Subgenus Agoliinus

Classification · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

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

No Taxon Subgenus Agoliinus

Numbers

Over 40 spp. worldwide; 25, in the New World (all Nearctic)(1)

Range

Western half of the continent, with just one sp. ranging across the northern part of the continent (A. leopardus Horn) and 3 spp. east of the Rockies (MB to NM)(1)

Habitat

Most spp. are boreal or high elevation generalists, those with explanate pronota appear to be rodent burrow specialists, primarily with ground squirrels and prairie dogs.(1)

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 Tim Loh on 13 February, 2009 - 4:31pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 11 December, 2009 - 9:20am

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