Aphotaenius
Appearance
Aphotaenius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Tribe: | Eupariini |
Genus: | Aphotaenius Cartwright, 1952 |
Aphotaenius is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about five described species in Aphotaenius.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]These five species belong to the genus Aphotaenius:
- Aphotaenius cambeforti Chalumeau, 1983
- Aphotaenius carolinus (Van Dyke, 1928)
- Aphotaenius convexus (Harold, 1880)
- Aphotaenius howdeni Cartwright, 1963
- Aphotaenius plaumanni Cartwright, 1963
References
[edit]- ^ "Aphotaenius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Aphotaenius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Aphotaenius genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
[edit]- Mathison, Blaine A.; Hardy, Martin; Bezdek, Aleš; Schoolmeesters, Paul (2001). "A Worldwide Checklist of the Tribes and Genera of Aegialiinae, Aphodiinae, Termitotroginae, Aulonocneminae, Scarabaeinae, and Coprinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae)". Archived from the original on 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.