelolonthinae
Rhinoceros Beetles
subfamilyDynastinae
Dung Beetles
subfamilyScarabaeinae
Sericinae
subfamilySericinae
Small Dung Beetles
subfamilyAphodiinae
Sericoidinae
subfamilySericoidinae
Aegialiinae
subfamilyAegialiinae
Orphninae
subfamilyOrphninae
Chironinae
subfamilyChironinae
Phaenomeridinae
subfamilyPhaenomeridinae
Aclopinae
subfamilyAclopinae
Eremazinae
subfamilyEremazinae
Allidiostomatinae
subfamilyAllidiostomatinae
Orubesa Scarabs
subfamilyDynamopodinae
Aulonocneminae
subfamilyAulonocneminae
Termite Scarabs
subfamilyTermitotroginae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 48201.