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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Aphodiini » Melinopterus

Genus Melinopterus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Aphodius - Melinopterus prodromus Aphodius - Melinopterus prodromus Dung Beetle - Melinopterus prodromus Dung Beetle - Melinopterus prodromus Unknown Aphodiine? - Melinopterus prodromus Aphodiine Scarab - Melinopterus prodromus Aphodiine Dung Beetle - Melinopterus prodromus Aphodius ( Melanopterus ) prodromus - 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
Explanation of Names
Melinopterus Mulsant 1842
Numbers
3 spp. in our area and in the New World (of which M. prodromus is adventive), 20 total(1)
Range
Holarctic; in our area, two spp. in e. NA and one in w. NA(1)
Works Cited
1.A Monograph of the Aphodiini Inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae:Aphodiini)
Robert D. Gordon & Paul E. Skelley. 2007. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 14 November, 2007 - 8:20am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 29 March, 2021 - 8:51pm

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