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

Genus Cryptoscatomaseter

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Cryptoscatomaseter incomptus Gordon and Skelley --holotype - Cryptoscatomaseter incomptus Aphodius (Cryptoscatomaseter) rossi Cartwright - Cryptoscatomaseter rossi - male Aphodius cacabatus Holotype - Cryptoscatomaseter caccabatus - male Ataenius? - Cryptoscatomaseter Ataenius? - Cryptoscatomaseter Cryptoscatomaseter umbricollis (Fall) - Cryptoscatomaseter umbricollis Idaho Beetle in Snow - Cryptoscatomaseter Cryptoscatomaseter utopensis (Warner & Skelley) - Cryptoscatomaseter utopensis
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 Cryptoscatomaseter
Explanation of Names
Cryptoscatomaseter Gordon & Skelley 2007
Numbers
27 spp. in our area (6 reach Canada), 29 total (1)
Size
4.5-10.0 mm (2)
Range
Canada to Mexico, mostly w./so. US; east of the Mississippi, there are 4 southeastern spp. and 3 spp. ranging east into IL & IN(1)
Habitat
pocket gopher burrows
Food
Mostly pocket gopher dung feeders(1)
Remarks
rarely seen or collected unless specifically sought after
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.
2.Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles (by Brett Ratcliffe and Mary Liz Jameson)
Contributed by Tim Loh on 13 February, 2009 - 3:19pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, nebbeetle, v belov
Last updated 29 March, 2021 - 8:49pm

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