Sceliages

Sceliages

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Scarabaeini
Genus: Sceliages
Species (7): S. adamastor – S. augias – S. brittoni – S. difficilis – S. gagates – S. granulatus – S. hippias

Name

Sceliages Westwood, 1837

• Type species: Sceliages iopas Westwood, 1837 [=Ateuchus adamastor Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Serville, 1828] by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Parascarabaeus
• Scarabaeus (Sceliages)

References

Primary references

• Westwood 1837: [Untitled communication.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 5: 12–13. BHL [first availability, see p. 12]

Additional references

• Forgie, S.A., Grebennikov, V.V. & Scholtz, C.H. 2002: Revision of Sceliages Westwood, a millipede-eating genus of southern African dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Invertebrate Systematics 16(6): 931–955. DOI: 10.1071/IT01025 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. 

Links

• 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]