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A review of the scarab beetle tribe Aphodiini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) of the fauna of Russia
By Akhmetova L., Frolov A.V.
Ent. Review 94: 846‒879, 2014

A new genus for Drepanocanthoides larreae (Horn, 1887) and description of a new congeneric Mexican species...
By Dellacasa M., Dellacasa G., Gordon R.D.,
Insecta Mundi 0407: 1–6, 2015
Full title: A new genus for Drepanocanthoides larreae (Horn, 1887) and description of a new congeneric Mexican species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)

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Checklist of the Aphodiini of Mexico, Central and South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
By P.E. Skelley, M. Dellacasa, G. Dellacasa, R.D. Gordon
Insecta Mundi 0014: 1-14, 2007

A Monograph of the Aphodiini Inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae:Aphodiini)
By Robert D. Gordon & Paul E. Skelley
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 2007
20 new genera, 38 new species, 28 new synonyms and 179 new combinations. For our fauna, only fimetarius remains in Aphodius. One example, the widespread Aphodius campestris is now Blackburneus aegrotus. Several genera have only one or two species.

Aphodiinae described or recorded by Bates in Biologia Centrali-Americana (Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiidae)
By Dellacasa M., Gordon R.D., Dellacasa G.
Acta Zool. Mex. 86: 155–223, 2002

A review of the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of southern South America.
By Smith, A.B.T. and P.E. Skelley
Zootaxa 1458: 1-80., 2007
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Smith, A.B.T. and P.E. Skelley. 2007. A review of the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of southern South America. Zootaxa 1458: 1-80.

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The 27 Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) species that occur in southern South America are reviewed. This study region consists of the southern parts of Argentina and Chile including the Central Chilean, Patagonian, and Subantarctic biogeographical provinces. Keys, illustrations, and distributional records with maps for all species are presented. Seventeen species are native to southern South America, nine species are introduced, and the status of one species could not be determined due to a lack of study material. Nine of the 17 native species are endemic to southern South America, and the relationship between these endemic species and similar Australian groups is discussed. A number of classification and nomenclatural changes are made. Paranimbus Schmidt and Pseudopodotenus Dellacasa are considered to subgenera of Podotenus Schmidt. As a result, the following new combinations are created: Podotenus (Paranimbus) longitarsis (Harold), Podotenus (Paranimbus) penai (Petrovitz), Podotenus (Paranimbus) peruanus (Erichson), Podotenus (Paranimbus) zoiai (Dellacasa), and Podotenus (Pseudopodotenus) fulviventris (Fairmaire and Germain). Ataenius chilensis (Solier) is removed from synonymy with Ataenius gracilis (Melsheimer) and is considered a valid species. Ataenius modestus Schmidt is synonymized under Ataenius chilensis (Solier). Psammobius indefensus Schmidt is transferred to the genus Leiopsammodius and Leiopsammodius chilensis Rakovic is placed in synonymy with this name. Lectotypes are designated for the following names: Aphodius chilensis Solier (now Ataenius chilensis), Aphodius reflexus Schmidt (now Orodaliscoides reflexus), Ataenius modestus (now a synonym of Ataenius chilensis), and Psammobius indefensus Schmidt (now Leiopsammodius indefensus). A neotype is designated for Aphodius angustus Philippi and Philippi, a synonym of Pleurophorus caesus (Panzer). Records considered to be erroneous for several Aphodiinae species in southern South America are also discussed.

SCIENTIFIC NOTE: Observations of urban dung beetles utilizing dog feces (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).
By Cave, R.D.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 59(3): 400-401., 2005
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Cave, R.D. (2005) SCIENTIFIC NOTE: Observations of urban dung beetles utilizing dog feces (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 59(3): 400-401.

This note presents a compilation of observations of dung beetles found utilizing dog dung in Austin, Texas. A total of 1,272 dung beetles representing sixteen species were found between September 1999 and January 2004. Locations where beetles were collected or observed ranged from approximately 25 km east to 12 km west, and 12.3 km south to 10.95 km north of the State Capitol building. Identifications were made using keys published by Howden and Cartwright (1963), Woodruff (1973), Gordon (1983), and Ratcliffe (1991).

Notes on some species of Canthon and Dichelonyx (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
By Brown W.J.
Can. Entomol. 78: 104–109, 1946

 
 
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