Xeropsamobeus asellus is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[2][3][4][5] It is found in the United States and Mexico,[3] although other sources consider it endemic to Texas.[2][6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Xeropsamobeus |
| Species: | X. asellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Xeropsamobeus asellus (Schmidt, 1907)
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References
edit- ^ Schmidt, A. (1907). "Namensänderungen in der Gattung Aphodius und eine Neubeschreibung. (Col.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 68 (2): 201–203.
- ^ a b "Xeropsamobeus asellus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
- ^ a b "Xeropsamobeus asellus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
- ^ "Xeropsamobeus asellus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ "Xeropsamobeus asellus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist. Supplement 26: 1–37.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- 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. 79: 1–580. ISBN 978-1-887988-23-0.
- Hardy, A. (1991). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae (PDF). USDA Agriculture Handbook.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
External links
edit- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Retrieved 2018-03-08.
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