Scarabaeus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Scarabaeini
Genus: Scarabaeus
Subgenera:
Pachylosoma –
Scarabaeus
Invalid subgenera:
Escarabaeus –
Kheper –
Scarabaeolus –
Sceliages
Species (59):
S. acuticollis –
S. aegyptiacus –
S. alienus –
S. ambiguus –
S. babori –
S. basuto –
S. bornemizzai –
S. caffer –
S. cancer –
S. carinatus (Gebler) –
S. cognatus –
S. confusus –
S. convexus –
S. deludens –
S. dioscoridis –
S. fraterculus –
S. funebris –
S. galenus –
S. gangeticus –
S. geminogalenus –
S. goryi –
S. heqvisti –
S. irakensis –
S. isidis –
S. jalof –
S. janssensi –
S. karae –
S. karlwerneri –
S. krutai –
S. licitus –
S. nitidicollis –
S. piliventris –
S. pius –
S. planifrons –
S. plausibilis –
S. poggei –
S. proboscideus –
S. radama –
S. rixosus –
S. rugosus –
S. rusticus –
S. sacer –
S. schulzeae –
S. sevoistra –
S. spretus –
S. sulcipennis –
S. suri –
S. tonckeri –
S. transcaspicus –
S. typhon –
S. vethi –
S. viator –
S. vicinus –
S. viettei –
S. westwoodi –
S. wilsoni –
S. winkleri –
S. zagrosensis –
S. zambesianus
Unaccepted names:
S. erichsoni –
S. fabulosus –
S. inquistus –
S. palemo –
S. sanctus –
S. sennaariensis –
S. sepicola –
S. vansoni –
S. xavieri
Name
[edit]Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758
- Type species: Scarabaeus sacer Linnaeus, 1758 by Subsequent designation by Hope, 1837.
- Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by ICZN (2014)
- ZooBank: D7804480-1E79-41D5-9373-9B1387EA2E9E
Synonymy
[edit]- Actinophorus
- Drepanopodus
- Madateuchus
- Mesoscarabaeus
- Mnematidium
- Mnematium
- Neateuchus
- Neoctodon
- Neomnematium
- Octodon
- Parascarabaeus
Species:
- Scarabaeus auratus Linnaeus, 1758 = Cetonia aurata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scarabaeus quadriguttatus Olivier, 1789 = Canthon quadriguttatus (Olivier, 1789)
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- ICZN 2014: Opinion 2344 (Case 3590): Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758, Dynastes MacLeay, 1819, SCARABAEINAE Latreille, 1802 and DYNASTINAE MacLeay, 1819 (Insecta, Coleoptera, SCARABAEOIDEA): usage conserved. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 71(4): 257–258. Abstract Reference page.
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 345. Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Davis, A.L.V.; Chown, S.L.; McGeoch, M.A.; Scholtz, C.H. 2000: A comparative analysis of metabolic rate in six Scarabaeus species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from southern Africa: further caveats when inferring adaptation. Journal of insect physiology, 46: 553–562. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00141-9
- Deschodt, C.M., Davis, A.L.V. & Scholtz, C.M. 2015. Status changes, new synonymies, key and descriptions of seven new species in the subgenus Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) Balthasar 1965 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa 3931(4): 505–527. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.4.3 Reference page.
- Forgie, S.A., Philips, T.K. & Scholtz, C.H. 2005. Evolution of the Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Systematic Entomology 30(1): 60–96. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00273.x Reference page.
- Nicolas, J.-L.; Moretto, P. 2002: [Description of two new African Scarabaeidae belonging to the genera Allogymnopleurus Janssens and Scarabaeus Linne.] Entomologia africana, 7(2): 3–10.
- Sole, C.L., Wirta, H., Forgie, S.A. & Scholtz, C.H. 2011: Origin of Madagascan Scarabaeini dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): dispersal from Africa. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42(1): 29-40. DOI: 10.1163/187631211X552800 Reference page.
- Zídek, J. & Pokorný, S. 2004: Checklist of the genus Scarabaeus Linné. animma.x, (5): 1-30. full issue (PDF) Reference page.
- Zídek, J. & Pokorný, S. 2005: Supplemental comments on Scarabaeus Linné. animma.x, (9): 1-12. full issue (PDF) Reference page.
- Zídek, J. & Pokorný, S. 2008: Illustrated keys to Palearctic Scarabaeus Linné (Scarabaeidae). animma.x, (27): 1-28. full issue (PDF) Reference page.
- Zídek, J. & Pokorný, S. 2011: Replacement name for a subgenus of Scarabaeus Linné, and remarks on Scarabaeus isidis. Klapalekiana 47: 89–90. full article (PDF) Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on April 7, 2017]