family Scarabaeidae

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Noun1.family Scarabaeidae - scarab or dung beetlesfamily Scarabaeidae - scarab or dung beetles    
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Lamellicornia, superfamily Lamellicornia - scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles
scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle - any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes
genus Scarabaeus - type genus of the Scarabaeidae
genus Popillia, Popillia - a genus of Scarabaeidae
Anomala, genus Anomala - genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants; includes several pests of cultivated grasses
Melolonthidae, subfamily Melolonthidae - considered a separate family in some classification systems
Cetoniidae, subfamily Cetoniidae - considered a separate family in some classification systems
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The family Scarabaeidae has a diverse biology, including adults that feed on excrements, carcasses, fungi, foliage, pollen, fruits, or roots; some species are diurnal and can be found on leaves (Silva et al.
Newrecords to the species diversity of family Scarabaeidae and Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (India).
The family Scarabaeidae is the largest family of insects which contains more than 30000 species in the world [6].
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