Scarabaeoidea
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, especially the Hercules beetle and the Goliath beetles.
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 Paulian, 1959
- Bolboceratidae Mulsant, 1842
- Diphyllostomatidae Holloway, 1972
- Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802
- Glaphyridae MacLeay, 1819
- Glaresidae Kolbe, 1905
- Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847
- * inclusive of Ceratocanthidae
- Lucanidae Latreille 1804
- Ochodaeidae Mulsant and Rey 1871
- Passalidae Leach, 1815
- Pleocomidae LeConte 1861
- Scarabaeidae Latreille 1802
- Trogidae MacLeay 1819
- † Alloioscarabaeidae Bai, Ren & Yang, 2012
- † Coprinisphaeridae Genise, 2004
- † Pallichnidae Genise, 2004
- † Passalopalpidae Boucher, et al., 2016