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Aphodiini

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Aphodiini
Chilothorax distinctus, Germany
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 more than 250 genera and 2,200 described species in Aphodiini.[1][2][3]

Nimbus, England
Acrossidius tasmaniae, Tasmanian Grass Grub, New Zealand
Adeloparius septemmaculatus, Botswana

Genera

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These 261 genera belong to the tribe Aphodiini.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Aphodiini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. Bibcode:2011ZooK...88....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
  4. ^ "Aphodiini Reitter, 1892". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  5. ^ Kakizoe, Showtaro; Jiang, Ri-Xin; Cai, Hao-Hong; Wang, Shuo (25 March 2021). "Sphaeraphodius gaohani , a new genus and species of Aphodiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Guangxi, China". Zootaxa. 4949 (2): 333–340. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4949.2.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33903346. S2CID 233411847.