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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Roger Key Family   Scarabaeidae Sub Family   Description   scarab beetles or chafers Background to Family   There are nearly 90 species in Great Britain, but the majority are associated with dung. The chafers (Melolonthinae) are either detritivores associated with wood decay or root feeders; many are scarce. Like the Lucanidae, larvae take several years to complete development. Root feeders may be polyphagous, and their are numerous economic pests of turf and cereals. Adult chafers feed on plant foliage or at flowers.     © Roger Key No. taxa in DBIF   13 No. interactions   75 % interactions with British data   76% No. records   83 % taxa with British data   92% © Roger Key Notes   Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1986 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Lawton, J.H.(1976) Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 73 187-216:209 Source   Jones, F.G.W. & Jones, M.G. (1974 ) Pests of Field Crops :154 Source   Machatschke, J.W. in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1969) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 85. Familie Scarabaeidae 8 265-366:335 Source   Miles, P.M.(1982) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 118 11-16:14 Source   Britton, E.B.(1956) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects V:11 1-29:27 Source   Machatschke, J.W. in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1969) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 85. Familie Scarabaeidae 8 265-366:346 Source   Forestry Commission(1948) Leafl. For. Commn 17 1-10:4 Source   Jones, F.G.W. & Jones, M.G. (1974 ) Pests of Field Crops :157 Source   Machatschke, J.W. in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1969) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 85. Familie Scarabaeidae 8 265-366:343 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :3 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :4 Source   Viart, M. (ed.) (1979) Poplars and Willows in Wood Production and Land Use. FAO Forestry Series 10 1-328:231 Source   Jones, F.G.W. & Jones, M.G. (1974 ) Pests of Field Crops :155 Source   Forestry Commission(1948) Leafl. For. Commn 17 1-10:2 Source   Machatschke, J.W. in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1969) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 85. Familie Scarabaeidae 8 265-366:365 Source   Britton, E.B.(1956) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects V:11 1-29:25 Source   Machatschke, J.W. in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1969) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 85. Familie Scarabaeidae 8 265-366:362 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:92 Source   Machatschke, J.W. in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1969) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 85. Familie Scarabaeidae 8 265-366:364 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :1 Source   Machatschke, J.W. in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1969) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 85. Familie Scarabaeidae 8 265-366:347 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :6 Source   Reiter, W.(1986) Ber. nat.-med. Verein Innsbruck 73 169-186:183