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Aphodiini
Aphodius distinctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aphodiinae
Tribe: Aphodiini
Leach, 1815

Aphodiini is a tribe of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 50 genera and 410 described species in Aphodiini.[1][2][3]

Oxyomus sylvestris

Genera

References

  1. ^ "Aphodiini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Aphodiini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Aphodiini Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R. H., Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.