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Pleurophorus caesus
Species
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
2.5-3.2 mm
(
1
)
Range
native to w. Palaearctic (
map
), adventive elsewhere, incl. the New World (Canada to Chile)
(
2
)
(
3
)
Habitat
larvae in the top soil layer under decaying plant material, manure, compost
(
3
)
Internet References
Species profile
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
Lompe A. (2002-) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.
Scarabaeoidea of southern South America
3.
Coleoptera Poloniae
Contributed by
Phillip Harpootlian
on 28 January, 2008 - 10:35pm
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
v belov
Last updated 4 July, 2020 - 6:05pm