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Species Chilothorax distinctus

Aphodiine Dung Beetle - Chilothorax distinctus Beetle - Chilothorax distinctus small brown scarab - Chilothorax distinctus Aphodius distinctus dorsal - Chilothorax distinctus Aurora dung-lover  - Chilothorax distinctus Dung beetle with patterned tan and black elytra - Chilothorax distinctus Scarab with patterned elytra on deer dung - Chilothorax distinctus - male Scarab with patterned elytra on deer dung - Chilothorax distinctus
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 Chilothorax
Species distinctus (Chilothorax distinctus)
Other Common Names
Maculated Dung Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aphodius distinctus
Explanation of Names
Chilothorax distinctus (O.F. Müller 1776)
Size
4.5‒5.5 mm(1)
Identification
elytral markings variable(2)
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive and now widespread in NA (BC‒NF to CA‒OK‒IN‒NC‒FL)(1)
Season
mostly spring and fall(2)
Remarks
earliest NA record: MD before 1845(1)
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.
2.The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska
Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.