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Genus Alloblackburneus

Aphodius something? - Alloblackburneus Very small dung beetle - Alloblackburneus rubeolus Blackburneus rubeolus (Palisot de Beauvois) - Alloblackburneus rubeolus Aphodius Blackburneus troglodytes - Alloblackburneus troglodytes Aphodius (Blackburneus) lentus - Alloblackburneus lentus Alloblackburneus tenuistriatus (Horn) - Alloblackburneus tenuistriatus Aphodinae - Alloblackburneus Alloblackburneus aegrotus
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 Alloblackburneus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
were in Blackburneus
Numbers
8 spp. in our area, 14 spp. total (several more exotic spp. may belong here)(1)
Size
2.5-5.0 mm(1)
Range
US & Mexico, also Subsaharan Africa; in our area, so. US, but some spp. (A. aegrotus, A. lentus) range north to NJ-IN-ND(1)
Remarks
besides those already in the Guide, other spp. in our area that have been transferred here are cavidomus (Brown) OK-TX-UT, fordi (Gordon) GA-FL, and geomysi (Cartwright) NC-FL(1)
Works Cited
1.Systematic revision of the American taxa belonging to the genera Alloblackburneus Bordat, 2009 and Blackburneus Schmidt, 1913...
M. Dellacasa, G. Dellacasa, R.D. Gordon. 2011. Insecta Mundi 0204: 1-52.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 14 November, 2007 - 8:18am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, v belov
Last updated 19 August, 2020 - 9:09am

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