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

Species Calamosternus granarius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Aphodiine Dung Beetle? - Calamosternus granarius

Scarab: Aphodius granarius? - Calamosternus granarius

Tribe Eupariini? - Calamosternus granarius

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 Calamosternus

Species granarius (Calamosternus granarius)

Explanation of Names

Orig. Comb: Scarabaeus granarius Linnaeus, 1767

Size

3-5 mm (1)

4–6 mm - Smith & Skelley, 2007

Identification

A highly variable species as indicated by the large synonymy.

Males have broad pronotum and smoother clypeus;

females have narrower pronotum and rugose clypeus. - Smith & Skelley, 2007

Most common misidentification is Calamosternus granarius and Oscarinus rusicola. Both are very common, but can be distinguished easily by the shape of the scutellum, among other characters. Pentagon vs. triangle, respectively.

Range

Cosmopolitan, one of the most widely dist. sp., now found in every part of the globe - Map (1)(2), mostly N. Amer. and Europe

Habitat

common wherever cows and other European farm animals are found - Smith & Skelley, 2007

One of the most common sp. in cow dung in the ne. US. (1)

Food

Highly polyphagous, feeding on all kinds of dung, debris, decaying vegetables, compost, carrion, etc. (1)

Remarks

Type Locality: "Europa"

Internet References

University of Nebraska - Andrew Smith and Paul Skelley, 2007

Works Cited

1.	The Scarab Beetles of Florida Robert Woodruff. 1973. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 28 January, 2008 - 10:15pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, nebbeetle
Last updated 28 October, 2023 - 1:31pm

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