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Chilothorax distinctus
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Copyright © 2008
Tim Loh
Dung Beetle -
Chilothorax distinctus
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
October 18, 2008
Size: 4.5 mm
Aphodius distinctus? Found dead in the bathroom of my home
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Contributed by
Tim Loh
on 19 November, 2008 - 8:49pm
Last updated 11 April, 2016 - 4:36pm
used to be
Aphodius distinctus
but now are in a different genera in Robert Gordon's revision. I cannot remember the new one at the moment....
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Guy A. Hanley
, 20 November, 2008 - 8:17am
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Chilothorax?
though that's considered a subgenus of Aphodius? Taxonomic revisions are confusing....
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Tim Loh
, 20 November, 2008 - 11:03am
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Yep
thats the genus in Gordon's revision, and the only one in that genus. The only species left in the genus
Aphodius
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A. fimetarius
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Guy A. Hanley
, 20 November, 2008 - 12:12pm
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