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Aphodius porcus (F., 1792) (a dung beetle)

Suggested Literature

General Works

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

Aphodius porcus 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 porcus 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
Photos larva Geotrupes stercorarius - Dor Beetle, Dumble Dor, Clock, Lousy Watchman (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) larva kleptoparasitises dung hoard of brood Jessop, L., 1986
Chapman, T.A., 1869

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Aphodius porcus:

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

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

References

Chapman, T.A., 1869 Aphodius porcus, a cuckoo parasite on Geotrupes stecorarius
Jessop, L., 1986 Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

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