Aphodius

Aphodius is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3] In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding)[4] although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae.[5] Aphodius species typically dominate dung beetle communities in north temperate ecosystems.[6] Most species are functionally classified as endocoprids, also known as dwellers, because the larvae live and feed within the dung pat itself.[7]

Aphodius
Aphodius contaminatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Infraorder:
Scarabeiformia
Superfamily:
Scarabaeoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Genus:
Aphodius

Illiger, 1798

Species
Aphodius ghardimaouensis
Aphodius septemmaculatus

This genus includes nearly 1,650 described species:[8]

  • Aphodius ater (De Geer, 1774)
  • Aphodius bimaculatus (Laxman, 1778)
  • Aphodius borealis Gyllenhal, 1827
  • Aphodius brevis Erichson, 1848
  • Aphodius coenosus (Panzer, 1798)
  • Aphodius conspurcatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aphodius contaminatus (Herbst, 1783)
  • Aphodius depressus (Kugelann, 1792)
  • Aphodius distinctus (Müller, 1776)
  • Aphodius equestris (Panzer, 1798)
  • Aphodius erraticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aphodius fimetarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aphodius foetens (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Aphodius foetidus (Herbst, 1783)
  • Aphodius fossor (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aphodius frater Mulsant & Rey, 1872
  • Aphodius gissaricus Akhmetova & Frolov, 2012[9]
  • Aphodius granarius (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Aphodius haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aphodius ictericus (Laicharting, 1781)
  • Aphodius immundus Creutzer, 1799
  • Aphodius lapponum Gyllenhal, 1806
  • Aphodius lividus (Olivier, 1789)
  • Aphodius lugens Creutzer, 1799
  • Aphodius luridus (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Aphodius melanostictus Schmidt, 1840
  • Aphodius merdarius (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Aphodius nemoralis Erichson, 1848
  • Aphodius niger (Panzer, 1797)
  • Aphodius obliteratus Panzer, 1823
  • Aphodius obscurus (Fabricius, 1792)
  • Aphodius paykulli Bedel, 1908
  • Aphodius piceus Gyllenhal, 1808
  • Aphodius pictus Sturm, 1805
  • Aphodius plagiatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Aphodius porcus (Fabricius, 1792)
  • Aphodius prodromus (Brahm, 1790)
  • Aphodius punctatosulcatus Sturm, 1805
  • Aphodius punctipennis Erichson, 1848
  • Aphodius pusillus (Herbst, 1789)
  • Aphodius putridus (Geoffroy, 1785)
  • Aphodius quadriguttatus (Herbst, 1783)
  • Aphodius quadrimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Aphodius rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aphodius rufus (Moll, 1782)
  • Aphodius scrofa (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Aphodius serotinus (Panzer, 1799)
  • Aphodius sordidus (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Aphodius sphacelatus (Panzer, 1798)
  • Aphodius subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aphodius tomentosus (Müller, 1776)
  • Aphodius uliginosus (Hardy, 1847)
  • Aphodius varians Duftschmid, 1805
  • Aphodius zenkeri Germar, 1813

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2011-05-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2013-06-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Valiela, Ivan (1974). "Composition, food webs, and population limitation in dung arthropod communities during invasion and succession"journal=American Midland Naturalist". 92: 370–385, from page 380. doi:10.2307/2424302. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Hanksi, Ilkka and Cambefort, Yves. Dung Beetle Ecology. Princeton University Press, p. 83.
  6. Hanksi, Ilkka and Cambefort, Yves. Dung Beetle Ecology. Princeton University Press, p. 75.
  7. Finn, J. A.; Gittings, T. (2003). "A review of competition in north temperate dung beetle communities". Ecological Entomology. 28 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00487.x.
  8. Hanksi, Ilkka and Cambefort, Yves. Dung Beetle Ecology. Princeton University Press, p. 39.
  9. Akhmetova, L. & Frolov, A. (2012). "A new scarab species, Aphodius gissaricus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: APhodiinae), from the Pamir-Alay mountains in Tajikistan." Zootaxa 3159: 65-68.


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