Haploscapanes is a genus of insect in the scarab beetle clade. The genus lives along the western Australian coast.[1]
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| A male Haploscapanes barbarossa | |
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| A female Haploscapanes barbarossa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Dynastinae |
| Tribe: | Dynastini |
| Genus: | Haploscapanes Arrow, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Haploscapanes australicus Arrow, 1908
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There are four species in this genus:[2]
- Haploscapanes australicus Arrow, 1908
- Haploscapanes barbarossa (Fabricius, 1775)
- Haploscapanes inermis (Prell, 1911)
- Haploscapanes papuanus Dechambre & Drumont, 2004
Taxonomy
editThe genus belongs to the Scarabaeidae family which itself belongs to the Scarabaeoidea superfamily. The superfamily then belongs to the Coleoptera order which is part of the insecta clade and hexapoda clade. The hexapoda clade is then part of the Arthropoda phylum. Then the Arthropoda phylum is part of the Animalia clade which is part of the Eukaryote domain.[3]
References
edit- ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Haploscapanes australicus". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ "Haploscapanes Arrow, 1908". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ "ADW: Haploscapanes australicus: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.