A Review Of The Family- Group Names For The Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) With Corrections To Nomenclature And A Current Classification Author Smith, Andrew B. T. Canadian Museum of Nature, P. O. Box 3443, Station D Ottawa, ON K 1 P 6 P 4, CANADA asmith@mus-nature.ca text The Coleopterists Bulletin 2006 mo 5 2006-12-01 60 144 204 journal article 10.1649/0010-065x(2006)60[144:arotfn]2.0.co;2 1938-4394 4911861 FADCBF89-3C12-46F5-90D2-8E8A7031D876 Superfamily SCARABAEOIDEA Latreille, 1802 Original spelling and citation: Scarabaeïdes Latreille 1802: 144 Type genus: Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758: 345 Remark: Scaraboides (von Laicharting 1781 : II) was used prior to Latreille (1802) but does not fulfill the ICZN criteria for availability because it was used at the order rank not the family-group level. Scaraboides sensu von Laicharting was used as the name for all beetles (5order Coleoptera ). This name has not been adapted at the order level and is unavailable at the family-group level (Article 1.2.2).