Length Dynastes tityus: 4 – 6 cm Higher classification Scarabaeiformia | Order Coleoptera Scientific name Scarabaeoidea Rank Superfamily | |
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Infraorder ScarabaeiformiaCrowson, 1960 Lifespan Dynastes tityus: 3 – 6 months Lower classifications | ||
Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year. Its constituent families are also undergoing revision presently, and the family list below is only preliminary.
American Beetles lists the following families:
References
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