Pleurophorus is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 30 described species in Pleurophorus.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Psammodiini |
| Genus: | Pleurophorus Mulsant, 1842 |
Species
editThese 37 species belong to the genus Pleurophorus:
- Pleurophorus africanus Pittino, 1984
- Pleurophorus akamasicus Pittino & Miessen, 2007
- Pleurophorus anatolicus Petrovitz, 1961
- Pleurophorus apicipennis Reitter, 1892
- Pleurophorus arabicus Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus banksi Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus beccarii Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus bengalensis Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus besucheti Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus caesus (Panzer, 1796)
- Pleurophorus cambeforti Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus capicola Péringuey, 1901
- Pleurophorus cracens Motschulsky, 1863
- Pleurophorus dinajpurensis Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus dubius C.Wanner
- Pleurophorus edithae Endrödi, 1973
- Pleurophorus elongatus Moore, 1861
- Pleurophorus formosanus Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus impressicollis (Boheman, 1858)
- Pleurophorus laticollis Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus ledouxi Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus madagassus Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus maghrebinicus Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus mediterranicus Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus micros (Bates, 1887)
- Pleurophorus natalensis
- Pleurophorus nepalensis Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus opacus Reitter, 1892
- Pleurophorus pannonicus Petrovitz, 1961
- Pleurophorus parvulus (Chevrolat, 1864)
- Pleurophorus raffrayi Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus schereri Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus setosus Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus thailandicus Pittino & Mariani, 1986
- Pleurophorus tonkinensis Balthasar, 1933
- Pleurophorus torretassoi Schatzmayer, 1930
- Pleurophorus villiersi Bordat, 1984
References
edit- ^ "Pleurophorus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pleurophorus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pleurophorus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
edit- 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)". 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.
External links
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