Agrilinus ater

Agrilinus ater
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Agrilinus
Species:	A. ater
Binomial name
	Agrilinus ater; (Degeer, 1774)
Synonyms
	Aphodius ater(De Geer, 1774);

Last updated February 07, 2026

Agrilinus ater is a species of beetle in family Scarabaeidae, found in the Palearctic.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is a mid-successional species of sheep and cattle dung ^[4]

This species was formerly a member of the genus Aphodius .^[5]

References

↑ Bunalski, M. (1999). Die Blatthornkäfer Mitteleuropas. Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea. Bestimmung – Verbreitung -Ökologie. Bratislava: František Slamka.
↑ Jessop, L. (1986). Dung beetles and chafers. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, vol. 5, part 11. London: Royal Entomological Society.
↑ Fauna Europaea
↑ "The Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Hydrophilidae) of Ayrshire, Scotland, featured Bulletin article - Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES)". www.amentsoc.org. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
↑ "Agrilinus ater (De Geer, 1774)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-12-23.

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[1] Bunalski, M. (1999). Die Blatthornkäfer Mitteleuropas. Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea. Bestimmung – Verbreitung -Ökologie. Bratislava: František Slamka.

[2] Jessop, L. (1986). Dung beetles and chafers. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, vol. 5, part 11. London: Royal Entomological Society.

[3] Fauna Europaea

[4] "The Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Hydrophilidae) of Ayrshire, Scotland, featured Bulletin article - Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES)". www.amentsoc.org. Retrieved 2026-02-06.

[catlife-5] "Agrilinus ater (De Geer, 1774)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-12-23.

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