Genus Aphodius

Classification · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

Little Red and Black Scarab - Aphodius fimetarius

Aphodiine Dung Beetle? - Aphodius subterraneus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Aphodiinae (Aphodiine Dung Beetles)

Tribe Aphodiini

Genus Aphodius

Numbers

Recently split into many genera (1), treated as subgenera here until such time that they become more widely accepted/used.

Print References

Whitehead, P. F. 2006. Aphodius (A.) fimetarius (L., 1758) and Aphodius (A.) pedellus (De Geer, 1774) (Col., Aphodidae) are distinct species, with new evidence for their European distribution. ENTOMOLOGISTS MONTHLY MAGAZINE, VOL 142; NUMB 1703/1705, pages 85-86.

Works Cited

1.	A Monograph of the Aphodiini Inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae:Aphodiini) By Robert D. Gordon & Paul E. Skelley

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 4 April, 2005 - 7:41am
Last updated 19 April, 2008 - 12:10pm

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