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Brazilian Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Taxonomic Catalogue of the Brazilian Fauna, with a key for families and subfamilies
INTRODUCTION
Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802, historically referred to as “Lamellicornia” (see Kohlmann and Morón 2003), are one of the most diverse superfamilies of Coleoptera, com prising approximately 41,370 extant species into 15 families with a cosmopolitan distribution (sensu Schoolmeesters 2023). According to Krell (2006), the origin of the group dates back to the Upper Jurassic, nearly 180 million years ago, and a recent molecular clock used in a phylogeny of Coleoptera, conducted by Cai et al. (2022), corroborates the fossil evidence.
Sharp and Muir 1912, Hlavac 1975, Lawrence and Newton 1982, Kohlmann and Morón 2003, Dupuis 2005, Scholtz and Grebennikov 2005).
The scarabaeoids are found in virtually all terrestrial habitats, with a high diversity of food habits, i.e., herbivores, necrophages, fungivores, coprophages, etc (see Marinoni et al. 2003), performing important environmental functions and services, like pollination, nutrient cycling, and bioturbation. Larvae of some species, mainly of Melolonthidae, have been reported as agricultural pests (Morón 1997, Cherman et al. 2011, Oliveira and Frizzas 2021).
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