Species Chilothorax distinctus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · Works Cited

Aphodiine Dung 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.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 14 February, 2007 - 6:16pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Lynette Elliott, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 18 October, 2024 - 4:33pm

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