Species Calamosternus granarius

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

Aphodius granarius - Calamosternus granarius

Aphodiine scarab 4 - Calamosternus granarius

Aphodius granarius (Linnaeus) - Calamosternus granarius

Aphodius - sp? - Calamosternus granarius

Aphodiine Dung Beetle? - Calamosternus granarius

Small scarab under rock - 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

Calamosternus granarius (Linnaeus 1767)

Size

3–6 mm(1)

Identification

highly variable; males have broader pronotum and smoother clypeus (Smith & Skelley 2007)

Calamosternus granarius vs Oscarinus rusicola: both very common, distinguished easily by scutellum pentagonal vs. triangular

Range

of Palaearctic origin, now cosmopolitan; in our area, transcontinental (BC–NS to CA–TX–FL)(1)

Habitat

adults in cattle dung and other decaying organic matter(1)

Food

Highly polyphagous, feeding on all kinds of dung, debris, compost, carrion, etc.(2)

Remarks

earliest NA record: MA 1650–1700(1)

Internet References

Species page (Smith & Skelley 2007)

Works Cited

1.	Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 4: Scarabaeoidea... [through Cleroidea] Klimaszewski J, Langor D, Smith A, Hoebeke E, Davies A, Pelletier G, Douglas HB, Webster RP, Bourdon C, Borowiec L, Scudder GGE. 2017. Pensoft Series Faunistica 116: 1‒215.

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

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 28 January, 2008 - 10:15pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, nebbeetle, v belov
Last updated 10 October, 2024 - 8:49pm

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