''Hybosorus'' is a genus of
scavenger scarab beetles in the family
Hybosoridae
Hybosoridae, sometimes known as the scavenger scarab beetles, is a family of Scarabaeiformia, scarabaeiform beetles. The >600 species in 78 extant genera occur widely in the tropics, but little is known of their biology.
Hybosorids are small, 5 ...
. There are about eight described species in ''Hybosorus''.
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Species
* '' Hybosorus crassus'' Klug, 1855
* '' Hybosorus curtulus'' Fairmaire, 1887
* '' Hybosorus laportei'' Westwood, 1845
* '' Hybosorus orientalis'' Westwood, 1845
* '' Hybosorus roei'' Westwood, 1845 (= ''illigeri'')
* '' Hybosorus ruficornis'' Boheman, 1857
Extinct species
*†''Hybosorus lividus'' Heer 1862 Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation, Germany, Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...
*†''Hybosorus ocampoi'' Bai and Zhang 2016 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 ...
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Scarabaeoidea genera
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