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Scarabaeidae

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Scarabaeidae

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Also known as scarab, scarab beetle

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Scarabaeidae is a family of insects within the order Coleoptera, class Insecta, and phylum Arthropoda. It belongs to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea and is commonly known as dung beetles. The taxon was described by Latreille in 1802 and holds an accepted status in biological classification.

The family has been documented in various sources, including the Gujin Tushu Jicheng and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. It is distinct from the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Records from iDigBio indicate 79,675 entries, with 3,855 media files, primarily from institutions in Mexico such as INECOL and IIZD-UASLP. A total of 3,750,457 occurrences have been recorded.

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Species

dung beetles

Scarabaeidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyScarabaeidae
Observations recorded3,750,457

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
79,675
With media
3,855
Family
Scarabaeidae
Collections
INECOL, IIZD-UASLP
Recorded in
Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • See also
  • References
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The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly treated as subfamilies have been elevated to family rank (e.g., Bolboceratidae, Geotrupidae, Glaresidae, Glaphyridae, Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae, and Pleocomidae), and some reduced to lower ranks. The subfamilies listed in this article are in accordance with those in Catalog of Life (2023).

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