Scarabaeidae, Latreille, 1802
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https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065x(2006)60[120:fraeos]2.0.co;2 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E287E2-FFFB-FFD0-57F8-06126169FB22 |
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Carolina |
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Scarabaeidae |
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Scarabaeidae View in CoL : LITHOSCARABAEINAE Nikolajev 1992 (L Cretaceous)
Diagnosis: Body size large; mandibles and labrum exposed; outer margin of protibiae with three denticles; meso- and metatibiae with two transverse keels; mesocoxae separated by mesothoracal process; two free veins between cubitus and first basally linked vein (Media Posterior 1 + 2). Remarks: Two free veins distal to the cubitus are present in Glaresidae , Lucanidae , Trogidae , Hybosoridae , and some Geotrupidae ( Kempers 1923; Balthasar 1943). The other diagnostic characters also are widespread in the Scarabaeoidea .
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