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

Species Dellacasiellus kirni

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Aphodius kirni Cartwright - Dellacasiellus kirni
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 Dellacasiellus
Species kirni (Dellacasiellus kirni)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dellacasiellus kirni (Cartwright)
Orig. Comb: Aphodius kirni Cartwright 1944
Numbers
12 Nearctic spp. of Dellacasiellus (1)
Size
7 mm (BG data)
Range
e Great Plains (TX-LA-IN-MN) / Mex. - Map (1)(2), mostly KS to s. TX
Habitat
pocket gophers (Geomys spp.) are primary host (1)
Remarks
Aphodius kirni was the most frequently collected scarab in pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) burrows in Louisiana. (Tishechkin and Cline 2008)
Print References
Cartwright O.L. 1944. New Aphodius from Texas Gopher Burrows. Entomological News. 55: 146-150.
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.
Tishechkin, A.K. and A.R. Cline. 2008. The Beetle (Coleoptera) Fauna of Pocket Gopher Burrows in Louisiana. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 110(2): 331-339. BioOne
Internet References
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.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 7 June, 2012 - 4:09pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 29 March, 2021 - 10:16pm

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