Species Aphodius fimetarius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

colorful Dung Beetle - Aphodius fimetarius

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Small scarab beetle - Aphodius fimetarius

Aphodius fimetarius? - 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)

Identification

most submissions on this page probably show A. pedellus --see (2) and (3)

Range

native to the Palaearctic, adventive in our area

Remarks

Nomenclatural issues are noted for this taxon(4)

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.	Making the cryptic visible - resolving the sp. complex of Aphodius fimetarius and A. pedellus by three complementary methods Miraldo et al. 2014. Systematic Entomology, 39(3): 531-547.

3.	Assessment of the Aphodius fimetarius–Aphodius pedellus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) species complex in Canada Kevin D. Floate, Diana Wilches, Paul Coghlin, and Andrew B.T. Smith. 2022. The Canadian Entomologist.

4.	Notes on the Aphodius (s.str.) fimetarius-complex ― morphology, taxonomy, nomenclature and worldwide distribution... Fery H., Rößner E. 2015. Linzer Biol. Beitr. 47: 459‒489.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 27 March, 2007 - 7:30am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Charlene Wood, v belov
Last updated 6 March, 2025 - 3:19pm

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