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    The scarab beetle subfamily Scarabaeinae consists of species collectively called true dung beetles (there are also dung beetles in other subfamilies and...
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    them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles). As most species of Scarabaeinae feed exclusively on feces...
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    the wings remain straight. Some beetle species (many Cetoniinae; some Scarabaeinae, Curculionidae and Buprestidae) fly with the elytra closed, with the...
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    the species was placed in the Phaneini tribe, which forms a clade of Scarabaeinae with other tribes like the Coprini tribe. Among species in this clade...
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    Kheper (category Scarabaeinae)
    Scholtz, Clarke H. (2005). "Evolution of the Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)". Systematic Entomology. 30 (1): 60–96. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004...
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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...
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    Spector S, Louzada J, Larsen T, Amezquita S, Favila ME, et al. (The Scarabaeinae Research Network) (2008). "Ecological functions and ecosystem services...
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    genus Sylvicanthon Halffter & Martínez, 1977 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini), including a reappraisal of the taxonomic history of 'Canthon...
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    in Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): an experimental approach. Ecol Entomol. 8:49–59. Halffter, G. 1991. Subsocial behavior in Scarabaeinae beetles...
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    Atlantic forest region. Although part of the true dung beetle subfamily Scarabaeinae, C. lancifer primarily is a necrophage that feeds on vertebrate carcasses...
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    diggers and good fliers. Although part of the true dung beetle subfamily Scarabaeinae, adult and young Coprophanaeus primarily feed on carrion, but many species...
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    Scarabaeus sacer (category Scarabaeinae)
    2344 (Case 3590): Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758, Dynastes MacLeay, 1819, SCARABAEINAE Latreille, 1802 and DYNASTINAE MacLeay, 1819 (Insecta, Coleoptera, SCARABAEOIDEA):...
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    Eurysternus (category Scarabaeinae)
    Eurysternus is a genus of Scarabaeinae or dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. It is normally placed in the Oniticellini, although some authors consider...
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    Onthophagus (category Scarabaeinae)
    Scarabaeidae. It is the most species-rich and widespread genus in the subfamily Scarabaeinae (the 'true' dung beetles), with a global distribution. The Genus name...
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    Melanocanthon bispinatus (category Scarabaeinae stubs)
    species of the Phanaeus endymion species group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)". ZooKeys 702: 113-135. Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley...
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    Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Scarabaeidae Subfamily: Scarabaeinae Tribe: Coprini Genus: Synapsis Bates, 1868 Synonyms Homalocopris Solsky...
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    Proagoderus (category Scarabaeinae)
    Proagoderus is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. It was considered a subgenus of Onthophagus by some authorities. It...
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    Phaenomeridinae Erichson, 1847 Podolasiinae Howden, 1997 Rutelinae MacLeay, 1819 Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802 Sericinae Kirby, 1837 Sericoidinae Erichson, 1847 Termitotroginae...
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    longiceps Paulian, 1938. "Collection Resources \ Coleoptera \ Scarabaeidae \ Scarabaeinae". Natural History Museum. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008...
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    Catharsius is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Coprini (subfamily Scarabaeinae) in the scarab family. It contains about 100 species of intermediate...
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    Copris (category Scarabaeinae stubs)
    Copris is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Coprini (subfamily Scarabaeinae) of the scarab family. It comprises more than 250 tunnelling species and...
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  • Delopleurus parvus (category Scarabaeinae)
    "Revision of the genus Delopleurus Boheman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with description of new species from Africa". Journal of Natural History...
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    Flightless dung beetle (category Scarabaeinae stubs)
    (1998). "Morphological correlates of flightlessness in southern African Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): testing a condition of the water-conservation...
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    Sarophorus (category Scarabaeinae)
    Sarophorus is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Ateuchini (subfamily Scarabaeinae) of the family Scarabaeidae. It comprises about ten species from Africa...
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    Clarke H. Scholtz (2011). "New dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) taxa from arid south-western Africa" (PDF). Insect Systematics & Evolution...
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    Digitonthophagus gazella (category Scarabaeinae)
    "Phylogeny of the Oniticellini and Onthophagini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from morphological evidence". ZooKeys (579): 9–57. doi:10.3897/zookeys...
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  • Springer. The beetle Macroderes soleiana (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) is named after Sole “in recognition of her leadership and her molecular...
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    Onthophagus dandalu (category Scarabaeinae)
    This Scarabaeinae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it....
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    of Sensory Organs in Root-Feeding Melolontha melolontha (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) Larvae". PLOS ONE. 7 (7): e41357. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...741357E. doi:10...
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    Copris caobangensis (category Scarabaeinae stubs)
    species and one new record for the genus Copris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Vietnam with a key to Vietnamese species". European Journal of...
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