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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Aphodiini » Oscarinus

Genus Oscarinus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Aphodius rusicola - Oscarinus rusicola Aphodius (Oscarinus) welderi Gordon and Skelley - Oscarinus welderi Oscarinus sp. - Oscarinus welderi Aphodius (Oscarinus) welderi Gordon and Skelley - Oscarinus welderi Aphodiinae with phoretic something-or-others - Oscarinus rusicola Scarabaeidae, dorsal - Oscarinus rusicola Beetle - Oscarinus rusicola Aphodiine Dung Beetle - Oscarinus crassuloides
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Aphodiinae (Aphodiine Dung Beetles)
Tribe Aphodiini
Genus Oscarinus
Explanation of Names
Oscarinus Gordon & Skelley 2007
Numbers
16 spp. in our area, 18 total(1)
Range
e. & sw. NA(1)
Works Cited
1.A Monograph of the Aphodiini Inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae:Aphodiini)
Robert D. Gordon & Paul E. Skelley. 2007. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 29 February, 2008 - 1:38pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 29 March, 2021 - 8:45pm

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