Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea
Familiae (12 + 5†): Belohinidae – Diphyllostomatidae – Eremazidae – Geotrupidae – Glaphyridae – Glaresidae – Hybosoridae – Lucanidae – Ochodaeidae – Passalidae – Pleocomidae – Scarabaeidae – Trogidae – †Alloioscarabaeidae – †Lithoscarabaeidae – †Paralucanidae – †Passalopalpidae – †Septiventeridae
[sources: Smith (2006), Krell (2007), Bai et al. (2012a, b)]

Genera incertae sedis (7): †Aliscarabaeus – †Avitortor – †Cretoserica – †Hongscarabaeus – †Hybosorites – †Mesoscarabaeus – †Opiselleipon

Name

• Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802

References

• Ahrens, D., Schwarzer, J. & Vogler, A.P. 2014. The evolution of scarab beetles tracks the sequential rise of angiosperms and mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B), 281(1791) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1470 Reference page. 
• Bai, M. et al. 2012 (Online) 2013 (Print): Septiventeridae, a new and ancestral fossil family of Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation. Journal of systematic palaeontology, 11(3): 359–374. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2012.660995 ZooBank

• Bai, M., Ahrens, D., Yang, X-K. & Ren, D. 2012. New fossil evidence of the early diversification of scarabs: Alloioscarabaeus cheni (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Insect science 19(2): 159–171. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2011.01460.x . Reference page. 

• Bezděk, A.; Hájek, J. 2009: Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic - Scarabaeoidea: Bolboceratidae, Geotrupidae, Glaphyridae, Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae and Trogidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 297–332. PDF Reference page. 
• Browne, D.J.; Scholtz, C.H. 1995: Phylogeny of the families of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) based on characters of the hindwing articulation, hindwing base and wing venation. Systematic entomology, 20: 145–173. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1995.tb00089.x
• Browne, J.; Scholtz, C.H. 1999: A phylogeny of the families of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera). Systematic entomology, 24: 51–84. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1999.00067.x

• Cosandey, V., Sanchez, A. & Chittaro, Y. 2017. Liste commentée des Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) de Suisse. Alpine Entomology 1: 57–90. [In French] DOI: 10.3897/alpineentomology.1.21179 . Reference page. 
• Grebennikov, V.V.; Scholtz, C.H. 2004: The basal phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) inferred from larval morphology. Invertebrate systematics, 18: 321–348.
• Krajcik, M. 2012: Checklist of the World Scarabaeoidea. Animma.X Supplement, (5) [not seen]
• Krell, F.-T. 2006: Fossil record and evolution of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Coleopterists bulletin, 60(sp5): 120–143. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2006)60[120:FRAEOS]2.0.CO;2 [broken/unregistered!] PDF
• Krell, F.-T. 2007: Catalogue of fossil Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) of the Mesozoic and Tertiary – Version 2007 –. Denver Museum of Nature and Science technical report, 2007-8: 1–79. PDF
• Latreille, P.A. 1802: Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Tome 3. F. Dufart, Paris. Internet Archive BHL
• Scholtz, C.H.; Grebennikov, V.V. 2005: 12. Scarabaeiformia/13. Scarabaeoidea. Pp. 345-425 in: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter.
• Smith, A.B.T. 2006: A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a current classification. Coleopterists Society monograph, 5: 144–204. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2006)60[144:AROTFN]2.0.CO;2 PDF
• Smith, A.B.T.; Hawks, D.C.; Heraty, J.M. 2006: An overview of the classification and evolution of the major scarab beetle clades (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) based on preliminary molecular analyses. Coleopterists Society monograph, 5: 35–46.
• Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2006
  ISBN 87-88757-59-5, p.63

Vernacular names

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