A phylogenetic analysis of dung beetles (Scarabaeinae : Scarabaeidae): unrolling an evolutionary history

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An Overview of the Classification and Evolution of the Major Scarab Beetle Clades (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) Based on Preliminary Molecular Analyses (2006, methodology): “…have not sequenced any taxa from the following extant Scarabaeoidea families and subfamilies, and therefore these groups are not dealt with in this paper: Belohinidae; Chaetocanthinae (Ochodaeidae); and Aulonocneminae, Dynamopodinae, Eremazinae, Phaenomeridinae, and Termitotroginae (Scarabaeidae).”
Insects ‘Down Under’– Diversity, endemism and evolution of the Australian insect fauna: examples from select orders (2004, background): “Lepanus Balthazar, Demarziella Balthazar and Amphistomus van Lansberge possible sister taxa to the Madagascar Arachnodes Westwood and the African Pedaria Castelnau and Anachalcos Hope, respectively (Davis et al. 2002; Philips et al. 2004).”
Habitat fragmentation alters the structure of dung beetle communities in the Atlantic Forest (2011, background): “Additionally, dung beetles are abundant and diverse in the tropics (Philips et al., 2004), where their communities respond to soil type (Osberg et al.”
Global dung beetle response to tropical forest modification and fragmentation: A quantitative literature review and meta-analysis (2007, background): “They also have well understood ecological roles (Hanski and Cambefort, 1991) and a relatively stable taxonomy (Philips et al., 2004).”