| Bolboceratidae | |
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| An unidentified bolboceratid | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Superfamily: | Scarabaeoidea |
| Family: | Bolboceratidae Mulsant, 1842 |
| Synonyms | |
Bolboceratinae | |
Bolboceratidae is afamily ofbeetle.[1] It was historically treated as asubfamily of the earth-boring dung beetles, or "dor beetles" (familyGeotrupidae), but has been considered a separate family by many authors since 1995.[2] Some recent classifications have persisted in treating bolboceratids as a subfamily (e.g.[3][4]) but these classifications are contradicted by recent phylogenetic studies of relationships indicating that bolboceratids are not closely related to geotrupids (e.g., that bolboceratids are more closely related toPleocomidae andPassalidae[5]).
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