Kheper
| Kheper | |
|---|---|
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| Kheper nigroaeneus in South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Scarabaeus |
| Subgenus: | Kheper Janssens, 1940 |
Kheper is a subgenus of Scarabaeus: the typical genus of scarab beetles in the tribe Scarabaeini.[1][2] The genus name honors the god Khepri in the ancient Egyptian religion, who is depicted as having a scarab for a head.[3] Kheper can be found on the border between Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa in the arid sand dunes.[4] This genus of scarab beetles share a family with the oldest and most revered scarab beetles, the Scarabaeus sacer.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ BioLib (retrieved 23 August 2021)
- 1 2 Forgie, Shaun A.; Philips, T. Keith; Scholtz, Clarke H. (2005). "Evolution of the Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)". Systematic Entomology. 30 (1): 60–96. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00273.x.
- ↑ Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003). The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. pp. 230–233.
- ↑ Deschodt, Christian; Davis, Adrian; Scholtz, Clarke (2011). "New dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) taxa from arid south-western Africa". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 42 (3): 277–294. doi:10.1163/187631211X568173. hdl:2263/19586. ISSN 1399-560X.