List of Scarabaeidae subfamilies and tribes

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The beetle family Scarabaeidae is made up of about 28 subfamilies containing more than 100 tribes. There are more than 2,500 genera and 35,000 described species in Scarabaeidae. [1]

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The following subfamilies and tribes are in accordance with those in Catalog of Life (2023) and Dietz, Ahrens, et al. (2023). The tribe Hopliini is placed as a subfamily in Catalogue of Life, but is listed as a tribe of subfamily Melolonthinae here. The subfamilies Sericinae and Sericoidinae were suggested in Dietz, Ahrens, et al. (2023) and are included in the Catalogue of Life. [1] [2] The subfamily Lichniinae is sometimes considered a tribe, Lichniini. [3]

Subfamily Aclopinae Blanchard, 1850

Subfamily Aegialiinae Castelnau, 1840

Subfamily Allidiostomatinae Arrow, 1940

Subfamily Aphodiinae Leach, 1815

Subfamily Aulonocneminae Janssens, 1946

Subfamily Cetoniinae Leach, 1815

Subfamily Chironinae Blanchard, 1845

Subfamily Dynamopodinae Arrow, 1911

Subfamily Dynastinae MacLeay, 1819

Subfamily Eremazinae Stebnicka, 1977

Subfamily Lichniinae Burmeister, 1844

Subfamily Melolonthinae MacLeay, 1819

Subfamily Oncerinae LeConte, 1861

Subfamily Orphninae Erichson, 1847

Subfamily Pachydeminae Reitter, 1902

Subfamily Phaenomeridinae Erichson, 1847

Subfamily Podolasiinae Howden, 1997

Subfamily Rutelinae MacLeay, 1819

Subfamily Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802

Subfamily Sericinae Kirby, 1837

Subfamily Sericoidinae Erichson, 1847

Subfamily Termitotroginae Wasmann, 1918

Subfamily Trichiinae Kolbe, 1897

Subfamily Valginae Schenkling, 1922

Subfamily Cretoscarabaeinae Nikolajev, 1995

Subfamily †Lithoscarabaeinae Nikolajev, 1992

Subfamily †Prototroginae Nikolajev, 2000

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dynastinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zopheridae</span> Family of beetles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aphodiinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trichiini</span> Tribe of beetles

The Trichiini are a tribe of the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae), though historically they were often classified as a subfamily, Trichiinae. The conspicuous bee beetles (Trichius) are probably the best-known genus in Europe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Flower chafer</span> Subfamily of beetles

Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae. Many species are diurnal and visit flowers for pollen and nectar, or to browse on the petals. Some species also feed on fruit. The group is also called fruit and flower chafers, flower beetles and flower scarabs. There are around 4,000 species, many of them still undescribed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Melolonthinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

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<i>Garreta</i> Genus of beetles

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<i>Gymnopleurus</i> Genus of beetles

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The Aleocharinae are one of the largest subfamilies of rove beetles, containing over 12,000 species. Previously subject to large-scale debate whether the subfamily deserved the familial status, it is now considered one of the largest subfamilies of rove beetles.

<i>Pelidnota</i> Genus of beetles

Pelidnota is a genus of beetles of the family Scarabaeidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aegialiinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

Aegialiinae is a small subfamily of the family Scarabaeidae. Historically the group has been treated as a tribe within a broad definition of the subfamily Aphodiinae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coprini</span> Tribe of beetles

Coprini is a tribe of scarab beetles, in the dung beetle subfamily (Scarabaeinae). Scholtz et al. describe them as tunnellers that are shiny black, of moderate to large size and with a strongly convex shape. They also, however state that the grouping based on these characteristics has little phylogenetic validity, and the placement of several genera in this and related tribes is likely to change.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cremastocheilini</span> Tribe of beetles

Cremastocheilini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 50 genera in the tribe Cremastocheilini.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cetoniini</span> Tribe of beetles

Cetoniini is a tribe of fruit and flower chafers in the family of beetles known as Scarabaeidae. There are over 80 genera in Cetoniini, found worldwide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dynastini</span> Tribe of beetles

Dynastini is a tribe of rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.

References

  1. 1 2 "Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  2. Dietz, Lars; Seidel, Matthias; Eberle, Jonas; Misof, Bernhard; et al. (2023). "A transcriptome-based phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea confirms the sister group relationship of dung beetles and phytophagous pleurostict scarabs (Coleoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 48 (4). doi: 10.1111/syen.12602 .
  3. Mondaca, José (2023). "A checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Chile with exemplar live-photographed". Zootaxa. 5285 (2). doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5285.2.1.