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 undergoing revision, and the family list below is provisional. This superfamily includes some of the largest beetles extant today, including rhinoceros beetles (Dynastinae), especially the Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) and the Goliath beetles (Goliathus sp.).
The oldest confirmed member of the group is the extinct genus Alloioscarabaeus from the Middle Jurassic period Jiulongshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China.
Families
- Belohinidae <small>Paulian, 1959</small>
- Bolboceratidae <small>Mulsant, 1842</small>
- Diphyllostomatidae <small>Holloway, 1972</small> (false stag beetles)
- Geotrupidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small> (earth-boring dung beetles)
- Glaphyridae <small>MacLeay, 1819</small> (bumble bee scarab beetles)
- Glaresidae <small>Kolbe, 1905</small> (enigmatic scarab beetles)
- Hybosoridae <small>Erichson, 1847</small> (scavenging scarab beetles)
- inclusive of Ceratocanthidae (pill scarab beetles)
- Lucanidae <small>Latreille 1804</small> (stag beetles)
- Ochodaeidae <small>Mulsant and Rey 1871</small> (sand-loving scarab beetles)
- Passalidae <small>Leach, 1815</small> (bess beetles)
- Pleocomidae <small>LeConte 1861</small> (rain beetles)
- Scarabaeidae <small>Latreille 1802</small> (scarab beetles)
- Trogidae <small>MacLeay 1819</small> (hide beetles)
- â Alloioscarabaeidae <small>Bai, Ren & Yang, 2012</small>
- â Coprinisphaeridae <small>Genise, 2004</small> (ichnotaxon)
- â Pallichnidae <small>Genise, 2004</small> (ichnotaxon)
- â Passalopalpidae <small>Boucher, et al., 2016</small>
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