family Scarabaeidae
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| Noun | 1. |  family 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 |