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The Bolboceratidae family of beetles was historically treated as a subfamily of the earth-boring dung beetles, or “dor beetles” (family Geotrupidae), but has been considered a separate family by many authors since 1995.
The following was found drowned in a swimming pool in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Subfamily: Scarabaeoidea
- Family: Bolboceratidae
- Genus:
- Australobolbus Howden & Cooper, 1977
- Blackbolbus Howden & Cooper, 1977
- Blackburnium Boucomont, 1911
- Bolbobaineus Howden & Cooper, 1977
- Bolboleaus Howden & Cooper, 1977
- Bolborhachium Boucomont, 1911
- Elephastomus W.S. Macleay, 1819
- Eucanthus Westwood, 1848
- Gilletinus Boucomont, 1932
- Stenaspidius Westwood, 1848
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Allen Sundholm, member of Alice Springs Field Naturalists Club, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/alicefieldnats/
- Bolboceratidae, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e060c7d4-fa01-4669-8731-6f2ceeb8fd99
- Bolboceratidae, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolboceratidae (last visited Oct. 30, 2022).
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