Aphodiini

Last updated

Aphodiini
2017 04 03 Aphodius distinctus 1.jpg
Chilothorax distinctus, Germany
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aphodiinae
Tribe: Aphodiini
Leach, 1815

Aphodiini is a tribe of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 250 genera and 2,200 described species in Aphodiini. [1] [2] [3]

Nimbus, England 15 03 09 (92) Coleoptera (3356859879).jpg
Nimbus, England
Acrossidius tasmaniae, Tasmanian Grass Grub, New Zealand Acrossidius tasmaniae - inat 114275154.jpg
Acrossidius tasmaniae, Tasmanian Grass Grub, New Zealand
Adeloparius septemmaculatus, Botswana Adeloparius septemmaculatus - inat 126744455.jpg
Adeloparius septemmaculatus, Botswana

Genera

These 261 genera belong to the tribe Aphodiini. [4] [5]

References

  1. Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles" . Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  2. "Aphodiini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. Bibcode:2011ZooK...88....1B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
  4. "Aphodiini Reitter, 1892". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  5. Kakizoe, Showtaro; Jiang, Ri-Xin; Cai, Hao-Hong; Wang, Shuo (25 March 2021). "Sphaeraphodius gaohani , a new genus and species of Aphodiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Guangxi, China" . Zootaxa. 4949 (2): 333–340. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4949.2.6. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   33903346. S2CID   233411847.