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Subfamily Aphodiinae - Aphodiine Dung Beetles

Oscarinus  sp. - Oscarinus welderi Euparixia duncani Brown - Euparixia duncani Aphodiine Dung Beetle? - Ataenius Aphodius sp - Aphodius pedellus Aphodius rufipes (Linnaeus) - Acrossus rufipes Aphodiini - Tetraclipeoides aemulus Scarab - Aphodiine Dung Beetle - Labarrus pseudolividus Labarrus pseudolividus? - Labarrus pseudolividus
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)
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 >15 mm, most <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 matter(1)