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Genus Blackburneus

Aphodiine dung beetle 10.06.26 (2) - Blackburneus stercorosus

Blackburneus stercorosus (Melsheimer) - Blackburneus stercorosus

Oscarinus sp.? - Blackburneus stercorosus

New Jersey Beetle for ID - Blackburneus stercorosus

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 Blackburneus

Explanation of Names

Blackburneus Schmidt 1913

Numbers

2 spp. in our area, 18 spp. total(1)

Size

2.5-5.0 mm(1)

Range

New World (se. Canada to Argentina & Bolivia); in our area, B. stercorosus in e. NA (QC-MI-e.KS to FL-TX) and B. saylorea in AZ(1)

Works Cited

1.	Systematic revision of the American taxa belonging to the genera Alloblackburneus Bordat, 2009 and Blackburneus Schmidt, 1913... M. Dellacasa, G. Dellacasa, R.D. Gordon. 2011. Insecta Mundi 0204: 1-52.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 16 December, 2011 - 9:24am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 29 March, 2021 - 8:04pm

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