Aclopinae is a subfamily of

Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly tre ...

or scarab beetles in the superfamily

Scarabaeoidea 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. Some of its constituent families are undergo ...

Distribution

The subfamily is found in northern Australia, Borneo and southern South America (Brazil and Argentina).

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the subfamily Aclopinae. ; Tribe Aclopini Blanchard, 1850 : '' Aclopus'' Erichson, 1835 (Neotropics) : '' Desertaclopus'' Ocampo & Mondaca, 2012 : '' Gracilaclopus'' Ocampo & Mondaca, 2012 : †'' Cretaclopus'' Nikolajev, 2004 : †'' Juraclopus'' Nikolajev, 2005 (Upper Jurasic) : †'' Prophaenognatha'' Bai, Ren & Yang, 2011 ; Tribe Holcorobeini Nikolajev, 1992 (Mesozoic) : †'' Antemnacrassa'' Gomez Pallerola, 1979 : †'' Holcorobeus'' Nikritin, 1977 (Lower Cretaceous) : †'' Mongolrobeus'' Nikolajev, 2004 ; Tribe Phaenognathini Iablokoff-Khnozorian, 1977 : '' Neophaenognatha'' Allsopp, 1983 (Neotropics) : '' Phaenognatha'' Hope, 1841 (Australia)

References

Scarabaeidae {{Scarabaeidae-stub