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Colobopterus erraticus
Species
Colobopterus erraticus
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
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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
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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 1 June, 2009 - 9:02am
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
Phillip Harpootlian
,
Mike Quinn
Last updated 18 October, 2024 - 4:43pm