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Species Teuchestes fossor

Most likely suspect, Fossor... - Teuchestes fossor Little black scarab  - Teuchestes fossor Aphodiinae on a snowpack  - Teuchestes fossor Aphodiinae on a snowpack  - Teuchestes fossor Aphodiinae on a snowpack  - Teuchestes fossor Aphodiinae on a snowpack  - Teuchestes fossor Gravedigger Dung Beetle - Teuchestes fossor Gravedigger Dung Beetle - Teuchestes fossor
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 Teuchestes
Species fossor (Teuchestes fossor)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aphodius fossor
Explanation of Names
Aphodius fossor (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
8‒12 mm(1)
Range
native to the Palæarctic (Europe to Siberia), adventive and widespread in NA (AK‒OR to LB‒VA)(1)
Habitat
primarily cow dung, occasionally other types of dung(1)
Remarks
earliest NA record: QC 1858(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.