Aegialiinae

Aegialiinae is a small subfamily of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles).[1] Historically the group has been treated as a tribe within a broad definition of the subfamily Aphodiinae.

Aegialiinae
Aegialia, Washington
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aegialiinae
Laporte, 1840
Tribes
  • Aegialiini Castelnau, 1840
  • Saprinianini Nikolajev, 2011

Genera

The following genera are members of the subfamily Aegialiinae.[2]

  • Aegialia Latreille, 1807 (Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical)
  • Amerisaprus Stebnicka & Skelley, 2003 (Neotropical)
  • Argeremazus Stebnicka & Dellacasa, 2003 (Neotropical)
  • Caelius Lewis, 1895 (Nearctic, Palaearctic)
  • Micraegialia Brown, 1931 (the Nearctic)
  • Mimaegialia Nikolajev, 2007 (Neotropical)
  • Psammoporus Thomson, 1859 (Palaearctic, Nearctic)
  • Rhysothorax Bedel, 1911 (Palaearctic, Nearctic)
  • Saprus Blackburn, 1904 (Australian)
  • Silluvia Landin, 1949 (Palaearctic, Oriental)
  • Archeopsammoporus Minkina, 2020 (Palaearctic, Fossil)
  • Cretaegialia Nikolajev, 1993 (Fossil)

References

  1. Aegialiinae at Zipcodezoo Archived August 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Aegialiinae Castelnau, 1840". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

Further reading


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