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Aphodius rufipes (L., 1758) (a dung beetle)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Aphodius rufipes Imago 23 August 1997 Berks England 1
Aphodius rufipes Imago 23 August 1997 Berks England 1
Aphodius rufipes Imago 23 August 1997 Berks England 3
Aphodius rufipes Imago 10 August 1997 Berks England 1
Aphodius rufipes Imago 8 August 1997 Berks England 1
Aphodius rufipes Imago 8 August 1997 Berks England 2
Aphodius rufipes Imago 2 August 1997 Berks England 1
Aphodius rufipes Imago 6 July 1997 Berks England 1
Aphodius rufipes Imago 6 July 1997 Berks England 1
Aphodius rufipes Imago 6 July 1997 Berks England 1
Aphodius rufipes Imago 15 September 1973 (Yorks) England 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds), 2006 (Colour photograph) A Coleopterist's handbook

General Works

Klemperer, H.G., 1980 Kleptoparasitic behaviour of Aphodius rufipes (L.) larvae in nests of Geotrupes spiniger Marsh. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae))

Aphodius rufipes may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
SCARABAEOIDEA
(scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
SCARABAEIDAE
(dung and carrion beetles)
Aphodius
(a genus of dung beetles)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Aphodius rufipes is associated with:

Photos imago Mammalia - mammals imago may be found in dung Jessop, L., 1986
Photos larva Mammalia - mammals larva feeds on dung/debris dung Jessop, L., 1986 [large herbivores]
Photos larva Geotrupes spiniger - a dumbledor (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) larva kleptoparasitises dung hoard of brood Jessop, L., 1986
Klemperer, H.G., 1980

There may be more taxa associated with Aphodius rufipes listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Aphodius rufipes:

Aphodius rufipes may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
SCARABAEIDAE
(dung and carrion beetles)

References

Jessop, L., 1986 Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)
Klemperer, H.G., 1980 Kleptoparasitic behaviour of Aphodius rufipes (L.) larvae in nests of Geotrupes spiniger Marsh. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae))

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