Hybosorus Temporal range: | |
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Hybosorus roei | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Hybosoridae |
Subfamily: | Hybosorinae |
Genus: | Hybosorus MacLeay, 1819 |
Hybosorus is a genus of scavenger scarab beetles in the family Hybosoridae. There are about eight described species in Hybosorus. [1] [2] [3]
Hybosoridae, sometimes known as the scavenger scarab beetles, is a family of scarabaeiform beetles. The 690 species in 97 genera occur widely in the tropics, but little is known of their biology.
Dialytes is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about five described species in Dialytes.
Annegialia is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae containing one described species, A. ataeniformis.
Parapsammodius is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least four described species in Parapsammodius.
Anoplognatho is a genus of rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There is one described species in Anoplognatho, A. dunnianus.
Rhysothorax is a genus of dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae, containing only one species, R. rufus. It has at times been classified as a subgenus within Aegialia.
Hybosorus roei is a species of scavenger scarab beetle in the family Hybosoridae. It is found in North America. Adults feed on carrion in its early stages of decomposition of both vertebrae and invertebrate. Their size ranges from 7-9 mm.
Hybosorinae is a subfamily of scavenger scarab beetles in the family Hybosoridae. There is at least one extant genus, Hybosorus, in Hybosorinae, and several extinct genera.
Ancognatha is a genus of rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in Ancognatha.
Aphonus is a genus of rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about six described species in Aphonus.
Rhyssemus is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 160 described species in Rhyssemus.
Cremastocheilus castaneae is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.
Hornietus is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There is one described species in Hornietus, H. ventralis.
Cucochodaeus is a genus of sand-loving scarab beetles in the family Ochodaeidae containing one described species, C. sparsus.
Dyscinetus is a genus of rice beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in Dyscinetus.
Genuchinus is a genus of myermecophilic beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 10 described species in Genuchinus.
Peltotrupes is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are at least two described species in Peltotrupes.
Bolbocerastes is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Bolboceratidae. There are at least four described species in Bolbocerastes.
Psilocnemis is a genus of myermecophilic beetles in the family Scarabaeidae, containing a single described species, P. leucosticta.
Martineziana is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about six described species in Martineziana.