Agrilinus ater is a species of beetle in family Scarabaeidae, found in the Palearctic.[1][2][3] It is a mid-successional species of sheep and cattle dung [4]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Agrilinus |
Species: | A. ater
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Binomial name | |
Agrilinus ater (Degeer, 1774)
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This species was formerly a member of the genus Aphodius.[5]
References
edit- ^ Bunalski, M. (1999). Die Blatthornkäfer Mitteleuropas. Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea. Bestimmung – Verbreitung -Ökologie. Bratislava: František Slamka.
- ^ Jessop, L. (1986). Dung beetles and chafers. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, vol. 5, part 11. London: Royal Entomological Society.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Lisa Webb The Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Hydrophilidae) of Ayrshire, Scotland Volume 63 Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society online
- ^ "Agrilinus ater (De Geer, 1774)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-12-23.