https://www.mapress.com/mt/issue/feed Megataxa 2026-03-31T12:11:47+13:00 Zhi-Qiang Zhang zhangz@landcareresearch.co.nz Open Journal Systems <p><strong>Megataxa</strong> is a premium open access journal for important works reporting major advances in taxonomy.</p> https://www.mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.19.2.1 <p><strong>All genera of the world: Families Alloioscarabaeidae, Septiventeridae, Lucanidae, Trogidae, Glaresidae, Pleocomidae, Bolboceratidae, Diphyllostomatidae, Geotrupidae, Passalopalpidae, Passalidae, Belohinidae, Ochodaeidae, Glaphyridae, and Hybosoridae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)</strong></p> 2026-03-31T11:14:33+13:00 PETER G. ALLSOPP peter.allsopp@bigpond.com PAUL SCHOOLMEESTERS schoolp@skynet.be <p lang="en-US" align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are about 760 genus-group names, available and unavailable, in the families of Scarabaeoidea other than the Scarabaeidae by 11 March 2026. Of these, 457 refer to currently accepted extant and fossil genera, mainly in the Lucanidae (155), Hybosoridae (93), and Passalidae (72) A further &gt;300 genus-group names are given subgeneric rank or placed in synonymy or homonymy. <em>Passalus cancrus</em> Percheron, 1844 is designated as the type species of both <em>Basilianus</em> Kaup, 1871 and <em>Tiberius</em> Kuwert, 1891, making both generic names <strong>new synonyms</strong> of <em>Pharochilus</em> Kaup, 1868.</span></span></span></p> 2026-03-31T00:00:00+13:00 Copyright (c) 2026