Aphodius
| Aphodius | |
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| Aphodius pedellus, Canada | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
Species[]
These 44 species belong to the genus Aphodius, including 21 extinct species.[5]
- Mulsant & Godart, 1879
- Balthasar, 1932
- Reitter, 1892
- Fischer von Waldheim, 1821
- (Panzer, 1795)
- Koshantschikov, 1913
- Wiedemann, 1823
- Allibert, 1847
- Harold, 1881
- Aphodius fimetarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- (Herbst, 1783)
- Maté, 2008
- Westwood, 1839
- Fischer von Waldheim, 1842
- Walker, 1871
- Péringuey, 1908
- (Degeer, 1774)
- Wollaston, 1854
- Käufel, 1914
- Král, 1997
- Schmidt, 1916
- Reitter, 1892
- Fischer von Waldheim, 1842
- † Wickham, 1912
- † Krell, 2000
- † Handlirsch, 1907
- † Heer, 1862
- † Piton, 1940
- † Nikolajev, 2008
- † Wickham, 1911
- † Wickham, 1913
- † Statz, 1952
- † Wickham, 1914
- † Heyden & Heyden, 1866
- † Wickham, 1910
- † Wickham, 1914
- † Heer, 1847
- † Wickham, 1913
- † Horn, 1876
- † Statz, 1952
- † Wickham, 1914
- † Wickham, 1912
- † Krell, 2000
- † Krell, 2019
The species of the following genera were formerly classified in Aphodius:[6][7]
- Acrossus Mulsant, 1842
- Agoliinus Schmidt, 1913
- Bordat, 2009
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Schmidt, 1913
- Calamosternus Motschulsky, 1859
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Dellacasa et al., 1998
- Chilothorax Motschulsky, 1859
- Schmidt, 1913
- Schmidt, 1913
- Colobopterus Mulsant, 1842
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Schmidt, 1913
- Mulsant, 1842
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Dellacasa, Dellacasa & Gordon, 2015
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Labarrus Mulsant & Rey, 1869
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Liothorax Motschulsky, 1859
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Melinopterus Mulsant, 1842
- Harold, 1868
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Dellacasa et al., 2004
- Kolbe, 1908
- Schmidt, 1913
- Oscarinus Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Mulsant, 1842
- Dellacasa et al., 2016
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Reitter, 1892
- Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 2005
- Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 2005
- Mulsant & Rey, 1869
- Schmidt, 1913
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Schmidt, 1913
- Gordon & Skelley, 2007
- Schmidt, 1913
- Teuchestes Mulsant, 1842
- Paulian, 1942
- Bedel, 1911
References[]
- ^ Valiela, Ivan (1974). "Composition, food webs, and population limitation in dung arthropod communities during invasion and succession"journal=American Midland Naturalist". 92: 370–385, from page 380. doi:10.2307/2424302. JSTOR 2424302. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ Hanksi, Ilkka and Cambefort, Yves. Dung Beetle Ecology. Princeton University Press, p. 83.
- ^ Hanksi, Ilkka and Cambefort, Yves. Dung Beetle Ecology. Princeton University Press, p. 75.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Aphodius Hellwig, 1798". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
- ^ 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, 2007. ISBN 978-1-887988-23-0.
- ^ "Aphodius Genus information". Bugguide. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
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