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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Aphodiini » Diapterna
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Aphodine Scarab 1 - Diapterna
Copyright © 2009 Tim Loh

Aphodine Scarab 1 - Diapterna
Pine Lake, Alberta, Canada
May 23, 2009
Size: 7 mm
Sweepnetted from tall grass near lake margin; Can't find a match on the guide so far :-/

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Contributed by Tim Loh on 26 May, 2009 - 11:53pm
Last updated 19 March, 2011 - 1:02pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Diapterna.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 28 July, 2009 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

from Paul Skelley:
"Diapterna sp. I think there are some species problems here, and a couple have radical color pattern differences across the range. If I had to guess, it would be D. omissa."
… v belov, 10 July, 2009 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aphodius.
… Tim Loh, 5 June, 2009 - 2:43am login or register to post comments

i like this one -- pls add a lateral, would you?
[w/head to the left :]
… v belov, 27 May, 2009 - 6:44am login or register to post comments

 
Any news yet on the id? Will
Any news yet on the id? Will move to genus for now.
… Tim Loh, 1 June, 2009 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Subgenus/genus Diapterna
as keyed from U. of Nebraska's New World scarab website; 6 species in the genus, 5 of them in AB as from this checklist (under Aphodius). Diagnostic characters- spinules on metatibia apex unequal in length, punctures on pronotum irregularly spaced, colour mainly black with various yellow markings.
… Tim Loh, 5 June, 2009 - 2:42am login or register to post comments

 
Lateral view added
though it's facing right (bug is pointed on left)
… Tim Loh, 27 May, 2009 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Magic
!
… John R. Maxwell, 27 May, 2009 - 10:24pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks :-)
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… Tim Loh, 28 May, 2009 - 2:20am login or register to post comments

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