Summary description from Wikipedia:

Passalidae in languages:

Chinese

黑豔蟲科

Czech

vrzounovití

English

Bess Beetles

English

patent leather beetles

English

Bessbugs

German

Zuckerkäfer

Japanese

クロツヤムシ科

Korean

사슴벌레붙이과

Russian

Сахарные жуки

Russian

Пассалиды

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Parent Taxon

• Coleoptera

Sibling Taxa

• Belohinidae
• Ceafornotensis
• Diphyllostomatidae
• Geotrupidae
• Glaphyridae
• Glaresidae
• Hybosoridae
• Lucanidae
• Ochodaeidae
• Passalidae
• Pleocomidae
• Scarabaeidae
• Trogidae

Child Taxa

• Aulacocyclinae
• Cetejus
• Macrolininae
• Passalinae
• Solenocyclinae

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