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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae)

Subfamily Aphodiinae - Aphodiine Dung Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Works Cited
Dung Beetle? - Ataenius platensis Aphodiinae - Aphodius opacus Aphodius - Aphodius rusicola Another Aphodius? - Aphodius fossor Brown beetle - Ataenius imbricatus Aphodius fimetarius? - Aphodius fimetarius Aphodius rusicola Completely stumped... - Ataenius imbricatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Aphodiinae (Aphodiine Dung Beetles)
Explanation of Names
Aphodiinae Leach 1815
Numbers
>400 spp. in 35-84 genera (depending on classification) of 6 tribes in our area, ~3200 spp. in ~280 genera worldwide, arranged into 12 tribes(1)
Size
rarely over 15 mm, most are less than 8 mm(1)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(1)
Food
many feed on dung, some are detritivores, psammophiles, saprophages, inquilines with ants or termites, or may potentially be predators; adults with reduced mandibles are suspected to feed primarily on bacteria or yeast-rich fluids in dung or decaying materials(1)
Works Cited
1.Skelley P.E. (2008) Aphodiinae. In: Generic guide to New World scarab beetles
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 18 March, 2005 - 6:53am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 7 December, 2013 - 9:00am

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