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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Aegialiini » Aegialia » Ciervo Aegialian Scarab (Aegialia concinna)

Species Aegialia concinna - Ciervo Aegialian Scarab

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Ciervo aegialian Scarab Beetle (Aegialia concinna) - Aegialia concinna
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 Aegialiini
Genus Aegialia
Species concinna (Ciervo Aegialian Scarab)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aegialia concinna Gordon and Cartwright 1977
Size
3.25-4.0 mm (ESRP)
Range
only known from four localities in Contra Costa, Fresno, San Benito, and San Joaquin counties. CA (ESRP)
Life Cycle
flightless (ESRP)
Remarks
on California's "Special Animals" List. (1)
Print References
Gordon, R.D., and O.L. Cartwright. 1988. North American representatives of the tribe Aegialiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Smithsonia Publ. Zool. 461: 1-37.
Gordon, R.D., and O.L. Cartwright. 1977. Four new species of Aegialia (s. str.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from California and Nevada sand dunes. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 67: 342-48.
Internet References
Endangered Species Recovery Program - ESRP
Works Cited
1.California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Special Animals List.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2016. Periodic publication. 51 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 16 May, 2010 - 7:37pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 6 April, 2016 - 10:02am

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