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True Dung Beetles (Subfamily: Scarabaeinae) - Wiki
Subject: True Dung Beetles (Subfamily: Scarabaeinae) - Wiki
Female horned dung beetle, Copris lunaris, 02.jpg
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True Dung Beetles (Subfamily: Scarabaeinae) - Wiki


Scarabaeinae
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae

[Photo] Female horned dung beetle, Copris lunaris. Vantoux et Longevelle 70700 France, avril 2005. Author: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jeffdelonge
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The subfamily Scarabaeinae consists of species often labelled "true dung beetles". Most of the beetles of this subfamily feed exclusively on dung.

Examples include the genera Scarabaeus and Sisyphus, and Phanaeus vindex.

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