Bolboceratinae Explained

Bolboceratinae is a subfamily of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are about 8 genera and at least 40 described species in Bolboceratinae.

Catalogue of Life and GBIF now consider Bolboceratinae to be a family, Bolboceratidae, rather than a subfamily. ITIS currently treats Bolboceratinae as a subfamily of Geotrupidae.

Genera

These eight genera belong to the subfamily Bolboceratinae:

• Bolbelasmus Boucomont, 1911
• Bolbocerastes Cartwright, 1953
• Bolbocerosoma Schaeffer, 1906
• Bolborhombus Cartwright, 1953
• Bradycinetulus Cockerell, 1906
• Eucanthus Westwood, 1848
• Neoathyreus Howden and Martínez, 1963
• Odonteus Samouelle, 1819

Further reading

• Book: American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 2002. Jameson . M.L.. Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. Thomas . Michael C.. Skelley . Paul E.. Frank . J. Howard. CRC Press. Family 29: Geotrupidae. 23–27. 978-0-8493-0954-0.
• Web site: 2019-07-02. Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. Ratcliffe. Brett. Jameson. Mary Liz. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330151517/http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html. 2019-03-30. dead.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. 2006. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-30914-2.
• Book: Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. 1861. LeConte. J. L.. Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. 136. 978-0665100550. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459.