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Species Labarrus pseudolividus

Dung Beetle - Labarrus pseudolividus Dark-headed scarab - Labarrus pseudolividus Aphodius pseudolividus? - Labarrus pseudolividus Aphodiine Dung Beetle - Labarrus pseudolividus Aphodiinae - Labarrus pseudolividus Labarrus pseudolividus Labarrus, came to UV light - Labarrus pseudolividus beetle - 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)
Tribe Aphodiini
Genus Labarrus
Species pseudolividus (Labarrus pseudolividus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
part of a worldwide species complex often lumped under L. lividus (Ol.)(1); see discussion
Explanation of Names
Labarrus pseudolividus (Balthasar 1941)
Size
4–6 mm(1)
Identification
key in (2)
Range
subcosmopolitan (the Americas, Australasia, tropical Africa)(1); widespread in the US (introduced)
Habitat
can be the most commonly collected species in an area, adults being found in a wide variety of dung; may be abundand at lights(1)
Season
Mar‒Oct in Brazos Co., TX [=v=]
Food
Adults in dung
Life Cycle
Eggs laid inside dung pat
Works Cited
1.A review of the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of southern South America.
Smith, A.B.T. and P.E. Skelley. 2007. Zootaxa 1458: 1-80.
2.Aphodiinae described or recorded by Bates in Biologia Centrali-Americana (Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiidae)
Dellacasa M., Gordon R.D., Dellacasa G. 2002. Acta Zool. Mex. 86: 155–223.