Aphonus

Aphonus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Tribe:	Pentodontini
Genus:	Aphonus LeConte, 1856

Aphonus is a genus of North American rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about six described species in Aphonus. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These six species belong to the genus Aphonus:

• Aphonus brevicruris Cartwright, 1944
• Aphonus castaneus (Melsheimer, 1845)
• Aphonus densicauda Casey, 1915
• Aphonus texanus Gill & Howden, 1985
• Aphonus tridentatus(Say, 1823)
• Aphonus variolosus (LeConte, 1847)

References

1. "Aphonus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Aphonus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Aphonus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Hardy, A. (1991). "Family: Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2020.
• Mathison, Blaine A.; Hardy, Martin; Bezdek, Aleš; Schoolmeesters, Paul (2001). "A Worldwide Checklist of the Tribes and Genera of Aegialiinae, Aphodiinae, Termitotroginae, Aulonocneminae, Scarabaeinae, and Coprinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae)". Archived from the original on 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
• Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-30914-2.