Scarabaeoidea
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Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...

 of beetle
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...

s, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year. Its constituent families are also undergoing revision presently, and the family list below will soon be outdated.

American Beetles
American Beetles
American Beetles is the single most comprehensive description of the beetles of North America north of the tropical area of Mexico. It was started by Ross H. Arnett, Jr. as an update of his classic The Beetles of the United States; along with Michael C. Thomas, he enlisted more than 60 specialists...

lists the following families:
  • Belohinidae Paulian 1959
  • Bolboceratidae Laporte de Castelnau
    François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau
    François Louis Nompar de Caumont LaPorte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.-Life:Born in London, he studied natural history in Paris...

    , 1840
  • Ceratocanthidae White 1842 (= Acanthoceridae)
  • Diphyllostomatidae Holloway 1972 (false stag beetle
    False stag beetle
    The false stag beetles are a group of three species of rare beetles known only from California. Almost nothing is known of their life history beyond that the adults are diurnal and females are flightless; larvae have not been observed....

    s)
  • Geotrupidae Latreille
    Pierre André Latreille
    Pierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis...

    , 1802 (earth-boring dung beetle
    Earth-boring dung beetle
    Geotrupidae is a family of beetles in the order Coleoptera. They are commonly called dor beetles or earth-boring dung beetles. Most excavate burrows in which to lay their eggs...

    s)
  • Glaphyridae
    Glaphyridae
    Glaphyridae is a family of beetles, commonly known as The bumble bee scarab beetles. There are eight genera with about 80 species distributed worldwide.-External links:...

     MacLeay
    William Sharp MacLeay
    William Sharp Macleay was a British civil servant and entomologist.-Early life:Macleay was born in London, eldest son of Alexander Macleay who named him for his then business partner, fellow wine merchant William Sharp. He attended Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge graduating with...

    , 1819 (bumble bee scarab beetles)
  • Glaresidae Semenov-Tian-Shanskii and Medvedev 1932 (enigmatic scarab beetle
    Enigmatic scarab beetle
    Glaresis is a genus of beetles, sometimes called "enigmatic scarab beetles", in its own family, the Glaresidae. It is closely related to scarab beetles. Although its members occur in arid and sandy areas worldwide , only the nocturnal adults have ever been collected , and both the larvae and...

    s)
  • Hybosoridae
    Hybosoridae
    Hybosoridae, sometimes known as the scavenger scarab beetles, is a family of scarabaeiform beetles. The 210 species in 33 genera occur widely in the tropics, but little is known of their biology....

     Erichson
    Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson
    Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson was a German entomologist.He was the author of many articles about insects mainly in Archiv für Naturgeschichte.-Works:*Genera Dytiscorum. Berlin...

    , 1847 (scavenging scarab beetles)
  • Lucanidae Latreille 1804 (stag beetle
    Stag beetle
    Stag beetles are a group of about 1,200 species of beetle in the family Lucanidae, presently classified in four subfamilies Some species grow up to over 12 cm , but most are about 5 cm .-Overview:...

    s)
  • Ochodaeidae
    Ochodaeidae
    Ochodaeidae, sometimes known as the sand-loving scarab beetles, is a small but widely-distributed family of scarabaeiform beetles.These beetles are small, ranging from 3–10 mm. Their bodies are elongate to oval and convex, with colors including yellow, reddish-brown, brown, and black.Very...

     Mulsant
    Étienne Mulsant
    Martial Étienne Mulsant was a French entomologist and ornithologist.Initially employed in commerce, Mulsant wrote writes Lettres à Julie sur l'entomologie, suivies d'une description méthodique de la plus grande partie des insectes de France, ornées de planches… Martial Étienne Mulsant (March 2,...

     and Rey 1871 (sand-loving scarab beetles)
  • Passalidae Leach
    William Elford Leach
    William Elford Leach FRS was an English zoologist and marine biologist.Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of a solicitor. At the age of twelve he went to school in Exeter, studying anatomy and chemistry. By this time he was already collecting marine samples from Plymouth Sound and along...

    , 1815 (bess beetle
    Bess beetle
    Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles" or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the 500-odd species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their size, ranging from 20–43 mm, for having a single "horn" on the...

    s)
  • Pleocomidae LeConte 1861 (rain beetle
    Rain beetle
    The rain beetles are a group of beetles found in the far west of North America. They spend most of their lives underground, emerging in response to rain or snow, thus the common name. Formerly classified in the Geotrupidae, they are currently assigned to their own family Pleocomidae, considered the...

    s)
  • Scarabaeidae
    Scarabaeidae
    The family Scarabaeidae as currently defined consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide. The species in this large family are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family is fairly unstable, with numerous competing theories, and new proposals appearing quite...

     Latreille 1802 (scarab beetle
    Scarab beetle
    Scarab beetle may refer to these species: * A beetle of the family Scarabaeidae* Scarabaeus sacer, the dung beetle species worshipped by the ancient Egyptians as an embodiment of the god Khepri...

    s)
  • Trogidae MacLeay 1819 (hide beetle
    Hide beetle
    The or hide beetles are a family of beetles with a distinctive warty or bumpy appearance. Found worldwide, the family includes about 300 species contained in three genera....

    s)

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