Scarabaeidae

Scarab beetle
	Central European scarab beetles; with some anatomical details. Edmund Reitter's Fauna Germanica, 1908
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Superfamily:	Scarabaeoidea
Family:	Scarabaeidae; Latreille, 1802
Subfamilies
	Aclopinae Blanchard, 1850; Aegialiinae Laporte, 1840; Allidiostomatinae Arrow, 1940; Aphodiinae Leach, 1815; Aulonocneminae Janssens, 1946; Cetoniinae Leach, 1815; Chironinae Blanchard, 1845; Dynamopodinae Arrow, 1911; Dynastinae MacLeay, 1819; Eremazinae Stebnicka, 1977; Hopliinae Latreille, 1829; Lichniinae Burmeister, 1844; Melolonthinae MacLeay, 1819; Oncerinae LeConte, 1861; Orphninae Erichson, 1847; Pachydeminae Reitter, 1902; Phaenomeridinae Erichson, 1847; Podolasiinae Howden, 1997; Rutelinae MacLeay, 1819; Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802; Sericinae Kirby, 1837; Sericoidinae Erichson, 1847; Termitotroginae Wasmann, 1918; Trichiinae Kolbe, 1897; Valginae Schenkling, 1922; † Cretoscarabaeinae Nikolajev, 1995; † Electrorubesopsinae Bai & Wang, 2018; † Lithoscarabaeinae Nikolajev, 1992; † Prototroginae Nikolajev, 2000;

The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several subfamilies have been elevated to family rank (e.g., Bolboceratidae, Geotrupidae, Glaresidae, Glaphyridae, Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae, and Pleocomidae), and some reduced to lower ranks. The subfamilies listed in this article are in accordance with those in Catalog of Life (2023).

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