Aegialiinae is a small subfamily of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles).[1] Historically the group has been treated as a tribe within a broad definition of the subfamily Aphodiinae.
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The following genera are members of the subfamily Aegialiinae.[2]
- Tribe Aegialiini
- Aegialia Latreille, 1807 (Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical)
- Caelius Lewis, 1895 (Nearctic, Palaearctic)
- Micraegialia Brown, 1931 (the Nearctic)
- Psammoporus Thomson, 1859 (Palaearctic, Nearctic)
- Rhysothorax Bedel, 1911 (Palaearctic, Nearctic)
- Silluvia Landin, 1949 (Palaearctic, Oriental)
- † Archeopsammoporus Minkina, 2020 (Palaearctic, Fossil)
- † Cretaegialia Nikolajev, 1993 (Fossil)
- Tribe Saprinianini
- Amerisaprus Stebnicka & Skelley, 2003 (Neotropical)
- Argeremazus Stebnicka & Dellacasa, 2003 (Neotropical)
- Mimaegialia Nikolajev, 2007 (Neotropical)
- Saprus Blackburn, 1904 (Australian)
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