Scarabaeus sacer, common name sacred scarab, is the type species of the genus Scarabaeus and the family Scarabaeidae. This dung beetle is native of southern...
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The genus Scarabaeus consists of a number of Afro-Eurasian dung beetle species, including the "sacred scarab beetle", Scarabaeus sacer and is the namesake...
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Kheper is a subgenus of Scarabaeus: the typical genus of scarab beetles in the tribe Scarabaeini. The genus name honors the god Khepri in the ancient Egyptian...
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2021-07-26. "Scarabaeus gangeticus (Castelnau, 1840)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-26. "Replacement name for a subgenus of Scarabaeus Linné, and remarks...
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Scarabaeus satyrus is an African species of dung beetle. These beetles roll a ball of dung for some distance from where it was deposited, and bury it,...
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JavaScript-compatible browsers can play 4 Scarabaeus audio segments via the DeepSID site. DeepSID's Remix tab for the Scarabaeus theme reveals two modern re-interpretations...
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Pythia scarabaeus is found in the Indo-Pacific range. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pythia scarabaeus. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Pythia scarabaeus. Accessed...
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Dynastes tityus (redirect from Scarabæus Tityus)
1763 work Centuria Insectorum, where it was called Scarabaeus tityus; when Linnaeus' genus Scarabaeus was divided into smaller genera, S. tityus was renamed...
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Scarabaeus erichsoni, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka. Sometimes, the species is classified as Kheper erichsoni. This broadly...
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Trichostetha capensis (redirect from Scarabaeus albopunctatus)
Synonyms Cetonia propinqua Gory & Percheron, 1833 Scarabaeus albopunctatus De Geer, 1778 Scarabaeus barbatulus Voet, 1779 Trichostetha bicolor Péringuey...
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comprises more than 5,000 species. The nocturnal African dung beetle Scarabaeus satyrus is one of the few known invertebrate animals that navigate and...
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1758) Synonyms Scarabaeus hercules Linnaeus, 1758, 1758 Scarabaeus scaber Linnaeus, 1758, 1764 Scarabaeus oculatus Scopoli, 1772 Scarabaeus alcides Fabricius...
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Oryctes rhinoceros (redirect from Scarabaeus rhinoceros)
Tribe: Oryctini Genus: Oryctes Species: O. rhinoceros Binomial name Oryctes rhinoceros (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Scarabaeus rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758...
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Scarabaeus ambiguus is a species of Old World dung beetles. This beetle rolls up a ball of dung before laying eggs on it and burying it. Scarabaeus ambiguus...
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Trichius fasciatus (redirect from Scarabaeus fasciatus)
Family: Scarabaeidae Genus: Trichius Species: T. fasciatus Binomial name Trichius fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Scarabaeus fasciatus Linnaeus, 1758...
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two-novel series, preceded by Song of Scarabaeus (released in 2010). Barely escaping the clutches of Scarabaeus, Edie and Finn try to make it to the Fringe...
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over 30,000 species of beetles, often called scarabs or scarab beetles Scarabaeus sacer, common name Sacred scarab, sacred to ancient Egyptians Scarab (comics)...
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Song of Scarabaeus was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award and the Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel in 2010. "Song of Scarabaeus by Sara...
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Bodiloides. Bodiloides ictericus was formerly classified as Scarabaeus nitidulus, Scarabaeus ictericus, and Aphodius nitidulus. It has two subspecies, Bodiloides...
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polarization in nature. In Ancient Egypt, the dung beetle now known as Scarabaeus sacer (formerly Ateuchus sacer) was revered as sacred. Egyptian amulets...
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Scarabaeus sanctus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka. This broadly oval species has an average length of about 21 to 26 mm. Body...
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Coleoptera Family: Scarabaeidae Genus: Xylotrupes Species: X. gideon Binomial name Xylotrupes gideon (Linnaeus, 1767) Synonyms Scarabaeus gideon Linnaeus, 1767...
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Scarabaeus puncticollis is a species of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. Scarabaeus puncticollis has a distinctive set of points (hence the...
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Coleoptera. Scarabaeus hercules – male of Dynastes hercules Scarabaeus actaeon – Megasoma actaeon Scarabaeus simson – Strategus simson Scarabaeus atlas –...
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cockchafers belong to this genus. Linnaeus called the European cockchafer Scarabaeus melolontha. Étienne Louis Geoffroy used Melolontha as a genus name (1762)...
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Rhabdotis semipunctata (redirect from Scarabaeus chalca)
1787) Cetonia stephensi (Vigors, 1826) Rhabdotis chalcea (Fairmaire, 1888) Rhabdotis transvaalica (Peringuey, 1907) Scarabaeus chalca (Herbst, 1790)...
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cervus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Lucanus scapulodonta Weinreich, 1963 Scarabaeus cervus Linnaeus, 1758 Scarabaeus tridentatus Linnaeus, 1758 (partim)...
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hectare. Several species of dung beetle, especially the sacred scarab, Scarabaeus sacer, were revered in Ancient Egypt. The hieroglyphic image of the beetle...
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carved or molded in the form of a scarab beetle (usually identified as Scarabaeus sacer) with varying degrees of naturalism but usually at least indicating...
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beetle from a glass case in which it was enclosed. It was a beautiful scarabaeus, and, at that time, unknown to naturalists—of course a great prize in...
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