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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Aphodiini » Acrossus » Acrossus rufipes

Species Acrossus rufipes

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Aphodius rufipes (Linnaeus) - Acrossus rufipes Scarab - Acrossus rufipes Aphodius rufipes - Acrossus rufipes Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Acrossus rufipes Dung Beetle at UV - Acrossus rufipes Dung Beetle at UV - Acrossus rufipes Dung Beetle at UV - Acrossus rufipes huge aphodiine - Acrossus rufipes
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 Acrossus
Species rufipes (Acrossus rufipes)
Other Common Names
Night-flying Dung Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
≡Aphodius rufipes
Explanation of Names
Acrossus rufipes (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
11‒13 mm(1)
Identification
a very large, uniformly dark, rather flat aphodiine with broad, nearly semicircular head and somewhat lighter legs
Range
native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (QC‒ON to NC/TN along the Appalachians)(1)
Remarks
earliest NA record: MD before 1887(1)
comes to lights; very common in most of Europe
Works Cited
1.Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 4: Scarabaeoidea... [through Cleroidea]
Klimaszewski J, Langor D, Smith A, Hoebeke E, Davies A, Pelletier G, Douglas HB, Webster RP, Bourdon C, Borowiec L, Scudder GGE. 2017. Pensoft Series Faunistica 116: 1‒215.
Contributed by v belov on 27 November, 2013 - 4:39pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn
Last updated 22 December, 2024 - 8:14pm

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