The ScarabaeiniLatreille PA (1802) ''Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Tome 3.'' F. Dufart, Paris. are a

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...

of old-world

dung beetle Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night. Many dung beetles, known as ''rollers'', roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding cha ...

genera, erected by Pierre André Latreille.

Genera

''BioLib''Biolib.cz
tribus Scarabaeini Latreille, 1802 (retrieved 23 August 2021) lists: # ''

Allogymnopleurus ''Allogymnopleurus'' is a genus of scarab beetles in the tribe Gymnopleurini. It includes 20 species; 17 are restricted to the Afrotropics, one is Afrotropical/Palearctic, and two Oriental. Characters These include: *A suture where the thorax jo ...

'' Janssens, 1940 # '' Garreta'' Janssens, 1940 # ''

Gymnopleurus ''Gymnopleurus'' is a genus of Scarabaeidae or dung 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 a ...

'' Illiger, 1803 # '' Mnematium'' MacLeay, 1821 # '' Neosisyphus'' G. Müller, 1942 # '' Nesosisyphus'' Vinson, 1946 # '' Pachylomera'' Kirby, 1828 # '' Paragymnopleurus'' Shipp, 1897 # ''

Scarabaeus The genus ''Scarabaeus'' consists of a number of Old World dung beetle species, including the "sacred scarab beetle", ''Scarabaeus sacer'' and typical of the tribe Scarabaeini. These beetles feed exclusively on dung, which they accomplish by ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 # '' Sceliages'' Westwood, 1837 # '' Sisyphus'' Latreille, 1807 Note: a number of taxa including ''

Kheper ''Kheper'' is a subgenus of ''Scarabaeus'': the typical genus of scarab beetles in the tribe Scarabaeini. The genus name honors the god Khepri in the ancient Egyptian religion, who is depicted as having a scarab for a head. ''Kheper'' can be fou ...

'' and '' Mnematidium'' are now considered subgenera of ''

''.

References

External links

* * {{taxonbar, from=Q4049112 Beetle tribes