Species Eupleurus subterraneus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

Aphodiine Dung Beetle? - Eupleurus subterraneus

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 Eupleurus

Species subterraneus (Eupleurus subterraneus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

≡Aphodius subterraneus

Explanation of Names

Eupleurus subterraneus (Mulsant 1842)

Size

6‒8 mm(1)

Range

native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic, adventive in (ne.NA)(1)

Habitat

decaying organic matter(1)

Remarks

earliest NA record: NJ 1925(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 v belov on 5 May, 2009 - 10:33am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 18 October, 2024 - 4:50pm

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