Aphodiites

Aphodiites is a genus of fossil beetles from the Lias (Lower Jurassic) of Schambelen, (Aargau, Switzerland),[1] and the oldest fossil in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[2] Its affinities are not clear; it was originally placed in the Aphodiinae (Scarabaeidae), but its diagnostic characters are shared by beetles such as Glaresis (Glaresidae).[2]

Aphodiites
Temporal range: Lower Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Superfamily:
Scarabaeoidea
Genus:
Aphodiites

Heer, 1865
Species:
A. protogaeus
Binomial name
Aphodiites protogaeus
Heer, 1865

References
  1. Frank-Thorsten Krell (2006). "Fossil record and evolution of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 60 (sp5): 120–14. doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2006)60[120:FRAEOS]2.0.CO;2.
  2. Dirk Ahrens (2004). Phylogeny and zoogeography of the Sericini in the Himalayan region (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) (Doktor der Naturwissenschaften thesis). Freie Universität Berlin.


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