Bolboceratidae is a family of beetle. It was historically treated as a subfamily of the earth-boring dung beetles, or "dor beetles" (family Geotrupidae), but has been considered a separate family by many authors since 1995.Bolboceratidae at TOL Some recent classifications have persisted in treating bolboceratids as a subfamily (e.g.) but these classifications are contradicted by recent phylogenetic studies of relationships indicating that bolboceratids are not closely related to geotrupids (e.g., that bolboceratids are more closely related to Pleocomidae and Passalidae).
Genera
Athyreus Australobolbus Blackbolbus Blackburnium Bolbaffer Bolbaffroides Bolbelasmus Bolbobaineus Bolbocaffer Bolbocerastes Bolboceratex Bolboceratops Bolbocerodema Bolboceroides Bolbocerosoma Bolbochromus Bolbogonium Bolbohamatum Bolboleaus Bolborhachium Bolborhinum Bolborhombus Bolbothyreus Bolbotrypes Bradycinetulus Cretobolbus Elephastomus Eubolbitus Eucanthus Gilletinus Halffterobolbus Meridiobolbus Mesoathyreus Mimobolbus Namibiobolbus Namibiotrupes Neoathyreus Odonteus Parabolbapium Parathyreus Pereirabolbus Prototrupes Pseudoathyreus Socotrabolbus Somalobolbus Senaspidius Zefevazia
Fossil genera
†Amberathyreus Bai and Zhang 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian †Cretobolbus Nikolajev 1996, Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
References
External links Encyclopedia of Life entry