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Oxyomus
Genus
Oxyomus
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
Oxyomus
Explanation of Names
Oxyomus
Dejean 1833
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area, ~30 total
(
1
)
Range
Old World; adventive in US & Canada
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by
Phillip Harpootlian
on 8 May, 2007 - 10:55am
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 6 December, 2013 - 7:46pm