Species Pleurophorus caesus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

Aphodius Stenotothorax species? - Pleurophorus caesus

Scarab - Aphodiine Dung Beetle - Pleurophorus caesus

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 Psammodiini

Genus Pleurophorus

Species caesus (Pleurophorus caesus)

Explanation of Names

Pleurophorus caesus (Creutzer in Panzer 1796)

caesus 'scarred'

Size

2.5‒3.5 mm(1)

Range

native to the Palæarctic, adventive elsewhere, incl. NA (BC‒CA‒CO‒NM, ON‒QC to SD‒MO‒VA)(1)

Habitat

larvae in the top soil layer under decaying plant material, manure, compost(2)

Remarks

earliest NA record: Middle Atlantic states before 1871(1)

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.	Coleoptera Poloniae

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 28 January, 2008 - 10:35pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 22 December, 2024 - 8:56pm

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