Scarabaeoidea

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea
Familiae (13 + 5†): Belohinidae – Chironidae – Diphyllostomatidae – Eremazidae – Geotrupidae – Glaphyridae – Glaresidae – Hybosoridae – Lucanidae – Ochodaeidae – Passalidae – Pleocomidae – Scarabaeidae – Trogidae – †Alloioscarabaeidae – †Lithoscarabaeidae – †Paralucanidae – †Passalopalpidae – †Septiventeridae
[sources: Smith (2006), Krell (2007), Bai et al. (2012a, b)]

Ichnofamiliae: †Coprinisphaeridae – †Pallichnidae

Genera incertae sedis (7): †Aliscarabaeus – †Avitortor – †Cretoserica – †Hongscarabaeus – †Hybosorites – †Mesoscarabaeus – †Opiselleipon

Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802

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• Ahrens, D., Schwarzer, J. & Vogler, A.P. 2014. The evolution of scarab beetles tracks the sequential rise of angiosperms and mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B), 281(1791) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1470 Reference page. 
• Bai, M. et al. 2012 (Online) 2013 (Print): Septiventeridae, a new and ancestral fossil family of Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation. Journal of systematic palaeontology, 11(3): 359–374. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2012.660995 ZooBank
• Bai, M., Ahrens, D., Yang, X-K. & Ren, D. 2012. New fossil evidence of the early diversification of scarabs: Alloioscarabaeus cheni (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Insect science 19(2): 159–171. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2011.01460.x . Reference page. 
• Bezděk, A. & Hájek, J. 2009. Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic - Scarabaeoidea: Bolboceratidae, Geotrupidae, Glaphyridae, Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae and Trogidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 297–332. PDF Reference page. 
• Browne, D.J.; Scholtz, C.H. 1995: Phylogeny of the families of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) based on characters of the hindwing articulation, hindwing base and wing venation. Systematic entomology, 20: 145–173. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1995.tb00089.x
• Browne, J.; Scholtz, C.H. 1999: A phylogeny of the families of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera). Systematic entomology, 24: 51–84. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1999.00067.x
• Byk, A., Matusiak, A, Taszakowski, A, Szczepański, W.T., Walczak, M., Bunalski, M. & Karpiński, L. 2020. New and interesting findings of scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from Tajikistan. ZooKeys, 1003: 57–82. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1003.55457 Reference page. 
• Cosandey, V., Sanchez, A. & Chittaro, Y. 2017. Liste commentée des Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) de Suisse. Alpine Entomology 1: 57–90. [In French] DOI: 10.3897/alpineentomology.1.21179. Reference page. 
• Grebennikov, V.V.; Scholtz, C.H. 2004: The basal phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) inferred from larval morphology. Invertebrate systematics, 18: 321–348.
• Kaneko, N. & Wada, K. 2020. Catalogue of the type material of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) deposited in the Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Tokyo, Japan. ZooKeys, 958: 35–89. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.958.52799 Reference page. 
• Krajcik, M. 2012: Checklist of the World Scarabaeoidea. Animma.X Supplement, (5) [not seen]
• Krell, F.-T. 2006: Fossil record and evolution of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Coleopterists bulletin, 60(sp5): 120–143. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2006)60[120:FRAEOS]2.0.CO;2[broken/unregistered!] PDF
• Krell, F.-T. 2007: Catalogue of fossil Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) of the Mesozoic and Tertiary – Version 2007 –. Denver Museum of Nature and Science technical report, 2007-8: 1–79. PDF
• Scholtz, C.H.; Grebennikov, V.V. 2005: 12. Scarabaeiformia/13. Scarabaeoidea. Pp. 345-425 in: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter.
• Smith, A.B.T. 2006: A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a current classification. Coleopterists Society monograph, 5: 144–204. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2006)60[144:AROTFN]2.0.CO;2 PDF
• Smith, A.B.T.; Hawks, D.C.; Heraty, J.M. 2006: An overview of the classification and evolution of the major scarab beetle clades (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) based on preliminary molecular analyses. Coleopterists Society monograph, 5: 35–46.
• Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2006
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• Browne, D. Jonathan and Clarke H. Scholtz 1995. Scarabaeiformia. Scarabaeoidea. Scarabs, stag beetles, dung beetles, rain beetles, etc. Version 01 January 1995 (under construction) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Atlas of beetles of Russia: the superfamily SCARABAEOIDEA
• Australian Faunal Directory
• EoL

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