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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Aphodiini » Pardalosus » Pardalosus pardalis
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Beetle - Pardalosus pardalis
Copyright © 2013 Kyron Basu

Beetle - Pardalosus pardalis
Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
January 4, 2013
Size: 4.2mm body length
Found on the snow along with several others. This one seems to have a couple of mites attached (phoretic?).

Something in Aphodius?

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Contributed by Kyron Basu on 4 January, 2013 - 1:42pm
Last updated 7 January, 2013 - 6:33pm

Moved tentatively... thanks, Tim; makes sense
Moved from Aphodius.
… v belov, 7 January, 2013 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

 
..
Thanks Tim and V!
… Kyron Basu, 7 January, 2013 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

thinking, Pardalosus; let's wait for the experts
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 4 January, 2013 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Pardalosus pardalis, yes
Excellent photographs that actually show the characters well enough to key! There are several "spotted" Aphodius (sensu lato) in the same area, and the "genera" that contain them look very similar by gestalt, so you can't simply think "spotted = pardalis."
… William B. Warner, 12 January, 2013 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

 
How Pardalosus Got Its Spots
thanks again, Bill.
… v belov, 12 January, 2013 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

 
P. pardalis?
Found a few around this time of year in s. BC.
… Tim Loh, 7 January, 2013 - 1:10am login or register to post comments

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