Scarabaeus sacer

Scarabaeus sacer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Scarabaeini
Genus: Scarabaeus
Subgenus: S. (Scarabeus)
Species:
S. sacer
Binomial name
Scarabaeus sacer

Scarabaeus sacer, common name sacred scarab,[1] is the type species of the genus Scarabaeus and the family Scarabaeidae. This dung beetle is native of southern Europe, northern Africa and western Asia, and it was venerated in ancient Egypt.

  1. ^ "Sacred Scarab - Scarabaeus sacer". Archived from the original on 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2022-10-24.