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Aphodius (a genus of dung beetles)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Aphodius Imago 6 August 2006 Stafford England 7

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Species Aphodius ater (Degeer, 1774) (a dung beetle) 8   1 5
Species Aphodius borealis Gyllenhal, 1827 (a dung beetle)       6
Species Aphodius brevis Erichson, 1848 (a dung beetle)       3
Species Aphodius coenosus (Panzer, 1798) (a dung beetle)       8
Species Aphodius conspurcatus (L., 1758) (a dung beetle)       4
Species Aphodius consputus Creutzer, 1799 (a dung beetle)       2
Species Aphodius constans Duftschmid, 1805 (a dung beetle)       2
Species Aphodius contaminatus (Herbst, 1783) (a dung beetle)       4
Species Aphodius depressus (Kugelann, 1792) (a dung beetle)       2
Species Aphodius distinctus (Mueller, 1776) (a dung beetle)       4
Species Aphodius equestris (Panzer, 1798) (a dung beetle)   1   2
Species Aphodius erraticus (L., 1758) (a dung beetle)       8
Species Aphodius fasciatus (Olivier, 1789) (a dung beetle)       2
Species Aphodius fimetarius (L., 1758) (a dung beetle)       4
Species Aphodius foetens (F., 1787) (a dung beetle)       4
Species Aphodius foetidus (Herbst, 1783) (a dung beetle)       4
Species Aphodius fossor (L., 1758) (a dung beetle)   1   4
Species Aphodius granarius (L., 1767) (a dung beetle)       6
Species Aphodius haemorrhoidalis (L., 1758) (a dung beetle)   2   8
Species Aphodius ictericus (Laicharting, 1781) (a dung beetle)       4
Species Aphodius lapponum Gyllenhal, 1806 (Northern Dung Beetle)       4
Species Aphodius lividus (Olivier, 1789) (a dung beetle)       6
Species Aphodius luridus (F., 1775) (a dung beetle)       4
Species Aphodius merdarius (F., 1775) (a dung beetle)       3
Species Aphodius nemoralis Erichson, 1848 (a dung beetle)       6
Species Aphodius obliteratus Panzer, 1823 (a dung beetle)       8
Species Aphodius paykulli Bedel, 1908 (a dung beetle)       2
Species Aphodius plagiatus (L., 1767) (a dung beetle)       1
Species Aphodius porcus (F., 1792) (a dung beetle)     1 3
Species Aphodius prodromus (Brahm, 1790) (a dung beetle)   4   6
Species Aphodius pusillus (Herbst, 1789) (a dung beetle)       4
Species Aphodius putridus (Fourcroy, 1785) (a dung beetle)       8
Species Aphodius quadrimaculatus (L., 1761) (a dung beetle)       2
Species Aphodius rufipes (L., 1758) (a dung beetle) 2 13 2 3
Species Aphodius rufus (Moll, 1782) (a dung beetle)   4   2
Species Aphodius scrofa (F., 1787) (a dung beetle)       8
Species Aphodius sordidus (F., 1775) (a dung beetle)       2
Species Aphodius sphacelatus (Panzer, 1798) (a dung beetle)       4
Species Aphodius subterraneus (L., 1758) (a dung beetle)       3
Species Aphodius zenkeri Germar, 1813 (a dung beetle)       4

Suggested Literature

General Works

Chapman, T.A., 1869 Aphodius porcus, a cuckoo parasite on Geotrupes stecorarius

Aphodius 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)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Aphodius is associated with:

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Aphodius:

Aphodius may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

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