The PEDIGREE of
Sacred Scarab Beetle

     aka Scarabaeus sacer; (in ancient Egypt compared with Khepri, the Sun God, and considered sacred)

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/-- Subphylum Tetraconata   +====> [ 80]
/   / or: Superclass Panhexapoda in Infraphylum Atelocerata
/-- Epiclass Hexapoda
/-- Class Insecta
/-- Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
/-- Infraclass Neoptera
/-- Superorder Endopterygota
/-- Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
/-- Suborder Polyphaga
/-- Infraorder Staphyliniformia (Rove Beetles, Water Beetles, etc.)
/-- Infraorder Scarabaeiformia (Scarab beetles, Stag beetles, etc.)
/-- Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
/-- Family Scarabaeidae (Dung beetles, & kin)
/-- Subfamily Scarabaeinae (True Dung Beetles)
/-- Tribe Scarabaeini
/-- Genus Scarabaeus (certain Old World dung beetles)
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- Sacred Scarab Beetle
 

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