Aegialia arenaria

Aegialia arenaria
	Aegialia arenaria, Harlech dunes, North Wales 5,0 mm. (5,0-6,0 mm,)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Aegialia
Species:	A. arenaria
Binomial name
	Aegialia arenaria; (Fabricius, 1787)

Aegialia arenaria, the dune scarab beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Palearctic^[1]^[2] and Nearctic. It is a coastal species found on sand dunes of western and northern Europe^[3] (Netherlands, Belgium, France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais), Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland)^[4] and in the Nearctic from Nova Scotia in Canada (Sable Island), to Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

References

^ Linssen, E.F.,1959 Beetles of the British Isles Frederick Warne, London.ISBN 9780723200062
^ Chinery, M. 2012 Insects of Britain and Western Europe London : Harper Collins Publishers ISBN 9780002191371
^ Anon. Notable invertebrates associated with coastal sand dunes Buglife
^ Fauna Europaea

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[1] Linssen, E.F.,1959 Beetles of the British Isles Frederick Warne, London.ISBN 9780723200062

[2] Chinery, M. 2012 Insects of Britain and Western Europe London : Harper Collins Publishers ISBN 9780002191371

[3] Anon. Notable invertebrates associated with coastal sand dunes Buglife

[4] Fauna Europaea

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