Aphodius

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Aphodius
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Aphodius contaminatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aphodiinae
Tribe: Aphodiini
Genus: Aphodius
Illiger, 1798

Aphodius is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. [1] [2] [3] In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding) [4] although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae. [5] Aphodius species typically dominate dung beetle communities in north temperate ecosystems. [6] Most species are functionally classified as endocoprids, also known as dwellers, because the larvae live and feed within the dung pat itself. [7]

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Selected species

Aphodius ghardimaouensis Aphodius ghardimaouensis Balthasar, 1929 (3241561394).jpg
Aphodius ghardimaouensis
Aphodius septemmaculatus Aphodius (Adeloparius) septemmaculatus Fabricius (4526247080).jpg
Aphodius septemmaculatus

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  4. ↑ 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)
  5. ↑ Hanksi, Ilkka and Cambefort, Yves. Dung Beetle Ecology. Princeton University Press, p. 83.
  6. ↑ Hanksi, Ilkka and Cambefort, Yves. Dung Beetle Ecology. Princeton University Press, p. 75.
  7. ↑ 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 .
  8. ↑ Akhmetova, L. & Frolov, A. (2012). "A new scarab species, Aphodius gissaricus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: APhodiinae), from the Pamir-Alay mountains in Tajikistan." Zootaxa 3159: 65-68.


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