| Agrilinus ater | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Agrilinus |
| Species: | A. ater |
| Binomial name | |
| Agrilinus ater (Degeer, 1774) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]
Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night.
Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year. Its constituent families are also undergoing revision presently, and the family list below is only preliminary.
Ataenius is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 290 described species in Ataenius.
Canthidium is a genus of dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 170 described species in Canthidium.
Versicorpus is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Versicorpus is endemic to Namibia and is only found at the Mount Erongo. This is a monotypic genus with only one species, Versicorpus erongoensis.
Onthophagus nigriventris is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.
Xeropsamobeus asellus is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Oxyomus sylvestris is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.
Haroldiataenius is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about nine described species in Haroldiataenius.
Australaphodius is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least four described species in Australaphodius.
Pseudataenius is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least three described species in Pseudataenius.
Dialytes is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about five described species in Dialytes.
Tesarius is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about five described species in Tesarius.
Annegialia is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There is one described species in Annegialia, A. ataeniformis.
Parapsammodius is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least four described species in Parapsammodius.
Rhyssemus is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 160 described species in Rhyssemus.
Hornietus is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There is one described species in Hornietus, H. ventralis.
Martineziana is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about six described species in Martineziana.
Calamosternus granarius is a species of dung beetle found with a widespread distribution.
Liothorax kraatzi, is a species of dung beetle with a widespread distribution from Southeastern Europe, Asia Minor, to Caucasus, and Central Asia.
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