Aegialiinae
| Aegialiinae | |
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| 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.
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