Scarabaeini
Appearance
Scarabaeini | |
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Scarabaeus sacer (type species) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
Tribe: | Scarabaeini Latreille, 1802 |
Synonyms | |
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The Scarabaeini[1] are a tribe of old-world dung beetle genera,[2] erected by Pierre André Latreille.
Genera
[edit]BioLib[2] lists:
- Allogymnopleurus Janssens, 1940
- Garreta Janssens, 1940
- Gymnopleurus Illiger, 1803
- Mnematium MacLeay, 1821
- Neosisyphus G. Müller, 1942
- Nesosisyphus Vinson, 1946
- Pachylomera Kirby, 1828
- Paragymnopleurus Shipp, 1897
- Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758
- Sceliages Westwood, 1837
- Sisyphus Latreille, 1807
Note: a number of taxa including Kheper and Mnematidium are now considered subgenera of Scarabaeus.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Data related to Scarabaeini at Wikispecies
- Media related to Scarabaeini at Wikimedia Commons