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Checklist for Subfamily Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802 (Dung Beetles)
and region Neogene (Cenozoic)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
379
1807
3318
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
375
1797
3306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
355
1717
3172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
224
1264
2441
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
70
585
1018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
63
513
865
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
7
51
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
7
51
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
35
75
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyScarabaeinae
Latreille, 1802
Dung Beetles, True dung beetles
11
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Neogene
11 Genera with 22 Species
Anachalcos Hope, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Canthochilum Chapin, 20162SpeciesTaxom
Copris Geoffroy, 1862Mexican dung beetle4SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopleurus Illiger, 18473SpeciesTaxom
Heliocopris Hope, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Metacatharsius Paulian, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Oniticellus Serville, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Onthophagus Latreille, 20007SpeciesTaxom
Phalops Erichson, 1847
0SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Scelocopris Zhang, 19891SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Neogene
22 Species
Anachalcos mfwangani R. Paulian, 1976
Canthochilum alleni Tarasov & Va..., 2016
Canthochilum philipsivieorum Tarasov & Va..., 2016
Copris (Copris) kartlinus O. N. Kabakov, 1988
Copris druidum O. Heer, 1862
Copris leakeyorum R. Paulian, 1976
Copris subterranea O. Heer, 1862
Gymnopleurus deperditus O. Heer, 1862
Gymnopleurus rotundatus O. Heer, 1862
Gymnopleurus sisyphus O. Heer, 1847
Heliocopris antiquus I. Fujiyama, 1968
Metacatharsius rusingae R. Paulian, 1976
Oniticellus amplicollis (O. Heer, 1862)⇒ Helictopleurus neoamplicollis Krell, 2000
Onthophagus bisontinus Heer, 1862
Onthophagus crassus (Heer, 1862)⇒ Parascatonomus tricornis Wiedemann, 1823
Onthophagus ovatulus Heer, 1847
Onthophagus prodromus Heer, 1862
Onthophagus spitsbergeniensis Krell, 2010
Onthophagus urus (Harold, 1867)⇒ Onthophagus urusheeri Krell, 2000
Onthophagus urusheeri Krell, 2000
Scarabaeus proserpinae O. Heer, 1862
Scelocopris enertheus J. F. Zhang, 1989

Subnodes of Scarabaeinae with occurrences in Neogene
TribeCanthonini
Péringuey, 1900
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCoprini
Kolbe, 1805
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeGymnopleurini
Lacordaire, 1856
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeOniticellini
d´Orbigny, 1916
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeOnthophagini
Lacordaire, 1856
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeScarabaeini
Latreille, 1802
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Scarabaeinae at artfakta.se
Scarabaeinae at dyntaxa.se
Scarabaeinae at itis.gov