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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Aphodiini » Aphodius » Subgenus Aphodius (Aphodius Subgenus Aphodius) » Aphodius (Aphodius) fimetarius (Aphodius fimetarius)

Species Aphodius fimetarius - Aphodius (Aphodius) fimetarius

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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 Aphodius
No Taxon (Subgenus Aphodius)
Species fimetarius (Aphodius (Aphodius) fimetarius)
Print References
Whitehead, P. F. 2006. Aphodius (A.) fimetarius (L., 1758) and Aphodius (A.) pedellus (De Geer, 1774) (Col., Aphodidae) are distinct species, with new evidence for their European distribution. ENTOMOLOGISTS MONTHLY MAGAZINE, VOL 142; NUMB 1703/1705, pages 85-86.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 27 March, 2007 - 7:30am
Last updated 29 February, 2008 - 2:34pm

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