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Species of beetle

Agrilinus ater
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Agrilinus
Species: A. ater
Binomial name
Agrilinus ater
(Degeer, 1774)
Synonyms
  • Aphodius ater (De Geer, 1774)

Agrilinus ater is a species of beetle in family Scarabaeidae, found in the Palearctic. It is a mid-successional species of sheep and cattle dung

This species was formerly a member of the genus Aphodius.

References

  1. Bunalski, M. (1999). Die Blatthornkäfer Mitteleuropas. Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea. Bestimmung – Verbreitung -Ökologie. Bratislava: František Slamka.
  2. Jessop, L. (1986). Dung beetles and chafers. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, vol. 5, part 11. London: Royal Entomological Society.
  3. Fauna Europaea
  4. Lisa Webb The Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Hydrophilidae) of Ayrshire, Scotland Volume 63 Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society online
  5. "Agrilinus ater (De Geer, 1774)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
Taxon identifiers
Agrilinus ater


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