Type genus: Liparochrus Erichson, 1848.

Description. Length 2.0-17.0 mm. Shape variable, generally globose and nearly spherical when head and pronotum deflexed. Color black, brown, or reddish brown. Head partially deflexed. Antennae10-segmented, with 3-segmented, opposable club; club oval, first segment cupuliform. Eye canthus variably developed. Eyes developed. Labrum exposed beyond apex of clypeus, prominent. Mandibles partially exposed beyond apex of clypeus. Maxillae with 4-segmented palpi, labium with apex not indented, with 4-segmented palpi. Pronotum convex, smooth or punctate, base sinuous or rounded. Scutellum exposed, triangular. Elytra convex, generally punctate, striae well-defined or not. Pygidium concealed by elytra. Hind wings well-developed or reduced, with M-Cu loop present, MP3 and MP4 veins present. Venter with surface generally vermiculate. Prosternum bi-concave. Mesosternum not invaginated. Abdomen with 5 free sternites and 8 functional spiracles, spiracles 1-7 situated on pleural membrane, spiracle 8 situated in tergite. Protibiae with 2 or 3 teeth. Meso- and metatibiae without transversal carinae. Metatibia occasionally expanded. Tarsi 5-5-5. Ventral position of protarsi at or basal to second tibial tooth. Tarsal claws simple or complex. Male genitalia distinctly asymmetrical.

Composition. The subfamily Liparochrinae includes two genera and 48 species.

Distribution. Australian and Indomalaysian regions. Most species are from humid areas of Queensland and the Northern Territory in Australia.

Natural history. Adults feed on carrion and dung. A few species were collected on fruits (Paulian 1980). Larvae are unknown.

Bibliography:
Ocampo, F. C. 2006. Phylogenetic Analysis of the Scarab Family Hybosoridae and Monographic Revision of the New World Subfamily Anaidinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol. 19. 210pp.