Xeropsamobeus asellus

Xeropsamobeus asellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Xeropsamobeus
Species:	X. asellus
Binomial name
Xeropsamobeus asellus (Schmidt, 1907)
Synonyms
Aphodius nanus Horn, 1887 Aphodius asellus Schmidt, 1907 – replacement name [1]

Xeropsamobeus asellus is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} It is found in the United States and Mexico, ^[3] although other sources consider it endemic to Texas. ^{[2] [6]}

References

1. Schmidt, A. (1907). "Namensänderungen in der Gattung Aphodius und eine Neubeschreibung. (Col.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 68 (2): 201–203.
2. "Xeropsamobeus asellus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
3. "Xeropsamobeus asellus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2023-01-04.
4. "Xeropsamobeus asellus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
5. "Xeropsamobeus asellus species details". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
6. Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist. Supplement 26: 1–37.

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.
• Gordon, Robert D. & Skelley, Paul E. (2007). "A monograph of the Aphodiini inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiini)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 79: 1–580. ISBN   978-1-887988-23-0.
• Hardy, A. (1991). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae (PDF). USDA Agriculture Handbook.
• 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.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.

External links

• Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2018-03-08.