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

Species Aphodius fimetarius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Moose dung beetle - Aphodius fimetarius Aphodius? - Aphodius fimetarius Aphodius fimetarius? - Aphodius fimetarius Aphodiine in buffalo pie - Aphodius fimetarius beautiful little beetle - Aphodius fimetarius Scarab with red elytra on deer dung - Aphodius fimetarius - male Scarab with red elytra on deer dung - Aphodius fimetarius - male Ballucus - Aphodius fimetarius
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 Aphodius
Species fimetarius (Aphodius fimetarius)
Explanation of Names
Aphodius fimetarius (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
5-8.5 mm(1)
Range
adventive (and widespread) in NA - Map (2)(3), native to the Palaearctic
See Also
Aphodius pedellus (De Geer)
- Range: mostly n. US and Canada
Det. Ryan Selking, 2019
Works Cited
1.Keys to the insects of the Far East of the USSR, Vol. 3. Coleoptera I
Lehr P.A., ed. 1989. Leningrad, Nauka Publishing House, 572 pp.
2.The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska
Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 27 March, 2007 - 7:30am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 20 January, 2023 - 11:25am

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