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Aphodius pedellus
Species
Aphodius pedellus
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
Aphodius
Species
pedellus
(Aphodius pedellus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
used to be treated as a synonym of
A. fimetarius
Explanation of Names
Aphodius pedellus
(de Geer 1774)
Range
native to Europe, adventive in NA
(
1
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Works Cited
1.
Making the cryptic visible - resolving the sp. complex of Aphodius fimetarius and A. pedellus by three complementary methods
Miraldo et al. 2014. Systematic Entomology, 39(3): 531-547.
Contributed by
Chris Grinter
on 31 May, 2013 - 6:08pm
Additional contributions by
john and jane balaban
,
Phillip Harpootlian
,
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 10 December, 2023 - 6:00pm