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Tribe Aphodiini

cowling-pronotum beetle - Dialytes striatulus Moose dung beetle - Aphodius fimetarius Coleoptera 05a - Aphodius Aphodius? - Aphodius vittatus Dung Beetle - Aphodius Aphodius distinctus? - Aphodius distinctus tiny black scarab beetle - Aphodius granarius beetle - Aphodius rusicola
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
Numbers
Aphodius Illiger 1798, sensu American Beetles (1) was recently split into many genera (2), treated as subgenera here for now [see also (3)].

After Gordon and Skelley (2007)
Genus Dialytellus; dialytoides, tragicus (=humeralis)
Genus Dialytes; criddlei, striatulus, truncatus, ulkei
Genus Diapterna; hamata, hyperborea, omissa, pinguella, pinguis
Genus Hornietus; ventralis
Genus Oxyomus; sylvestris
Genus Xeropsamobeus; acerbus, ambiguus, arenicolus, asellus, brighti, desertus, doyeni, mohavei, padrei, scabriceps

Genus Aphodius
Genus Aphodius s. str.; fimetarius, pedellus [?]
The following are being treated as subgenera of Aphodius for now
Genus Acrossus; rubripennis, rufipes
Genus Agoliinus; albertanus, aleutus, anthracus, bidentatus, cruentatus, guttatus, hatchi, incommunis, ingenursus, leopardus, malkini, manitobensis, piceatus, plutonicus, poudreus, praealtus, sigmoideus, wickhami, congregatus, aquilonarius, ashworthi, canadensis, corruptor, explanatus, idahoensis
Genus Ballucus; barri, bruneaui, oregonus, obtusus
Genus Blackburneus; aegrotus (=campestris), cavidomus, cynomysi, fordi, geomysi, lentus, rubeolus, saylorea, stercorosus, tenuistriatus, troglodytes
Genus Calamosternus; granarius
Genus Caligodorus; opacus, tuberosus, vandykei
Genus Cephalocyclus; hogei, luteolus
Genus Chilothorax; distinctus
Genus Cinacanthus; coquilletti, crenicollis, crescentus, hirsutus, militaris, ulkei
Genus Coelotrachelus; rudis
Genus Colobopterus; erraticus
Genus Cryptoscatomaseter; acuminatus, platypleurus, brevicollis, depressiusculus, iowensis, yavapai, gambrinus, haldemani, hubbelli, magnificens, rossi, browni, captivus, criddlei, ochreipennis, oklahomensis, pholetus, salsburyi, talpoidesi, utopensis, caccabatus, ejectus, excavatus, incomptus, punctissimus, paulseni, umbricollis
Genus Dellacasiellus; carpinterius, claudus, concavus (=cressoni), fucosus, glamisensis, humboldti, milleri, pseudofucosus, ruficlarus (=subcarinatus), griffini, kirni, laevigatus
Genus Dialytodius; carri, decipiens, olympicus, rogersi
Genus Drepanocanthoides; larreae, walshii
Genus Flaviellus; aggregatus, gordoni, perfimbriatus, phalerioides, phalerius, subtruncatus
Genus Geomyphilus; alabama, insolitus, rubiginosus, thomomysi, essigi, geronimo, kiowensis, leptotarsis, pinolus, russeus, ungulatus, viceversus
Genus Haroldiellus; sallei
Genus Irrasinus; dumasi, stupidus
Genus Labarrus; lividus, pseudolividus
Genus Lechorodius; lutulentus, terminalis
Genus Liothorax; alternatus, consociatus, subaeneus
Genus Luxolinus; luxatus
Genus Maculaphodius; conspersus
Genus Melinopterus; consentaneus, femoralis, prodromus
Genus Mendidius; aculeatus
Genus Merogyrus; rotundiceps
Genus Neotrichonotulus; inurbanus
Genus Nialaphodius; nigrita
Genus Oscarinus; abusus, bottimeri, brimleyi, crassuloides, crassulus, lodingi, odocoilis, pseudabusus, silvanicus, texensis, windsori, matiganae, floridanus, rusicola, stuessyi, welderi
Genus Otophorus; haemorrhoidalis
Genus Pardalosus; pardalis, pseudopardalis, slevini, pumilio, neodistinctus, sayi, serval
Genus Phaeaphodius; rectus
Genus Planolinellus; vittatus
Genus Planolinoides; aenictus, borealis, duplex, neotomae, pectoralis
Genus Planolinus; tenellus
Genus Pseudagolius; bicolor, coloradensis, warneri
Genus Rugaphodius; rugatus
Genus Scabrostomus; kerni, parapeculiosus, peculiosus, siccatus, skillmani, baileyi, dyspistus, sepultus, bakeri, tantytarsus
Genus Schaefferellus; arizonensis
Genus Setodius; bryanti, diogenes (=suspectus), edmontonus
Genus Stenotothorax; badipes, gardneri, gravis, sparsus, cadaverinus, comosus, cribratulus, dilaticollis, gentilis, lanei, linsleyi, martini, mcpeaki, micellus, nevadensis, oriens, oviformis (=inyoensis), ovipennis, parapyriformis, pyriformis, rugoclypeus, washtucna, woodleyi
Genus Strigodius; robinsoni
Genus Tetraclipeoides; acutissimus, aemulus (=fortunus), anomaliceps, denticulatus, dentiger, dentigerulus, fimbripes, formidatus, giulianii, henryi, moquinus, testaceiventris, texanus
Genus Teuchestes; fossor
Genus Trichonotulus; scrofa
Print References
Gordon, R.D. & P.E. Skelley. 2007. A Monograph of the Aphodiini Inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae:Aphodiini).(2)

Gordon, R.D. 1983. Studies on the genus Aphodius of the United States and Canada. VII. Food and habitat; distribution; key to eastern species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 85: 633-652.
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
2.A Monograph of the Aphodiini Inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae:Aphodiini)
By Robert D. Gordon & Paul E. Skelley
3.The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska
By Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen