Superfamily

Scarabaeoidea (Scarabs, stag beetles and allies)

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Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, 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 is only preliminary.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
        Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia (Scarabaeiform beetles)
        Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea (Scarabs, stag beetles and allies)
        Family: Glaphyridae (Bumble bee scarab beetles) (1)
        Family: Lucanidae (Stag beetles) (5)
        Family: Scarabaeidae (Scarabs) (3)

Subtaxa

Family: Glaphyridae (Bumble bee scarab beetles)

Family: Lucanidae (Stag beetles)

Family: Scarabaeidae (Scarabs)

Where in Humboldt

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