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Aphodius

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Aphodius
Aphodius pedellus, Canada
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aphodiinae
Tribe: Aphodiini
Genus: Aphodius
Illiger, 1798
Aphodius fimetarius, Austria
Aphodius coniugatus, Ukraine

Aphodius is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding)[1] although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae.[2] Aphodius species typically dominate dung beetle communities in north temperate ecosystems.[3] Most species are functionally classified as endocoprids, also known as dwellers, because the larvae live and feed within the dung pat itself.[4]

With a discovery of an earlier published version by Hellwig, the correct citation for this genus is now: Aphodius Hellwig, 1798 (p. 101; 24 January). Type species by subsequent designation by Latreille (1810): Scarabaeus fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758.[5]

Species

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These 44 species belong to the genus Aphodius, including 21 extinct species.[6]

The species of the following genera were formerly classified in Aphodius:[7][8]

Acrossus Mulsant, 1842
Agoliinus Schmidt, 1913
Alloblackburneus Bordat, 2009
Ballucus Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Blackburneus Schmidt, 1913
Calamosternus Motschulsky, 1859
Caligodorus Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Cephalocyclus Dellacasa et al., 1998
Chilothorax Motschulsky, 1859
Cinacanthus Schmidt, 1913
Coelotrachelus Schmidt, 1913
Colobopterus Mulsant, 1842
Cryptoscatomaseter Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Dellacasiellus Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Dialytodius Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Drepanocanthoides Schmidt, 1913
Eupleurus Mulsant, 1842
Flaviellus Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Geomyphilus Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Haroldiellus Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Hornosus Dellacasa, Dellacasa & Gordon, 2015
Irrasinus Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Labarrus Mulsant & Rey, 1869
Lechorodius Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Liothorax Motschulsky, 1859
Luxolinus Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Maculaphodius Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Melinopterus Mulsant, 1842
Mendidius Harold, 1868
Merogyrus Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Neotrichonotulus Dellacasa et al., 2004
Nialaphodius Kolbe, 1908
Orodaliscoides Schmidt, 1913
Oscarinus Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Otophorus Mulsant, 1842
Oxyomoides Dellacasa et al., 2016
Pardalosus Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Phaeaphodius Reitter, 1892
Planolinellus Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 2005
Planolinoides Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 2005
Planolinus Mulsant & Rey, 1869
Pseudagolius Schmidt, 1913
Rugaphodius Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Scabrostomus Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Schaefferellus Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Setodius Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Stenotothorax Schmidt, 1913
Strigodius Gordon & Skelley, 2007
Tetraclipeoides Schmidt, 1913
Teuchestes Mulsant, 1842
Trichaphodioides Paulian, 1942
Trichonotulus Bedel, 1911

References

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  1. ^ Valiela, Ivan (1974). "Composition, food webs, and population limitation in dung arthropod communities during invasion and succession". American Midland Naturalist. 92: 370–385 [380]. doi:10.2307/2424302. JSTOR 2424302.
  2. ^ Hanski and Cambefort (1991), p. 83.
  3. ^ Hanski and Cambefort (1991), p. 75.
  4. ^ Finn, J. A.; Gittings, T. (2003). "A review of competition in north temperate dung beetle communities". Ecological Entomology. 28 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00487.x.
  5. ^ ALONSO-ZARAZAGA, M.A. & KRELL, F.T. 2011. Change of authorship of Aphodius and Oryctes to Hellwig, 1798 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Zootaxa 3060: 67–68. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3060.1.5/20827
  6. ^ "Aphodius Hellwig, 1798". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
  7. ^ Gordon, Robert D. & Skelley, Paul E. (2007). "A monograph of the Aphodiini inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiini)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 79: 1–580. ISBN 978-1-887988-23-0.
  8. ^ "Aphodius Genus information". Bugguide. Retrieved 2021-12-25.