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Scarabaeus sacer

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Scarabaeus sacer

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species of beetle

OverviewAI-generated

*Scarabaeus sacer* is a species within the genus *Scarabaeus*. It belongs to the family Scarabaeidae in the order Coleoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda, and kingdom Animalia. The organism has the common names escarabayu sagráu and sveti skarabej.

Records of this species are held by institutions including FMNH, MNHN, SAM, TAMU, and USNM. Documented occurrences have been found in Turkey, France, Egypt, Uzbekistan, and Spain. The species is referenced by 52 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyScarabaeidae
Observations recorded1,967

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
23
With media
6
Family
Scarabaeidae
Collections
FMNH, MNHN, SAM, TAMU, USNM, DMNS
Recorded in
Turkey, France, Egypt, Uzbekistan, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Tunisia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Scarabaeus
Image
Scarabaeus.sacer.jpg
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Scarabaeus sacer
Commons category
Scarabaeus sacer
taxon common name
sveti skarabej
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Encyclopedic overview

Scarabaeus sacer, common name sacred scarab, is the type species of the genus Scarabaeus and the family Scarabaeidae. This dung beetle is native to southern Europe, North Africa, West Asia, and was venerated in ancient Egypt.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scarabaeus sacer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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