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Edmund Reitter’s Fauna Germanica, 1908Scientific classification Kingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ArthropodaClass:InsectaOrder:ColeopteraSuborder:PolyphagaInfraorder:ScarabaeiformiaSuperfamily:ScarabaeoideaFamily:ScarabaeidaeLatreille, 1802Subfamilies[1]Aclopinae Blanchard, 1850Aegialiinae Laporte, 1840Allidiostomatinae Arrow, 1940Aphodiinae Leach, 1815Aulonocneminae Janssens, 1946Cetoniinae Leach, 1815Chironinae Blanchard, 1845Dynamopodinae Arrow, 1911Dynastinae MacLeay, 1819Eremazinae Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1977Melolonthinae Leach, 1819Orphninae Erichson, 1847Phaenomeridinae Erichson, 1847Rutelinae MacLeay, 1819Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802Termitotroginae Wasmann, 1918\u2020 Cretoscarabaeinae Nikolajev, 1995\u2020 Electrorubesopsinae Bai & Wang, 2018  On this high quality closeup, head anatomic details are well visible.The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several subfamilies have been elevated to family rank (e.g., Bolboceratidae, Geotrupidae, Glaresidae, Glaphyridae, Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae, and Pleocomidae), and some reduced to lower ranks. The subfamilies listed in this article are in accordance with those in Bouchard\u00a0(2011).[1]Description[edit]  Scarabs are stout-bodied beetles, many with bright metallic colours, measuring between \t1.5 and 160 millimetres (0.059 and 6.3\u00a0in). They have distinctive, clubbed antennae composed of plates called lamellae that can be compressed into a ball or fanned out like leaves to sense odours. Many species are fossorial, with legs adapted for digging. In some groups males (and sometimes females) have prominent horns on the head and\/or pronotum to fight over mates or resources.[2] The largest fossil scarabaeid was Oryctoantiquus borealis with a length of 50 millimetres (2.0\u00a0in).[3]  A scarab beetle grub from Australia.The C-shaped larvae, called grubs, are pale yellow or white. Most adult beetles are nocturnal, although the flower chafers (Cetoniinae) and many leaf chafers (Rutelinae) are active during the day. The grubs mostly live underground or under debris, so are not exposed to sunlight. Many scarabs are scavengers that recycle dung, carrion, or decaying plant material.[4] Others, such as the Japanese beetle, are plant-eaters.Some of the well-known beetles from the Scarabaeidae are Japanese beetles, dung beetles, June beetles, rose chafers (Australian, European, and North American), rhinoceros beetles, Hercules beetles and Goliath beetles.Several members of this family have structurally coloured shells which act as left-handed circular polarisers; this was the first-discovered example of circular polarization in nature.[5]Ancient Egypt[edit]In Ancient Egypt, the dung beetle now known as Scarabaeus sacer (formerly Ateuchus sacer) was revered as sacred. Egyptian amulets representing the sacred scarab beetles were traded throughout the Mediterranean world.[2]See also[edit]References[edit]Further reading[edit]RU Ehlers. Current and Future Use of Nematodes in Biocontrol: Practice and Commercial Aspects with Regard to Regulatory Policy Issues.  Biocontrol Science and Technology Volume 6, Issue 3, 1996.External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/scarabaeidae-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Scarabaeidae – Wikipedia"}}]}]