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Ceratocanthidae

Pill scarab beetles

Note: this taxon list is still under construction. It does not yet contain all known Ceratocanthidae subgroups.

Containing group: Scarabaeiformia

Other Names for Ceratocanthidae

References

Ballerio, A. and T. Wagner. 2005. Ecology and diversity of canopy associated Ceratocanthidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in an Afrotropical Rainforest. Pages 125-132 in: African Biodiversity. Molecules, Organisms, Ecosystems. B. A. Huber, B. J., Sinclair, and K. H. Lampe, eds. Springer, New York. 443 pp.

Grebennikov, V. V, A. Ballerio, F. C. Ocampo, and C. H. Scholtz. 2004. Larvae of Ceratocanthidae and Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea): study of morphology, phylogenetic analysis and evidence of paraphyly of Hybosoridae. Systematic Entomology 29:524-543.

Grebennikov, V. V, A. Ballerio, and C. H. Scholtz. 2002. Larva and pupa of Cyphopisthes descarpentriesi Paulian (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ceratocanthidae) and their phylogenetic implications. Australian Journal of Entomology 41(4):367-374.

Jameson, M. L. 2002. Ceratocanthidae Martínez 1968. Chapter 32 in American Beetles. Volume 2. R. H. Arnett, M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds., CRC Press, Boca Raton, 861 pp.

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