Plate gave the first account of "Pythia scarabaeus" in 1897. Well-known members include the genera "Scarabaeus" and "Sisyphus", and "Phanaeus vindex". Linnaeus called the European cockchafer "Scarabaeus melolontha". The head of "Scarabaeus sacer" has a distinctive array of six projections, resembling rays. The species was originally described by Linnaeus as "Scarabaeus capreolus" in 1763. Her debut novel, "Song of Scarabaeus", was published by Harper Voyager in 2010. Scarabaeus satyrus is one of the Old World dung beetle species. "Scarabaeus sacer" is the most famous of the scarab beetles. "Scarabaeus sacer" occurs in coastal dunes and marshes around the Mediterranean Basin. "Scarabaeus sacer" serves as the host for the phoretic mite "Macrocheles saceri".