Hornietus is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae, the sole genus of the tribe Hornietiini. There is one described species in the genus, Hornietus ventralis, found in North America.[1][2][3]
| Hornietus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Aphodiinae |
| Tribe: | Aphodiini |
| Genus: | Hornietus |
| Species: | H. ventralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hornietus ventralis Stebnicka, 2000
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References
edit- ^ "Hornietus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Hornietus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Hornietus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
edit- Gordon, Robert D.; Skelley, Paul E. (2007). A Monograph of the Aphodiini Inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiini). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. Vol. 79. International Associated Publishers. ISBN 978-1-887988-23-0.
- Mathison, Blaine A.; Hardy, Martin; Bezdek, Aleš; Schoolmeesters, Paul (2001). "A Worldwide Checklist of the Tribes and Genera of Aegialiinae, Aphodiinae, Termitotroginae, Aulonocneminae, Scarabaeinae, and Coprinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae)". Archived from the original on 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
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