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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

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

native to the Palaearctic, adventive in our area

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.

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 10 December, 2023 - 5:53pm

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