Bolboceratidae is a
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
. It was historically treated as a
subfamily
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of the earth-boring dung beetles, or "dor beetles" (family
Geotrupidae), but has been considered a separate family by many authors since 1995.
Bolboceratidae at TOL
/ref> Some recent classifications have persisted in treating bolboceratids as a subfamily (e.g.Passalidae
Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles", "betsy bugs", or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the 500-odd species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their siz ...
Genera
* '' Athyreus''
* '' Australobolbus''
* '' Blackbolbus''
* '' Blackburnium''
* '' Bolbaffer''
* '' Bolbaffroides''
* '' Bolbelasmus''
* '' Bolbobaineus''
* '' Bolbocaffer''
* '' Bolbocerastes''
* '' Bolboceratex''
* '' Bolboceratops''
* '' Bolbocerodema''
* '' Bolboceroides''
* '' Bolbocerosoma''
* '' Bolbochromus''
* '' Bolbogonium''
* '' Bolbohamatum''
* '' Bolboleaus''
* '' Bolborhachium''
* '' Bolborhinum''
* '' Bolborhombus''
* '' Bolbothyreus''
* '' Bolbotrypes''
* '' Bradycinetulus''
* '' Cretobolbus''
* '' Elephastomus''
* '' Eubolbitus''
* '' Eucanthus''
* '' Gilletinus''
* '' Halffterobolbus''
* '' Meridiobolbus''
* '' Mesoathyreus''
* '' Mimobolbus''
* '' Namibiobolbus''
* '' Namibiotrupes''
* '' Neoathyreus''
* '' Odonteus''
* '' Parabolbapium''
* '' Parathyreus''
* '' Pereirabolbus''
* '' Prototrupes''
* '' Pseudoathyreus''
* '' Socotrabolbus''
* '' Somalobolbus''
* '' Senaspidius''
* '' Zefevazia''
Fossil genera
* †'' Amberathyreus'' Bai and Zhang 2017 Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. Th ...
, Myanmar, Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretace ...
* †'' Cretobolbus'' Nikolajev 1996, Zaza Formation
The Zaza Formation is a geological formation located in Buryatia (Russia). It dates to the Lower Cretaceous. The age of the formation is disputed, and is considered likely to be Valanginian-Hauterivian, or Aptian in age. It comprises sandstones, ...
, Russia, Aptian
The Aptian is an age (geology), age in the geologic timescale or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous, Early or Lower Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), S ...
References
External links
Encyclopedia of Life entry
Beetle families
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