Liothorax plagiatus

Liothorax plagiatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Liothorax
Species:	L. plagiatus
Binomial name
Liothorax plagiatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
Nialus hungaricus Endrödi, 1955 [1] Aphodius parvomaculatusSchmidt G., 1938 [2] Aphodius discoides Schmidt, 1922 [3] Aphodius bivittatusEverts, 1903 [4] Aphodius elongatus Hochhuth, 1873 [5]

Liothorax plagiatus is a beetle in the subfamily Aphodiinae. ^{[6] [7]} It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767. ^{[6] [8]} It occurs in Europe, the Near East, and North Africa. ^[6] It has no known subspecies according to the Catalogue of Life. ^[9] It is saprophagous rather than a "true" dung beetle. ^[10]

References

1. Endrödi S. (1955) Die Erscheinungsformen der hungarischen Lamellicornia-Arten, Folia Entomologica Hungarica, Budapest 8:45-54
2. Schmidt G. (1938) Über einige interessante, abweichende Aphodiinen-Formen, Entomologische Blätter.
3. Schmidt A. (1922) Coleoptera Aphodiinae, Das Tierreich.
4. Everts J.E. (1903) Coleoptera Neerlandica.
5. Hochhuth I.H. (1873) Enumeration der in den russischen Gouvernements Kiew und Volhynien bisher aufgefundenen Kafer, Bulletin de la Société imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou.
6. "Liothorax plagiatus (Linnaeus, 1767)". Fauna Europaea . Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
7. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database.
8. Linnaeus C. (1767) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis.
9. "Catalogue of Life - 2011 Annual Checklist :: Search all names". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
10. Buse, Jörn; Šlachta, Martin; Sladecek, Frantisek X. J.; Carpaneto, Giuseppe M. (2018). "Summary of the morphological and ecological traits of Central European dung beetles". Entomological Science. 21 (3): 315–323. doi:10.1111/ens.12313.