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OverviewAI-generated
*Scarabaeus sacer* is a species within the genus *Scarabaeus*. It belongs to the family Scarabaeidae in the order Coleoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda, and kingdom Animalia. The organism has the common names escarabayu sagráu and sveti skarabej.
Records of this species are held by institutions including FMNH, MNHN, SAM, TAMU, and USNM. Documented occurrences have been found in Turkey, France, Egypt, Uzbekistan, and Spain. The species is referenced by 52 other encyclopedia articles.
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Vinony's link graph records 52 inbound references to Scarabaeus sacer, and connects out to Turkey, Russia and France.
It is catalogued under topics including Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Beetles described in 1758 and Scarabaeinae.
Vinony links it to 41 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyScarabaeidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Collections
- FMNH, MNHN, SAM, TAMU, USNM, DMNS
- Recorded in
- Turkey, France, Egypt, Uzbekistan, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Tunisia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Scarabaeus
- Image
- Scarabaeus.sacer.jpg
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- species
- taxon name
- Scarabaeus sacer
- Commons category
- Scarabaeus sacer
- taxon common name
- sveti skarabej
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Encyclopedic overview
Scarabaeus sacer, common name sacred scarab, is the type species of the genus Scarabaeus and the family Scarabaeidae. This dung beetle is native to southern Europe, North Africa, West Asia, and was venerated in ancient Egypt.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scarabaeus sacer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.