Germarostes aphodioides

Germarostes aphodioides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Hybosoridae
Genus:	Germarostes
Species:	G. aphodioides
Binomial name
Germarostes aphodioides (Illiger, 1800)
Synonyms [1]
Acanthocerus laevistriatus Germar, 1824 Cloeotus prionomus Say, 1835 Scarabaeus latipes Laporte, 1840 Trox splendidus Bates, 1887

Germarostes aphodioides is a species of pill scarab beetle in the family Hybosoridae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} It is found in North America. ^[1]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Germarostes aphodioides:

• Germarostes aphodioides aphodioides ^g
• Germarostes aphodioides prionomus(Bates, 1887) ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Germarostes aphodioides Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
2. "Germarostes aphodioides species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
3. "Germarostes aphodioides". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
4. "Germarostes aphodioides Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
5. "Germarostes aphodioides Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-17.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.