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Genus Hornietus

Hornietus ventralis (Horn) - Hornietus ventralis

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 Hornietus

Explanation of Names

Hornietus Stebnicka 2000

Numbers

monotypic genus(1), our sp. was placed in the Eupariini when Saprosites.

Range

e. NA(1)

Works Cited

1.	A Monograph of the Aphodiini Inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae:Aphodiini) Robert D. Gordon & Paul E. Skelley. 2007. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute.

Contributed by v belov on 8 March, 2011 - 6:47pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 28 November, 2016 - 12:32pm

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