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Species Colobopterus erraticus

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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 Colobopterus
Species erraticus (Colobopterus erraticus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aphodius erraticus
Explanation of Names
Colobopterus erraticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
6–9 mm(1)
Range
native to, and widespread across the Palæarctic, adventive in NA (BC–NF to MT–NE–MO–IN–GA)(1)
Habitat
Adults in decaying organic matter(1)
Remarks
earliest NA record: PA before 1845(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.