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Phanaeini is a tribe of 
dung beetle
Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night.
Many dung beetles, known as ''rollers'', roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding cha ...
s in the family Scarabaeidae
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...
. There are about 12 genera and 200 described species in Phanaeini.
Genera
These 12 genera belong to the tribe Phanaeini: * '' Bolbites'' Harold, 1868 * '' Coprophanaeus'' D'Olsoufieff, 1924 * '' Dendropaemon'' Perty, 1830 * '' Diabroctis'' Gistel, 1857 * '' Gromphas'' Brullé, 1839 * '' Homalotarsus'' Janssens, 1932 * '' Megatharsis'' Waterhouse, 1891 * '' Oruscatus'' Bates, 1870 * '' Oxysternon'' Laporte de Castelnau, 1840 * '' Phanaeus'' MacLeay, 1819 (rainbow scarabs) * '' Sulcophanaeus'' Olsoufieff, 1924 * '' Tetrameira''References
Further reading
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* Scarabaeinae {{Scarabaeinae-stub