Aclopinae

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Aclopinae
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Aclopus, Brazil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aclopinae
Blanchard, 1850
Tribes
Synonyms [1]

Aclopidae Blanchard, 1850

Aclopinae is a subfamily of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. [2] [3] [4]

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Distribution

The subfamily is found in northern Australia, Borneo and southern South America (Brazil and Argentina). [5]

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the subfamily Aclopinae. [6]

Tribe Aclopini Blanchard, 1850
Aclopus Erichson, 1835 (Neotropics)
Desertaclopus Ocampo & Mondaca, 2012
Gracilaclopus Ocampo & Mondaca, 2012
Cretaclopus Nikolajev, 2004
Juraclopus Nikolajev, 2005 (Upper Jurasic)
Prophaenognatha Bai, Ren & Yang, 2011
Tribe Holcorobeini Nikolajev, 1992 (Mesozoic)
Antemnacrassa Gomez Pallerola, 1979
Holcorobeus Nikritin, 1977 (Lower Cretaceous)
Mongolrobeus Nikolajev, 2004
Tribe Phaenognathini Iablokoff-Khnozorian, 1977
Neophaenognatha Allsopp, 1983 (Neotropics)
Phaenognatha Hope, 1841 (Australia)

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