Genus Dialytes

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

cowling-pronotum beetle - Dialytes striatulus

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 Dialytes

Numbers

Four species;

Dialytes criddlei Brown 1929 - North central US/Canada

Dialytes striatulus (Say 1825) - Eastern US, south to Georgia/Canada

Dialytes truncatus (Melsheimer 1846) - Eastern US south to at least South Carolina/Canada

Dialytes ulkei Horn 1875 - Eastern US south to at least South Carolina/Canada

Identification

Aphodiine; Foretibia with teeth obsolete [one small tooth at insertion of tarsi] and pronotum with basal angles obliterated.

Range

As now understood, strictly NA genus, mostly eastern US/Canada

Season

Cold-adapted

Food

Dung

Print References

Scarab Beetles of South Carolina (1) - three eastern US species illustrated.

Internet References

Nothing of consequence found - mostly lists.

Works Cited

1.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina By Phillip J. Harpootlian

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 3 October, 2005 - 7:50am
Last updated 26 December, 2007 - 1:04pm

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