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- This page contains information and pictures about Stag Beetles, Bess Beetles and Scarab Beetles
in Superfamily Scarabaeoidea that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- The beetles in this superfamily Scarabaeoidea are from medium to large
in size. Most of them are black or brown but occasionally some are bright
in colours. They have distinctive lamellate antennae which
opens like a small fan. Legs, especially the fore coaxes,
are usually shaped for digging. Adults beetles usually feed on leaves and flowers.
Most of them have functional wings and are active flyers.
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Larva photo thank to Colin Burt in Hervey Bay
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- Their larvae are grub-liked, always live in concealed habitats, feeding
on roots, dung or decaying plants materials. They are sluggish and cylindrical.
Some are c-shaped, with a
well-developed head and legs. Since they live usually next to the food source
and they seldom need to move.
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- We found many different species in Scarabaeoidea, they are listed in as follows;
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- Subfamily Scarabaeinae - Dunk Beetles
 
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- Subfamily Melolonthinae - Chafers
 
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- Subfamily Rutelinae - Christmas Beetles
  
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- Subfamily Dynastinae - Black Scarab
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- Subfamily Cetoniinae - Flower Beetles
 
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 627.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p228.
- 3. Beetles of Australia - Trevor J Hawkeswood, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1987,
p31.
- 4. SCARABAEIDAE - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2008.
- 5. A
Guide to the Beetles of Australia - George Hangay and Paul
Zborowski, CSIRO PUBLISHING April 2010.
- 6. Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
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