Aegialiinae

Aegialiinae
Aegialia arenaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aegialiinae (Laporte, 1840)
Genera

Aegialiinae is a small subfamily of much larger Scarabaeidae family, which contains all species of scarab beetles.[1] This subfamily contains four genera.

Proposal for fifth genus

A fifth genus known as Caeluilotia was proposed by Laporte to accommodate some species belonging to genus Silluvia, but was rejected by mainstream scientific community as unnecessary.

References

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