Psammodiini
| Psammodiini | |
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| Pleurophorus caesus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Aphodiinae |
| Tribe: | Psammodiini Mulsant, 1842 |
Psammodiini is a tribe of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 12 genera and at least 50 described species in Psammodiini.[1][2]
Tesarius caelatus
Genera[]
- Diastictus Mulsant, 1842
- Geopsammodius Gordon & Pittino, 1992
- Leiopsammodius Rakovic, 1981
- Neopsammodius Rakovic, 1986
- Odontopsammodius Gordon & Pittino, 1992
- Parapsammodius Gordon & Pittino, 1992
- Platytomus Mulsant, 1842
- Pleurophorus Mulsant, 1842
- Psammodius Fallén, 1807
- Rhyssemus Mulsant, 1842
- Tesarius Rakovic, 1981
- Trichiorhyssemus Clouët, 1901
References[]
- ^ "Psammodiini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Psammodiini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys, vol. 88, 1–972.
Further reading[]
- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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