Bolboceratinae
Bolboceratinae is a subfamily of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are about 8 genera and at least 40 described species in Bolboceratinae.[1][2][3]
| Bolboceratinae | |
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| Bolbocerosoma tumefactum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Geotrupidae |
| Subfamily: | Bolboceratinae Mulsant, 1842 |
Catalogue of Life[4] and GBIF[5] now consider Bolboceratinae to be a family, Bolboceratidae, rather than a subfamily. ITIS[1] currently treats Bolboceratinae as a subfamily of Geotrupidae.
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Bolbocerosoma tumefactum
Genera
These eight genera belong to the subfamily Bolboceratinae:[3]
- Bolbelasmus Boucomont, 1911
- Bolbocerastes Cartwright, 1953
- Bolbocerosoma Schaeffer, 1906
- Bolborhombus Cartwright, 1953
- Bradycinetulus Cockerell, 1906
- Eucanthus Westwood, 1848
- Neoathyreus Howden and Martínez, 1963
- Odonteus Samouelle, 1819
References
- "Bolboceratinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- "Bolboceratinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-03-28.
Further reading
- Jameson, M.L. (2002). "Family 29: Geotrupidae". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 23–27. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
- LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
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