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Aphodius
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Species
Night-flying Dung Beetle
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyScarabaeidae
Aphodius (Adeloparius) septemmaculatus Aphodius (Aganocrossus) urostigma Aphodius (Koshantschikovius) andrewesi Aphodius (Limarus) maculatus Aphodius (Neocalaphodius) moestus Aphodius (Pharaphodius) crenatus Aphodius ater ater Aphodius ghardimaouensis Aphodius haemorrhoidalis Aphodius immundus Acanthobodilus Acrossus Agoliinus Agolius Agrilinus Alocoderus Amidorus Ammoecius Aparammoecius Aphodaulacus Aphodiellus Aphodius Apsteiniella Biralus Blackburneus Bodilus Calamosternus Carinaulus Chilothorax Colobopterus Coprimorphus Coptochiroides Diapterna Erytus Esymus Eudolus Euorodalus Eupleurus Gonaphodiellus Heptaulacus Labarrus Limarus Liothorax Loraphodius Loraspis Mecynodes Melaphodius Melinopterus Mendidaphodius Mendidius Neagolius Nialus Nimbus Nobius Orodaliscus Oromus Otophorus Parammoecius Phaeaphodius Phalacronothus Pharaphodius Plagiogonus Planolinus Platyderides Pseudacrossus Pubinus Sigorus Sinodiapterna Stenotothorax Subrinus Sugrames Teuchestes Trichaphodius Trichonotulus Некоторые виды Aphodius biguttatus Aphodius brevis Aphodius coenosus Aphodius distinctus Aphodius haemorrhoidalis Aphodius immundus Aphodius lugens Aphodius merdarius Aphodius plagiatus Aphodius pusillu
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 96,916
- With media
- 83
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Collections
- CZUG-CUCBA-UDG, IFIT-CP, DMNS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
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Aphodius is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding) although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae. Aphodius species typically dominate dung beetle communities in north temperate ecosystems. Most species are functionally classified as endocoprids, also known as dwellers, because the larvae live and feed within the dung pat itself.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aphodius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.