Bolboceratidae


Bolboceratidae is a family of beetle. It was historically treated as a subfamily of the earth-boring dung beetles, or "dor beetles", but has been considered a separate family by many authors since 1995. Some recent classifications have persisted in treating bolboceratids as a subfamily but these classifications are contradicted by recent phylogenetic studies of relationships indicating that bolboceratids are not closely related to geotrupids.

Genera

AthyreusAustralobolbusBlackbolbusBlackburniumBolbafferBolbaffroidesBolbelasmusBolbobaineusBolbocafferBolbocerastesBolboceratexBolboceratopsBolbocerodemaBolboceroidesBolbocerosomaBolbochromusBolbogoniumBolbohamatumBolboleausBolborhachiumBolborhinumBolborhombusBolbothyreusBolbotrypesBradycinetulusCretobolbusElephastomusEubolbitusEucanthusGilletinusHalffterobolbusMeridiobolbusMesoathyreusMimobolbusNamibiobolbusNamibiotrupesNeoathyreusOdonteusParabolbapiumParathyreusPereirabolbusPrototrupesPseudoathyreusSocotrabolbusSomalobolbusSenaspidius
  • ''Zefevazia''

Fossil genera