Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
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Holometabola > Coleoptera
(beetles)
> Polyphaga
Families encountered in southern Africa
Acanthoceridae
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Geotrupidae
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Lucanidae (stag
beetles) See the detailed account of the genus
Colophon (Cape stag beetles).
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Passalidae
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Trogidae (carcass
beetles) |
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Hybosoridae
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Scarabaeidae (dung
beetles, rhinoceros beetles, chafers,
monkey beetles) |
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