Haploscapanes is a genus of insect in the scarab beetle clade. The genus lives along the western Australian coast.[1]

Haploscapanes
A male Haploscapanes barbarossa
A female Haploscapanes barbarossa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

There are four species in this genus:[2]

Taxonomy

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The 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

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  1. ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Haploscapanes australicus". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ "Haploscapanes Arrow, 1908". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  3. ^ "ADW: Haploscapanes australicus: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.