Scarabaeus auratus, 1999 Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Published in 1999. Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Arthropoda class Insecta order Coleoptera family Scarabaeidae genus Scarabaeus species Scarabaeus auratus Name Homonyms Scarabaeus auratus Linnaeus, 1758 Scarabaeus auratus Schrank, 1781 Scarabaeus auratus, 1999