Bolboceratinae is a subfamily of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are about 8 genera and at least 40 described species in Bolboceratinae.[1][2][3]

Bolboceratinae
Bolbocerosoma tumefactum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Bolboceratidae
Subfamily: Bolboceratinae
Mulsant, 1842

Catalogue of Life[4] and GBIF[5] now consider Bolboceratinae to be a family, Bolboceratidae, rather than a subfamily. ITIS[1] currently treats Bolboceratinae as a subfamily of Geotrupidae.

Bolbocerosoma tumefactum

Genera

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These eight genera belong to the subfamily Bolboceratinae:[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bolboceratinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. ^ a b Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
  3. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  4. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-03-28.

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