Scarabaeini

Scarabaeus spretus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Scarabaeini
Genera (8): Drepanopodus – Escarabaeus – Kheper – Pachylomera – Pachysoma – Scarabaeolus – Scarabaeus – Sceliages

Name

Scarabaeini Latreille, 1802 : 144 (as 'Scarabaeïdes')

Synonyms

• Pachysomatini Ferreira, 1953
• Actinophorini Ádám, 2003

Type genus

• Actinophorini Ádám: Actinophorus Creutzer, 1799 [=Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758] [stem = Actinophor-]
• Pachysomatini Ferreira: Pachysoma MacLeay, 1821 [stem = Pachysomat-]
• Scarabaeini Latreille: Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758 [stem = Scarabae-]

References

Primary references

• Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, pp. i-xii + 13–467 [+ 1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Forgie, S.A.; Kryger, U.; Bloomer, P.; Scholtz, C.H. 2006: Evolutionary relationships among the Scarabaeini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) based on combined molecular and morphological data. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 40 (3): 662–678. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.04.018
• Forgie, S.A., Philips, T.K. & Scholtz, C.H. 2005. Evolution of the Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Systematic Entomology 30(1): 60–96. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00273.x Reference page. 
• Mostert, L.E. & Holm, E. 1982. Notes on the flightless Scarabaeina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with a description of a new species. Cimbebasia (A) 5: 273–284. Reference page. 
• Mostert, L.E.; Scholtz, C.H. 1986: Systematics of the subtribe Scarabaeina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Entomology memoir, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, (65 ) [not seen]
• 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
• Sole, C.L.; Wirta, H.; Forgie, S.A.; Scholtz, C.H. 2011: Origin of Madagascan Scarabaeini dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): dispersal from Africa. Insect systematics & evolution, 42 (1): 29–40. DOI: 10.1163/187631211X552800

unpublished theses/reports

• Forgie, S.A. 2003: Phylogeny of the Scarabaeini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). PhD Thesis. University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Links

• Tribe Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) - Atlas of scarab beetles of Russia