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Enigmatic Scarab Beetles
Glaresis
Glaresis is a genus of beetles, sometimes called "enigmatic scarab beetles", in its own family, Glaresidae. It is closely related to, and was formerly included in, the family Scarabaeidae. Although its members occur in arid and sandy areas worldwide (except Australia), only the nocturnal adults have ever been collected (typically at lights), and both the larvae and biology of Glaresis are as yet unknown. Due to their narrow habitat associations, a great number of these species occur in extremely limited geographic areas, and are accordingly imperiled by habitat destruction.
These beetles are small, 2.5–6 mm long, and have the stocky appearance typical of fossorial scarabs, with short, heavy, spurred legs. Color ranges from tan to dark brown, and the back is covered with short setae.
56 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Glaresis rufa
speciesGlaresis rufa
Glaresis canadensis
speciesGlaresis canadensis
Glaresis beckeri
speciesGlaresis beckeri
Glaresis ecostata
speciesGlaresis ecostata
Glaresis handlirschi
speciesGlaresis handlirschi
Glaresis medialis
speciesGlaresis medialis
Glaresis japonensis
speciesGlaresis japonensis
Glaresis hispana
speciesGlaresis hispana
Glaresis tumida
speciesGlaresis tumida
Glaresis costata
speciesGlaresis costata
Glaresis costaricensis
speciesGlaresis costaricensis
Glaresis cartwrighti
speciesGlaresis cartwrighti
Glaresis montenegro
speciesGlaresis montenegro
Glaresis minuta
speciesGlaresis minuta
Glaresis mendica
speciesGlaresis mendica
Glaresis oxiana
speciesGlaresis oxiana
Glaresis namibensis
speciesGlaresis namibensis
Glaresis obscura
speciesGlaresis obscura
Glaresis nestor
speciesGlaresis nestor
Glaresis paramendica
speciesGlaresis paramendica
Glaresis bajaensis
speciesGlaresis bajaensis
Kelso Dunes Glaresis Scarab
speciesGlaresis arenata
Glaresis australis
speciesGlaresis australis
Glaresis bautista
speciesGlaresis bautista
Glaresis california
speciesGlaresis california
Glaresis caenulenta
speciesGlaresis caenulenta
Glaresis desperata
speciesGlaresis desperata
Glaresis dentata
speciesGlaresis dentata
Glaresis donaldi
speciesGlaresis donaldi
Glaresis exasperata
speciesGlaresis exasperata
Glaresis falli
speciesGlaresis falli
Glaresis foveolata
speciesGlaresis foveolata
Glaresis frustrata
speciesGlaresis frustrata
Glaresis hespericula
speciesGlaresis hespericula
Glaresis gordoni
speciesGlaresis gordoni
Glaresis fritzi
speciesGlaresis fritzi
Glaresis limbata
speciesGlaresis limbata
Glaresis koenigsbaueri
speciesGlaresis koenigsbaueri
Glaresis holmi
speciesGlaresis holmi
Glaresis imitator
speciesGlaresis imitator
Glaresis impressicollis
speciesGlaresis impressicollis
Glaresis howdeni
speciesGlaresis howdeni
Glaresis yanegai
speciesGlaresis yanegai
Glaresis zacateca
speciesGlaresis zacateca
Glaresis warneri
speciesGlaresis warneri
Glaresis zvirgzdinsi
speciesGlaresis zvirgzdinsi
Glaresis pardoalcaidei
speciesGlaresis pardoalcaidei
Glaresis penrithae
speciesGlaresis penrithae
Glaresis texana
speciesGlaresis texana
Glaresis phoenicis
speciesGlaresis phoenicis
Glaresis sabulosa
speciesGlaresis sabulosa
Glaresis inducta
speciesGlaresis inducta
Glaresis confusa
speciesGlaresis confusa
Glaresis clypeata
speciesGlaresis clypeata
Glaresis dakotensis
speciesGlaresis dakotensis
Glaresis ordosensis
speciesGlaresis ordosensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 178116.