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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Aphodiini » Stenotothorax » Stenotothorax badipes
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Small beetle - Stenotothorax badipes
Copyright © 2016 Ken Childs

Small beetle - Stenotothorax badipes
Henderson, Chester County, Tennessee, USA
January 30, 2016
Size: TL 8.5mm

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Contributed by Ken Childs on 31 January, 2016 - 10:55am
Last updated 6 July, 2023 - 7:16am

Moved tentatively
Moved from Aphodiini.
… v belov, 6 July, 2023 - 7:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aphodiine Dung Beetles.
… v belov, 2 March, 2017 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Aphodiinae for now...
this is turning out to be more perplexing than I thought. The hind tibiae look like 'Aphodius' but look at the length of that metatibial spur! Scutellum looks long too but hard to say from the dorsal pic.

Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 31 January, 2016 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

Aphodiinae of sorts
cannot separate 'Aphodius' from Ataenius from this angle; some features suggest one, others suggest the other. If I had to pick, I'd probably pick Aphodius (s. lat.)
… Blaine Mathison, 31 January, 2016 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
What do you need to see? It's
What do you need to see? It's going to be warm again tonight so maybe it or another like it will show up.
… Ken Childs, 31 January, 2016 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

 
dorsal shot critical
...as always :)

I also doubt it is 10 mm. If you are not measuring with a calibrated instrument, you shouldn't include a size. Estimations can be misleading.
… Blaine Mathison, 31 January, 2016 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Using the thread count, the s
Using the thread count, the size has been revised to TL 8.5mm.
… Ken Childs, 31 January, 2016 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Dorsal view added
Dorsal view added
… Ken Childs, 31 January, 2016 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

 
duplicate comment
duplicate comment
… Blaine Mathison, 31 January, 2016 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

 
I have one of those but the h
I have one of those but the head is tucked in. Will that help?
… Ken Childs, 31 January, 2016 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

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