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Species Otophorus haemorrhoidalis

Bison dung beetles - Otophorus haemorrhoidalis

Aphodius sp. - Otophorus haemorrhoidalis

Aphodius haemorrhoidalis_dorsal - Otophorus haemorrhoidalis

Aphodius haemorrhoidalis_lateral - 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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