SCARABAEOIDEA Latreille, 1802
(scarabs, dung and stag beetles)

SCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
GEOTRUPIDAE
dumbledor beetles
Family 8 subtaxa 26 trophisms 5 references
LUCANIDAE
stag and rhinocerus beetles
Family 3 subtaxa 42 trophisms 5 references
SCARABAEIDAE
scarab, dung and carrion beetles
Family 64 subtaxa 234 trophisms 34 references
TROGIDAE
hide beetles
Family 3 subtaxa 9 trophisms 1 references
Trox
hide beetles
Genus 3 subtaxa 9 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilySCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
Series Scarabaeiformia (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Baraud, J. 1992 Coléoptères Scarabaeoidea d’Europe Faune de France, Faune No 78, 868pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Britton, E.B. 1956 *** Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 11, 29pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Jessop, L. 1986 Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 11, New edition, 53pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Larvae

van Emden, F.I. 1941 Larvae of British Beetles II: A key to the British Lamellicornia larvae Ent. Mon. Mag. 77: 117-127,18-192.

SCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Beynon, A.E., Mann, D.J., Slade, E.M. & Lewis, O.T. 2012 Species-rich dung beetle communities buffer ecosystem services in perturbed agro-ecosystems Journal of Applied Ecology Vol 49: 1365-1372.
Hanski, I & Cambefort, Y. 1991 Dung Beetle Ecology Princeton University Press

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 346 images of SCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
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