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Species Planolinellus vittatus

Representative Images

Aphodius? - Planolinellus vittatus Aphodius sp. - Planolinellus vittatus Planolinellus vittatus (Say) - Planolinellus vittatus - male Planolinellus vittatus Planolinellus vittatus? - Planolinellus vittatus Planolinellus vittatus? - Planolinellus vittatus Another Planolinellus vittatus? - Planolinellus vittatus Another Planolinellus vittatus? - Planolinellus vittatus

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 Planolinellus
Species vittatus (Planolinellus vittatus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aphodius vittatus Say 1825

Explanation of Names

Planolinellus vittatus (Say)

Size

3.5‒5.0 mm(1)

Range

native to the Palæarctic (e.Europe to Mongolia)(2), adventive and widespread in NA (BC‒NS, most of the lower 48 states and n.Mexico), but could naturally have a holarctic distribution(1)

Life Cycle

surface dung generalist(3)

Remarks

earliest NA record: e.US pre-1825(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.
2.Keys to the insects of the Far East of the USSR, Vol. 3. Coleoptera I
Lehr P.A., ed. 1989. Leningrad, Nauka Publishing House, 572 pp.
3.Skelley P.E. (2008) Aphodiinae. In: Generic guide to New World scarab beetles
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 4 March, 2009 - 1:51pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 December, 2024 - 4:12pm

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