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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Aphodiini » Otophorus » Otophorus haemorrhoidalis

Species Otophorus haemorrhoidalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Bison dung beetles - Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Bison dung beetles - Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Aphodius sp. - Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Otophorus haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus) - Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Aphodius haemorrhoidalis_dorsal - Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Aphodius haemorrhoidalis_lateral - Otophorus haemorrhoidalis fimetarius? - Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Otophorus haemorrhoidalis? - Otophorus haemorrhoidalis
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 Otophorus
Species haemorrhoidalis (Otophorus haemorrhoidalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
≡Aphodius haemorrhoidalis
Explanation of Names
Otophorus haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
4.0‒5.5 mm(1)
Identification
large scutellum, elytra usually with apical red patch
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive and widespread in NA (BC‒CA to NF‒FL)(1)
Habitat
cattle dung and decaying organic matter(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: NJ before 1915(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.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 16 December, 2008 - 5:41pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 5 December, 2024 - 12:47pm

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