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Species Aphodius fimetarius

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
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
native to the Palaearctic, adventive (and now widespread) in NA(2)
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.
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 23 July, 2020 - 5:17pm

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