Scarabaeiformia
| Scarabaeoidea | |
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| Scarabaeoidea from Central Europe with anatomical details |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: |
Scarabaeiformia Crowson, 1960 |
| Superfamily: |
Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 |
| Families | |
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See text. |
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See text.
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.
American Beetles lists the following families:
List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera
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