Scarabaeoidea

Scarabaeoidea Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scarabaeoidea from Central Europe with anatomical details
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia Crowson, 1960
Superfamily:	Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802

Scarabaeoidea is a

The oldest confirmed member of the group is the extinct genus Alloioscarabaeus from the Middle Jurassic period Jiulongshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China.^[2]

Families

The following families are listed in Bouchard (2011):^[3]

• Belohinidae
  Paulian, 1959
• Diphyllostomatidae Holloway, 1972 (false stag beetles
  )
• earth-boring dung beetles
  )
• bumble bee scarab beetles
  )
• enigmatic scarab beetles
  )
• scavenging scarab beetles
  )
  • inclusive of
    Ceratocanthidae
    White, 1842 (pill scarab beetles)
• Lucanidae Latreille 1804 (stag beetles
  )
• sand-loving scarab beetles
  )
• bess beetles
  )
• Pleocomidae LeConte 1861 (rain beetles
  )
• Scarabaeidae Latreille 1802 (scarab beetles)
• hide beetles
  )
• † Coprinisphaeridae Genise, 2004 (ichnotaxon)
• † Pallichnidae Genise, 2004 (ichnotaxon)
• † Passalopalpidae Boucher, et al., 2016

See also

• List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera

In Peru alone, there are 1042 known species of Scarabaeoidea as of 2015.^[4] This is due to Peru's high biodiversity and endemism.

References

External links

Wikispecies has information related to Scarabaeoidea.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scarabaeoidea.

• Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm (2003)
• Scarabs of the Levant
• Scarabaeoidea Movies from Tree of Life Project
• Scarabeoidea of Italy