Pardalosus
Appearance
Pardalosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Subfamily: | Aphodiinae |
Tribe: | Aphodiini |
Genus: | Pardalosus Gordon & Skelley, 2007 |
Type species | |
Aphodius pardalis LeConte, 1857
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Species[1] | |
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Pardalosus is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. They are native to North America, with the greatest diversity on the western side of the continent.[2] Although most species may be detritivores that do not associate strongly with dung, some species of Pardalosus are associated with rodents: P. neodistinctus is collected in association with prairie dogs, while P. sleveni is collected in association with pack rats.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles-Scarabaeidae-Aphodiinae". unsm-ento.unl.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ "Genus Pardalosus". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-09-08.