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Genus Colobopterus

Scarabaeidae -? - Colobopterus erraticus

Something in Aphodiini? - Colobopterus erraticus

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 Colobopterus

Explanation of Names

Colobopterus Mulsant 1842

Numbers

A single (adventive) species in our area, 6 spp. total (1)

Range

Oriental and Palaearctic; adventive in e. 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 v belov on 1 June, 2009 - 9:02am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 29 March, 2021 - 8:43pm

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