Species Melinopterus prodromus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

Aphodiine Scarab - Melinopterus prodromus

Aphodiine Dung Beetle - Melinopterus prodromus

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 Melinopterus

Species prodromus (Melinopterus prodromus)

Explanation of Names

Melinopterus prodromus (Brahm 1790)

Size

4.0‒7.5 mm(1)

Range

native to the Palæarctic, adventive in NA (transcontinental in the north: BC‒NS south to MT‒NE‒IN‒VA)(1)

Habitat

organic decaying matter and cattle dung(1)

Remarks

earliest NA record: ME before 1878(1)

Works Cited

1.	Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 4: Scarabaeoidea... [through Cleroidea] Klimaszewski J, Langor D, Smith A, Hoebeke E, Davies A, Pelletier G, Douglas HB, Webster RP, Bourdon C, Borowiec L, Scudder GGE. 2017. Pensoft Series Faunistica 116: 1‒215.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 8 May, 2007 - 11:44am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, urtica, v belov
Last updated 22 December, 2024 - 8:21pm

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