Stereomerini

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Aphodiinae
Tribus: Stereomerini
Genera (9): Adebrattia – Australoxenella – Bruneixenus – Cheleion – Daintreeola – Danielssonia – Pseudostereomera – Rhinocerotopsis – Stereomera

[list of genera after Maruyama (2009), Vårdal & Forshage (2010)]
Name

Stereomerini Howden & Storey, 1992
Type genus

Stereomera Arrow, 1905 [stem = Stereomer-]

References
cited sources

Arrow, G.J. 1905: On some Oriental aphodiid Coleoptera of the Rhyparus group, with description of a new genus. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 15: 534–540. Internet Archive
Howden, H.F.; Storey, R.I. 1992: Phylogeny of the Rhyparini and the new tribe Stereomerini, with descriptions of new genera and species (Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae; Aphodiinae). Canadian journal of zoology, 70: 1810–1823. DOI: 10.1139/z92-248 PDF
Maruyama, M. 2009: Rhinocerotopsis nakasei (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae), a new genus and species of Stereomerini from Peninsular Malaysia. Esakia, (49): 103–106. ISSN: 0071-1268
Vårdal, H.; Forshage, M. 2010: A new genus and species and a revised phylogeny of Stereomerini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae), with notes on assumedly termitophilic aphodiines. In: Ratcliffe, B.; Krell, F.-T. (eds) Current advances in Scarabaeoidea research. ZooKeys, 34: 55–76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.34.264

Additional references

Bordat, P.; Howden, H.F. 1995: Trois nouveaux genres, trois nouvelles especes de Stereomerinae de Borneo (Coleoptera, Aphodiidae) [Three new genera and three new species of Stereomerinae from Borneo (Coleoptera, Aphodidae).] Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 100: 11–20.
Howden, H.F.; Storey, R.I. 2000: New Stereomerini and Rhyparini from Australia, Borneo and Fiji (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 46: 175–182.
Stebnicka, Z.T.; Howden, H.F. 1996: Australian genera and species in the tribes Odontolochini, Psammodiini, Rhyparini, Stereomerini and part of the Eupariini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae). Invertebrate taxonomy, 10: 97–170. DOI: 10.1071/IT9960097

Links

ION
Australian Faunal Directory
Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles