Tribe Aphodiini
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
Numbers Aphodius as treated in (1), were split into many genera (2).
Genera of Aphodiini per Gordon and Skelley (2007) (2):
Dialytellus: dialytoides, tragicus (=humeralis)
Dialytes: criddlei, striatulus, truncatus, ulkei
Diapterna: hamata, hyperborea, omissa, pinguella, pinguis
Xeropsamobeus: acerbus, ambiguus, arenicolus, asellus, brighti, desertus, doyeni, mohavei, padrei, scabriceps
The following taxa were previously Aphodius:
Aphodius: fimetarius, pedellus
Acrossus: rubripennis, rufipes
Agoliinus: albertanus, aleutus, anthracus, bidentatus, cruentatus, guttatus, hatchi, incommunis, ingenursus, leopardus, malkini, manitobensis, piceatus, plutonicus, poudreus, praealtus, sigmoideus, wickhami, congregatus, aquilonarius, ashworthi, canadensis, corruptor, explanatus, idahoensis
Alloblackburneus: aegrotus (=campestris), cavidomus, cynomysi, fordi, geomysi, lentus, rubeolus, tenuistriatus, troglodytes
Ballucus: barri, bruneaui, oregonus, obtusus
Blackburneus: saylorea, stercorosus
Caligodorus: opacus, tuberosus, vandykei
Cephalocyclus: hogei, luteolus
Cinacanthus: coquilletti, crenicollis, crescentus, hirsutus, militaris, ulkei
Cryptoscatomaseter: acuminatus, platypleurus, brevicollis, depressiusculus, iowensis, yavapai, gambrinus, haldemani, hubbelli, magnificens, rossi, browni, captivus, criddlei, ochreipennis, oklahomensis, pholetus, salsburyi, talpoidesi, utopensis, caccabatus, ejectus, excavatus, incomptus, punctissimus, paulseni, umbricollis
Dellacasiellus: carpinterius, claudus, concavus (=cressoni), fucosus, glamisensis, humboldti, milleri, pseudofucosus, ruficlarus (=subcarinatus), griffini, kirni, laevigatus
Dialytodius: carri, decipiens, olympicus, rogersi
Flaviellus: aggregatus, gordoni, perfimbriatus, phalerioides, phalerius, subtruncatus
Geomyphilus: alabama, insolitus, rubiginosus, thomomysi, essigi, geronimo, kiowensis, leptotarsis, pinolus, russeus, ungulatus, viceversus
Irrasinus: dumasi, stupidus
Labarrus: lividus, pseudolividus
Lechorodius: lutulentus, terminalis
Liothorax: alternatus, consociatus, subaeneus
Melinopterus: consentaneus, femoralis, prodromus
Orodaliscoides: fimbripes, giulianii
Oscarinus: abusus, bottimeri, brimleyi, crassuloides, crassulus, lodingi, odocoilis, pseudabusus, silvanicus, texensis, windsori, matiganae, floridanus, rusicola, stuessyi, welderi
Otophorus: haemorrhoidalis
Oxyomoides: baileyi, dyspistus, sepultus
Pardalosus: pardalis, pseudopardalis, slevini, pumilio, neodistinctus, sayi, serval
Planolinoides: aenictus, borealis, duplex, neotomae, pectoralis
Pseudagolius: bicolor, coloradensis, warneri
Scabrostomus: kerni, parapeculiosus, peculiosus, siccatus, skillmani, bakeri, tantytarsus
Setodius: bryanti, diogenes (=suspectus), edmontonus
Stenotothorax: badipes, gardneri, gravis, sparsus, cadaverinus, comosus, cribratulus, dilaticollis, gentilis, lanei, linsleyi, martini, mcpeaki, micellus, nevadensis, oriens, oviformis (=inyoensis), ovipennis, parapyriformis, pyriformis, rugoclypeus, washtucna, woodleyi
Tetraclipeoides: acutissimus, aemulus (=fortunus), anomaliceps, denticulatus, dentiger, dentigerulus, formidatus, henryi, moquinus, testaceiventris, texanus
Remarks Almost half of native North American species are endocoprids* of burrowing rodents. In eastern forests, about half of native species feed on deer droppings, while those that feed on cattle dung are introduced from Europe. ( Hanski 1987) _______________________
*coprophages that live in droppings in both adult and larval forms. Works Cited | 1. | American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. |  |
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