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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Aphodiini » Oscarinus » Oscarinus abusus

Species Oscarinus abusus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Oscarinus abusus (Fall) - Oscarinus abusus
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 Oscarinus
Species abusus (Oscarinus abusus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oscarinus abusus (Fall)
Orig. Comb: Aphodius abusus Fall, 1907
Numbers
16 spp. of Oscarinus n. of Mex.
Range
South-Central USA (1)
Food
Deer dung
Remarks
Type Locality: Texas
Print References
Cartwright, O.L. 1957. Three New American Aphodius with Notes and a Key to Related Species (Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 11(3/4): 55-61. JSTOR
Fall, H.F. and T.D.A. Cockerell. 1907. The Coleoptera of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33: 145-272.
Gordon, R.D., and P.E. Skelley. 2007. A monograph of the Aphodiini inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 79: 580 pp.
Internet References
Type - MCZC, Harvard
Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles - Paul Skelley, 2008
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 Mike Quinn on 7 June, 2012 - 3:40pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 29 March, 2021 - 10:07pm

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